Waste Management of PA

An employee was riding on the back of a truck (passenger side rear step), loading trash into the vehicle. When the truck backed up, their leg was crushed and pinned between the truck and a parked paving machine. He sustained an amputation.

An employee was working as a runner on the back of a rear-load garbage truck. Their left hand was crushed between the packer blade and the sidewall of the hopper. The employee sustained a contusion to the hand.

An employee was exiting the passenger's side of a truck when he slipped and fell to the roadway, striking his head. The employee sustained head trauma.

An employee was moving a rolling dumpster when it went out of control. As he tried to stop it, his right little finger was caught between the rear of the can and a rolling wheel. The finger was amputated.

An employee was pushing a dumpster toward a waste truck. His hand was caught between the dumpster and the truck, and his right index finger was crushed. The finger was medically amputated.

An employee was unloading a truck when he experienced pain. He was hospitalized with a hernia.

An employee was cutting pipe when they sustained a laceration to the face. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee suffered two fingertip amputations while working at a plant.

On September 25, 2023, an employee was working in the body department installing doors, hoods, and tailgates. The employee finished their shift and was hospitalized later that evening for a back injury.

An employee was operating a scissor lift and fractured their right ankle.

An employee was helping unload steel slit coils on a slitting line, using an overhead crane with a C-hook. The coil did not fit properly onto a turnstile. Another operator went to remove the coil from the C-hook using a forklift while the employee held the C-hook steady. The forklift contacted the coil, causing it to fall from the hook. It landed on the employee s foot, breaking four bones. The incident took place during a training activity.

An employee was trying to open the stuck tailgate of a truck. When he pulled on it, it gave way, causing him to fall back and hit his head on the pavement. He suffered a head laceration/contusion.

An employee was mounting an ATV tire. As he was inflating it, the rim came out of the tire and struck his right leg, breaking it below the knee.

On July 25, 2025, an employee was lowering a vehicle on a lift. The employee's right index finger was caught in the lift and partially amputated.

An employee was performing a repair and using a radial arm saw when they lacerated their index finger. The employee was hospitalized with an infection.

An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.

An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.

An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.