Waste Management and Remediation Services

Industry Summary

Between 2014 and 2015, the Waste Management and Remediation Services industry saw employment growth of only 2.26%. There are an average of 15 workers at each of the 27,190 establishments in the United States. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (462% more) the average for the Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services Industry.

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The accident investigation below was opened on Saturday, May 25th 2019 by OSHA representitives in Piso, KY after learning of an incident at 60846 - Pike County Fiscal Court Road Department which had occured on Friday, May 24th 2019. A 61 year old employee had been killed when the

OSHA ID116663.015

Accident Date2019-05-24

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeOn May 24, 2019, a heavy equipment operator was using a track hoe to move a tree when it fell off the excavator bucket and broke the glass on the operator's cab. The employee was killed when the tree struck the controls of the excavator causing it to move forward into the tree.

OSHA investigators arrived in Harveys Lake, PA on Wednesday, January 23rd 2019 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at E I O Waste Solutions & Recycling Inc.. A 18 year old Laborer had been killed when the employee was caught between container and wall and was killed

OSHA ID112907.015

Accident Date2019-01-23

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 2:00 p.m. on January 23, 2019, an employee was retrieving some tools for cleaning that were located at the rear of the 40 cubic yard roll off trash container. The employee's head was caught between the container and a concrete wall when he was struck by the container when it slid on some ice. The employees skull was fractured and he was killed.

On Tuesday, December 18th 2018 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Sutherlin, OR which had occured previously at 317722837 - Sutherlin Sanitary Service Llc. A 51 year old man working as a employee was killed on the job when the

OSHA ID111969.015

Accident Date2018-12-18

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 7:00 a.m. on December 18, 2018, an employee was driving his normal route when his truck left the roadway and crashed into a tree, coming to rest on its side. The employee was pronounced deceased at the scene.

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