ensure that no one rides on the loading sills or in hoppers.ensure that no riders are using the riding steps when the vehicle is backing, exceeding 10 miles per hour, or traveling more than 0.2 mile, and.remain inside the vehicle cab until the vehicle is completely stopped,.ride only in the vehicle cab or on steps specifically designed for riding,.However, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has published Safety Standards for Mobile Refuse Collection and Compaction Equipment, which addresses safe operation and construction of the equipment and includes recommendations for rider and pedestrian safety. Regulations and StandardsĬurrent OSHA regulations do not specifically address refuse collection vehicles. Twenty (18%) of the 110 fatalities occurred when the refuse collection truck was backing up. Of the vehicle related deaths, 110 (36%) occurred when the worker slipped or fell from a refuse collection vehicle, was struck or run over by the vehicle, or fell and was struck or run over by the refuse collection vehicle. The NTOF surveillance system indicates that between 19, 450 workers aged 16 or older died in incidents related to refuse collection 303 (67%) of these incidents were vehicle related. NIOSH requests that editors of trade journals, safety and health officials, municipal sanitation administrators, private refuse collection companies, private and municipal landfill operators, and manufacturers of refuse collection equipment bring this Alert to the attention of all employers, managers, supervisors, and workers in the solid waste industry. This Alert describes six fatal incidents involving these vehicles and offers recommendations for preventing such incidents. Recent NIOSH investigations conducted under the Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program suggest that employers and workers may not be fully aware of or may be complacent about the hazards of riding on and working near moving refuse collection vehicles. Data from the NIOSH National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (NTOF) Surveillance System indicate that many fatalities occur when workers fall from or are struck by refuse collection vehicles. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) requests assistance in preventing worker injuries and deaths associated with moving refuse collection vehicles. WARNING! Workers risk injury and death when riding on or working near refuse collection vehicles.
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