Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 172939.015 - Employee falls from garbage truck and is fatally crushed by

Accident Summary Nr: 172939.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 12/20/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1795062.015	12/23/2024		562111	Meridian Waste Florida, Llc

Abstract: At 11:15 a.m. on December 20, 2024, an employee helper was assisting a driver backing up a Freightliner garbage truck at a cul-de-sac. The employee attempted to jump onto a step on the back passenger side of the truck, where another employee was standing operating the hopper. The employee slipped and fell from the step and was crushed by the truck's rear passenger-side tires. The employee sustained multiple head and torso injuries and was fatally injured.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Crushed, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Head, Slip, Tire, Torso, Truck

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1795062.015	22	M	Fatality		Garbage collectors

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