Loading ...Solid Waste Fatalities High in November
According to NSWMA at least nine solid waste industry fatalities occurred this November.
− Two waste collectors were struck by passing motorists (Maine and South Carolina).
− Two workers at recycling facilities were killed when they got entangled in the equipmen (New Mexico, New York).
− A waste collector fell off a truck and died in Nevada.
− Four landfill employees died in Wisconsin when they were overcome by landfill gas in tank (no one was wearing respiratory protection).