Recology Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Sep 17, 2019: Employee fractures leg when run over by truck

At 12:57 p.m. on September 17, 2019, an employee was working as a traffic controller and was backing up a vehicle when he saw a coworker driving a Peterbuilt garbage truck and backing up too quickly into the next bay. The employee was trying to signal the coworker via hand signal while at the same time trying radio another coworker to get his attention when he dropped the radio on the ground. The employee was trying to pick up the radio while at the same time still trying to get the coworker's attention when he was knocked down and ran over by the truck. The employee was dragged several feet before truck came to a complete stop. Coworkers tended to the employee until emergency services arrived. The employee was air-lifted to a trauma center, where he was admitted to treat fractures to his right pelvis and thigh and degloving of his leg.

Incident on Aug 6, 2015 (fatal): Employee is killed when run over by truck

At 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 2015, an employee was working in housekeeping. While sweeping a FYPA the employee was run over by a truck and crushed.

Incident on Nov 8, 2013: Employee is struck by car and injures legs

On November 8, 2013, Employee #1 was collecting garbage and placing it into a re ar end loader truck. At approximately 7:50 a.m., he was in the street near the r ear end of the truck about to load the garbage containers onto the tippers. The tippers would eventually lift the containers and tip its contents on to the dump ster. As he placed the container in the tipper, a motor vehicle struck him from behind and pinned him to the rear bumper of the loader. The rear bumper was appr oximately 19 inches high from the ground. Employee #1's legs, on or about the kn ee area, were crushed in between the rear bumpers of the loader and the front en gine hood of the motor vehicle. Employee #1 was transported to a medical center, where he underwent surgical procedures, which involved amputating both legs at the knee. After surgery, he received postoperative treatment and was then hospit alized.