Remediation and Other Waste Management Services

Industry Summary

Between 2014 and 2015, the Remediation and Other Waste Management Services industry saw employment growth of only 2.79%. There are an average of 11 workers at each of the 12,559 establishments in the United States. On average over the last five years, the Remediation and Other Waste Management Services industry has a slightly higher OSHA reported accident rate (8% more) than the broader Waste Management and Remediation Services Industry

On Saturday, May 25th 2019 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident 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 Bridgeport, WV on Friday, December 14th 2018 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Energy Transportation, Llc. A 21 year old had been injured when the
OSHA ID114231.015
Accident Date2018-12-13
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 6:00 p.m. on December 13, 2018, four employees were off-loading a vacuum tanker truck of waste material from Stabilizer Tower T511 into a Frac Tank. During the offloading, the gas monitors worn by the employees sounded and all equipment was turned off, vented, and repositioned before restarting the offloading once again. Vapors escaped the Frac Tank through an opened manhole cover and the pump of the vacuum tanker truck. The vapors contacted one or more ignition sources causing a fire. All of the employees were hospitalized from the burns received from the fires and one of the employees died five days later.
On Friday, December 14th 2018 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Bridgeport, WV after learning of an incident at Energy Transportation, Llc which had occured on Thursday, December 13th 2018. A 61 year old had been killed when the
OSHA ID114231.015
Accident Date2018-12-13
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 6:00 p.m. on December 13, 2018, four employees were off-loading a vacuum tanker truck of waste material from Stabilizer Tower T511 into a Frac Tank. During the offloading, the gas monitors worn by the employees sounded and all equipment was turned off, vented, and repositioned before restarting the offloading once again. Vapors escaped the Frac Tank through an opened manhole cover and the pump of the vacuum tanker truck. The vapors contacted one or more ignition sources causing a fire. All of the employees were hospitalized from the burns received from the fires and one of the employees died five days later.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
15.75
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 6444
161.7%
Inspection Rate: 4.62
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 209