Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221538093

WASTE MANAGEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, INC.

Event
Descending Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Garbage Truck, Ladder, Puncture, Puncture Wound, Thigh
NAICS
562111
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#346508211
Employer profile
WASTE MANAGEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, INC.
Summary number
221538093
Report ID
0336000

Event description

Employee is killed when jumps onto post

Investigation abstract

At 1:00 p.m. on February 13, 2023, an employee was climbing down the ladder of a waste-hauling vehicle. The employee jumped onto a u-style post, which punctured into his inner left thigh. The employee was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 32 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    7057

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