Republic Services: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Feb 5, 2021: Two employees with covid-19 infection are hospitalized

Employee #1 and Employee #2 worked at a hauling site where approximately 110 drivers were picking up and dropping off garbage trucks that they used in surrounding cities and drop waste off at a separate facility. The facility has a dispatch office, a warehouse, a locker room area, and a large yard where the vehicles are kept. Employee 1's last day worked was January 26, 2021, tested positive on February 1, 2021, and was hospitalized on February 5, 2021, and discharged on February 9, 2021. The employer became aware of the hospitalization on February 8, 2021. Employee 2's last day worked was on February 2, 2021, received positive COVID-19 results on February 2, 2021 and was hospitalized on February 6, 2021. The employee was discharged on February 9, 2021, and the employer became aware of the hospitalization on February 10, 2021.

Incident on Jun 8, 2020: Employee's toe is surgically amputated after being crushed

At 6:15 a.m. on June 8, 2020, an employee was working for a waste disposal company. He was a driver. He was at a customer site. He was loading a roll-off container onto his truck. The container shifted and dropped onto the employee's right foot. The employee was able to pull his foot out. He called his supervisor, who took the employee to the hospital to get his injury checked by a doctor. The employee had suffered an injury to the fifth {small) toe on his right foot. The toe had to be surgically amputated. The surgery took place on June 18, 2020, at a hospital. The employee was hospitalized. That same day, June 18, 2020, the employer called Cal/OSHA.

Incident on Jan 4, 2019: Employee fractures skull and leg in fall from garbage truck

At 6:15 a.m. on January 4, 2019, an employee was operating and driving a commercial trash truck when a communication cable was caught by the truck. The employee got on top of the truck and was using a wooden stick to remove the cable when another truck drove by in the opposite direction and caught the cable. The employee was knocked off of his truck and fell approximately 2 feet before landing on the ground, fracturing both his skull and left leg. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident on Dec 23, 2009: Employee is injured in fall from bulldozer

At approximately 1:30 p.m. on December 23, 2009, Employee #1 was engaged in oper ating a D-9 dozer and compacting trash at a landfill in Sylmar, CA. He attempted to disconnect the odor control misting lines attached to a fence system, while standing on the tank of his dozer. The normal procedure for disconnecting the mi sting hose lines before moving the fences was to conduct the operation from the ground. At the time of the incident, one of the misting lines was not disconnect ed, and the fences were moved, causing the misting lines to not be accessible fr om the ground. Employee #1 approached the misting line with his dozer, and attem pted to disconnect the line from the dozer's tank, which was at a height of appr oximately 10 ft. He held a hand rail as he disconnected the line. The tension in the line caused him to lose his balance and fall onto the landfill's ground cov ered with dirt and trash. Employee #1 was transported to a medical center, where he received treatment and was hospitalized.