Inspection Detail

Inspection: 301462933 - Karta Corp.

Inspection Information - Office: Tarrytown Area Office

Investigation Summary

Employee #1 was sorting recyclables, paper, and cardboard out of the garbage and was last seen at approximately 8:00 a.m. on June 28, 1999, by a coworker in an area slightly to the rear and left of where the garbage is dumped from trucks and periodically piled up using a John Deere 744E payloader. Employee #1 was not seen at lunch by coworkers at 11:30 a.m., and he did not punch out or return home. Relatives initiated a search with the Company and Police on June 29, 1999 in the early morning. At 9:15 a.m. on June 29, 1999, Employee #1 was discovered by the Peekskill Police Department buried under a pile of household type garbage approximately 10 feet deep. The apparent cause of death was suffocation.

Keywords: GARBAGE TRUCK, ASPHYXIATED, SUFFOCATED, BURIED