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YELLOW DOG

02-19-2006 15:56:22




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Never liked to see those men riding on backs of garbage trucks. Well it happened. Not far from my place. The truck was backing up as it does on my steet.Snowy day as I remember. The worker,early 20's, slid under one of the rear duals. Ran over his hip area. Happened couple weeks ago. He's still alive. Showed his family pictue in the paper.I can't imagine him even being alive. The driver of our truck says it weights 36.000 pounds. Now when he backs down our steet the guys on the back get off and run to end . DAN

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Billy NY

02-20-2006 05:53:43




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 Re: Garbage truck accident in reply to YELLOW DOG, 02-19-2006 15:56:22  
Trucks have a lot or potential to be very dangerous, very sad to hear that, a friend runs a garbage collection business and last fall while 2 trucks were backed up to each other, his father was crushed between them, he survived and I have not heard how he's been recovering lately. A lot of it has to do with being seen and or knowing where people are.

I did something foolish 3 years ago, after taking delivery of my crawler, I ran around the front of the nose of the tractor trailer to let him know I'd be down to the shop to pay in person the following week, but my friend Sean who was driving, did not see me, as I cleared the other side another friend helping with traffic grabbed me an pulled me further away from it, I barely made it across and the truck took off, another friend was in the traffic and saw what I did, I'm still not sure what ever got into me, was always in a hurry, never stood still for long making sure all the I's are dotted and T's crossed, job, home etc. not anymore after that eyeopener, was a real dumb move and still creeps me out to think of it. Lets hope this person makes a recovery, that is a tough injury to deal with.

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Kelly C

02-20-2006 03:54:19




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 Re: Garbage truck accident in reply to YELLOW DOG, 02-19-2006 15:56:22  
Wow thats to bad. I had done that work one summer Long time ago. Hang on babby!!! Pretty stinky, but lots of treasure out there getting thrown away.
I havent seen a garbage truck around here with more than one guy in it for years. Hydralic lift arm pick up the can and dump it from the cab. Or the poor guy has to get out and do it him self.



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730 virgil

02-19-2006 20:25:27




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 Re: Garbage truck accident in reply to YELLOW DOG, 02-19-2006 15:56:22  
a few years ago someone rearended garbage truck guy was riding on back pinned between the two he left a wife and kids



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Steve Crum

02-19-2006 19:28:24




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 Re: Garbage truck accident in reply to YELLOW DOG, 02-19-2006 15:56:22  
Scares the h**l out of me! I've seen these guys swing off the left side of a garbage truck in front of oncoming traffic. Doesn't help the general perception that these guys are not real bright to start with!



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RayP(MI)

02-19-2006 17:33:24




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 Re: Garbage truck accident in reply to YELLOW DOG, 02-19-2006 15:56:22  
You're right about that - I've thought riding a garbage truck was an invitation for disaster. BUT, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE ALL DONE SIMILAR THINGS ON AND AROUND MOVING FARM MACHINERY?????



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Mark - IN.

02-19-2006 21:21:42




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 Re: Garbage truck accident in reply to RayP(MI), 02-19-2006 17:33:24  
I know exactly what you mean, and you are so right. I don"t know whom invented those plastic enclosures for PTO shafts, but he/she/they deserve a place in heaven if you ask me. A lot more unforgiving accidents used to happen before they came to be. Just one example of countless many.

Mark



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37 chief

02-19-2006 19:03:06




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 Re: Garbage truck accident in reply to RayP(MI), 02-19-2006 17:33:24  
A garbage truck here in San Diego a few weeks back dumped his load at the city dump, and did not lower the bin back on to the truck, and at the first large sign hanging over the freeway, the bin knocked the sign down,causing a complete freeweay shutdown for several hours durnig rush hour. There was a serious injury, but no one killed.



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