Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
Through the Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program, NIOSH conducts investigations of fatal occupational injuries. The primary intent of this program is to provide interested users with access to the full text of hundreds of fatality investigation reports.
State
FACE Reports: Waste Management and Remediation Services
The
following reports are the products of our Cooperative State partners and are presented here in their original unedited form from the states. The findings and conclusions in these reports are those of the individual Cooperative State partner and do not necessarily reflect the views or policy of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
Pub. Date | Report No. | State | Title |
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10/26/2021 | 2018NY063 | NY | Town sanitation worker fatally crushed while riding on the riding step of a refuse collection truck. |
8/10/2015 | 2015CA001 | CA | Lake maintenance worker drowns while removing weeds from a golf course lake. |
7/9/2015 | 2013MI043 | MI | Truck driver crushed by roll off scrap metal box during unloading from truck. |
12/5/2014 | 2013CA003 | CA | A welder dies when he is struck by a projectile from a truck's hydraulic tank. |
6/7/2013 | 2011CA008 | CA | Two laborers die from hydrogen sulfide exposure in a confined space at an organic waste recycling facility. |
2/26/2013 | 2011MA019 | MA | Refuse collector was fatally injured when struck by a backing refuse collection truck - Massachusetts. |
10/22/2012 | 2012CA001 | CA | A supervisor dies when he is decapitated by a rope that was pulled into a wood chipper. |
10/10/2012 | 2010IA005 | IA | Special-needs sanitation route helper caught in tailgate of waste collection truck. |
2/3/2011 | 2010CA005 | CA | A mechanic dies when he is crushed by the hydraulic arm of a recyclable refuse collection truck. |
1/11/2011 | 2010KY006 | KY | Municipal solid waste collector dies after falling from solid waste vehicle hopper area. |
3/10/2010 | 2008NJ079 | NJ | 69-year-old sanitation worker run over by refuse truck. |
8/28/2009 | 2008KY074 | KY | Solid waste driver dies after single vehicle rollover. |
9/24/2007 | 2007CA002 | CA | A Hispanic laborer dies when a stack of paper bales collapses onto him. |
8/31/2007 | 2006CA007 | CA | An electrician was electrocuted while repairing a lighting circuit. |
3/1/2007 | 2006NY084 | NY | Truck driver buried by mulch at town solid waste site. |
8/24/2006 | 2005NJ077 | NJ | Recycling collector dies after falling under the wheels of his truck. |
1/27/2006 | 2005CA008 | CA | A mechanic died when crushed by the lift bed of a trash roll-off truck. |
9/30/2005 | 2004OR010 | OR | Forklift crushes operator working underneath on starter. |
8/1/2005 | 2004CA013 | CA | Two maintenance mechanics died when a suspended steel dock plate fell on them. |
7/28/2005 | 2005NY007 | NY | City employee killed when clothing became entangled around an unguarded PTO shaft on a salt truck. |
1/17/2004 | 2003NY036 | NY | Truck driver dies during payloader crushing incident. |
12/2/2003 | 2003MN016 | MN | Roll-off box truck driver dies after being pinned between hydraulic ram and hydraulic reservoir tank. |
11/20/2003 | 2003CA002 | CA | A laborer died when crushed between the forks and the cab of a trash truck. |
10/28/2003 | 2002CA008 | CA | A Hispanic female laborer was run over by a forklift that was moving a trash bin in a waste transfer and recycling station. |
9/24/2003 | 2003OK016 | OK | Waste disposal worker was crushed between a waste disposal truck and a dumpster. |
3/21/2002 | 2001IA001 | IA | Extra rider on garbage truck is killed when he falls under truck. |
3/6/2002 | 2000NJ111 | NJ | Laborer killed when a truck struck a backhoe and pinned the victim between the backhoe and a dumpster. |
1/25/2002 | 2001NE026 | NE | Youth landscaper pinned underneath front end loader. |
