Accident: 126092550 - Leg Fractured By Garbage Truck Mechanism

At approximately 12:36 p.m. on September 18, 2000, Employee #1 climbed a waste collection truck to retrieve some waste paper from the space between the driver's cab and the vehicle's waste storage unit. He inadvertently touched the armlift activator and he became pinned. The Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics freed him and he was airlifted to UCLA Medical Center. Employee #1's right leg was fractured, his right arm seriously injured, and his lower back bruised.

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Accident: 119957777 - One Killed, One Injured During Truck Repair

At approximately 7:45 a.m. on November 18, 1999, Employees #1 and #2, of Amrep, Inc., were working on the body of an elevated refuse truck when the roll-off bin came down on top of them. Both sustained traumatic head injuries. Employee #1 was pronounced dead at the scene; Employee #2 was hospitalized.

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Accident: 170238612 - Killed In Garbage Truck Accident

On November 10, 1999, Employee #1 was driving a Peterbilt side-loading garbage truck south on Highway 99 when he failed to stop in time and rear-ended a Mazda sedan. The truck veered right and Employee #1 corrected the vehicle's direction by turning left. The centrifugal force pitched him out of the truck and he landed on the pavement. He sustained massive head injuries and died at the hospital the following day. Employee #1 was in the right-hand driving position; he was not wearing a seat belt.

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Accident: 120126263 - Foot Injured In Trash Compactor, Later Amputated

At approximately 9:30 a.m. on July 16, 1999, Employee #1, a truck driver and trash collector was performing his assigned duties of collecting refuse in a residential area of Hesperia. He had entered the trash compaction chamber to clear a cardboard box when his left foot and ankle became caught in the operating compactor. Employee #1 sustained crushing injuries that ultimately led to amputation of his ankle and foot. Employee #1 was transported by paramedics to Loma Linda University Medical Center, where he was hospitalized for 30 days.

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Accident: 170572135 - Dies Of Blood Clot Following Toe Injury

Employee #1 was riding on the back of a sanitation truck when it backed into a parked car. Employee #1's foot became caught between the truck and the car, and his big toe was crushed. He subsequently developed a blood clot, and died if a massive acute bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism.

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Accident: 170616288 - Fingers Injured In Packing Panel Of Garbage Truck

At approximately 7:00 a.m. on April 30, 1999, Employee #1 had his left hand against a garbage truck when two of his fingers became caught in the moving packing panel and were partially amputated. He was transported to Kaweah Delta Hospital, where he was treated and released.

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