Solid Waste Landfill

Industry Summary

OSHA investigators arrived in San Antonio, TX on Monday, December 4th 2017 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Republic Services, Inc.. A 42 year old Truck driver had been killed when the
OSHA ID101236.015
Accident Date2017-12-04
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 10:00 a.m. on December 4, 2017, an employee was attempting to free some material that was stuck in the hydraulic arms of a roll-off box on a solid waste burner. The employee was crushed between the roll-off box and the tarp hydraulic roller arms as the rollers activated while he was removing the jammed material. The employee was killed.
OSHA investigators arrived in Anchorage, AK on Monday, August 21st 2017 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at Anchorage Municipality Of which had occured on Friday, August 18th 2017. A 62 year old man working as a Waste/Debris Collector was injured on the job when the employee suffered a minor stroke and was hospitalized
OSHA ID98466.015
Accident Date2017-08-18
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 4:00 p.m. on August 18, 2017, an employee was closing the tailgate of his dump truck and felt a "pop" in his left arm. The employee's arm went numb and he was hospitalized where the employee was treated for a minor stroke.
The accident investigation below was opened on Tuesday, July 18th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Temple, TX after learning of an incident at Centex Waste Management which had occured on Friday, July 7th 2017. A 54 year old man working as a Helper was injured on the job when the employee sustained heat exhaustion while picking up trash in
OSHA ID97244.015
Accident Date2017-07-07
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 4:00 p.m. on July 7, 2017, an employee was picking up trash in hot weather. The employee sustained heat related illness. The employee was admitted to hospital for overnight observation.

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Inspection Records: 705
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Accident Records: 59

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