12/21/2001 | 2001CA005 | CA | Maintenance worker is killed when backed over by a bucket loader at a glass recycling center. |
9/27/2001 | 2001NJ019 | NJ | Machine operator killed while trying to repair a conveyor belt. |
5/31/2001 | 1999NJ091 | NJ | Tow truck helper run over while unloading a car from a flatbed truck. |
5/23/2001 | 2000NJ087 | NJ | Groundsman killed by falling tree section during tree trimming work in New Jersey. |
4/19/2001 | 2000CA010 | CA | Tree trimmer dies when pulled into in a brush chipper. |
12/21/2000 | 2000MA035 | MA | Massachusetts laborer crushed in baler at paper recycling facility. |
6/1/2000 | 2000IA005 | IA | Sanitation assistant crushed between garbage truck and compactor. |
2/24/2000 | 1999NJ024 | NJ | Recycling plant laborer engulfed by a load of plastics on a conveyor. |
10/29/1999 | 1999CA005 | CA | Laborer/forklift operator dies when crushed by a forklift driven by a co-worker in California. |
7/1/1999 | 1994MD009 | MD | Garbage collector run over by trash truck at a county landfill while signalling the driver in backing maneuver. |
1/6/1999 | 1998TX112 | TX | A rear load helper, for a refuse collection company in Texas, died when he was crushed by the rear wheels of a refuse collection vehicle. |
7/9/1998 | 1998NE011 | NE | Worker run over by compactor at landfill. |
7/1/1998 | 1998MD005 | MD | An industrial truck operator was crushed when the forklift he was driving down a ramp skidded off a ramp and tipped over and pinned him between the forklift, the ground and a parked car. |
2/23/1998 | 1997NJ078 | NJ | Recycling plant worker killed when caught in a closing overhead bay door. |
3/6/1997 | 1996MA037 | MA | Independent contractor dies when struck by protective hood from chipper/shredder at waste management facility in Massachusetts. |
2/24/1997 | 1996MN080 | MN | Operator dies after being crushed inside a side-loading waste-hauling truck. |
2/21/1997 | 1996NJ026 | NJ | Recycling center laborer crushed in a vertical upstroke baling machine. |
1/7/1997 | 1996CA010 | CA | Operator dies when his front-end loader falls into an excavation and crushes him in California. |
12/6/1996 | 1996IN149 | IN | Laborer killed when forklift falls off loading dock. |
9/11/1996 | 1996MA011 | MA | Massachusetts temporary laborer is crushed in baler at recycling facility. |
5/3/1996 | 1995NJ108 | NJ | Machine operator crushed in a recycling center baling machine. |
3/1/1996 | 1995IA033 | IA | Auto salvage yard worker crushed while working under car - Iowa. |
1/16/1996 | 1995MO060 | MO | Sanitation worker struck by trash collection vehicle in Missouri. |
1/12/1996 | 1995NE031 | NE | Laborer struck by steel pipe. |
10/7/1995 | 1995CA006 | CA | Recycling packer dies after being crushed by a recycling ram in California. |
6/22/1995 | 1995NJ018 | NJ | Maintenance mechanic killed after being caught in a conveyor belt. |
12/29/1994 | 1994CO029 | CO | A 38-year-old recycle technician died as a result of injuries sustained when he fell into a cardboard compactor. |
11/17/1994 | 1994MN057 | MN | Waste hauling service worker dies after he collapsed in an underground manure waste pit. |
9/26/1994 | 1994NJ009 | NJ | Foreman crushed to death after being caught in a screw conveyor. |
7/25/1994 | 1994MO032 | MO | Intoxicated refuse collector falls off of and is backed over by refuse truck. |
5/21/1993 | 1992MA020 | MA | Massachusetts trash collection company operations manager dies when crushed between conveyor truck and dumpster. |
4/14/1992 | 1992MO001 | MO | Sanitation worker dies after falling from rear of moving refuse collection vehicle in Missouri. |
12/1/1991 | 1991CO074 | CO | Sanitation worker dies when rescuing co-worker from underground sewer vault. |
5/7/1991 | 1990CO057 | CO | Garbage collector dies after falling from back of moving garbage truck. |
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