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:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/26/2021 | 2018NY063 | NY | Town sanitation worker fatally crushed while riding on the riding step of a refuse collection truck. |
| 5/8/2018 | 2016NY066 | NY | Worker crushed unloading steel waste container. |
| 2/26/2013 | 2011MA019 | MA | Refuse collector was fatally injured when struck by a backing refuse collection truck - Massachusetts. |
| 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. |
| 11/6/2009 | 2009MA020 | MA | Municipal laborer dies after falling off the back of a forward moving refuse collection truck - Massachusetts. |
| 8/28/2009 | 2008KY074 | KY | Solid waste driver dies after single vehicle rollover. |
| 8/24/2006 | 2005NJ077 | NJ | Recycling collector dies after falling under the wheels of his truck. |
| 9/24/2003 | 2003OK016 | OK | Waste disposal worker was crushed between a waste disposal truck and a dumpster. |
| 8/27/2002 | 2002NY007 | NY | Truck driver run over by trash compactor at municipal landfill. |
| 3/21/2002 | 2001IA001 | IA | Extra rider on garbage truck is killed when he falls under truck. |
| 6/1/2000 | 2000IA005 | IA | Sanitation assistant crushed between garbage truck and compactor. |
| 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. |
| 2/24/1997 | 1996MN080 | MN | Operator dies after being crushed inside a side-loading waste-hauling truck. |
| 1/16/1996 | 1995MO060 | MO | Sanitation worker struck by trash collection vehicle in Missouri. |
| 7/25/1994 | 1994MO032 | MO | Intoxicated refuse collector falls off of and is backed over by refuse truck. |
| 8/27/1993 | 1993MO008 | MO | Commercial route refuse collector crushed when refuse truck slid into semi-truck trailer. |
| 6/1/1993 | 1992MO048 | MO | Refuse collector crushed by refuse truck compactor. |
| 4/14/1992 | 1992MO001 | MO | Sanitation worker dies after falling from rear of moving refuse collection vehicle in Missouri. |
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