Waste Safety

Moving Target 

Bruce Hooker R.F. Mattei & Associates of CA Insurance Services; Sacramento, Calif.

Whether your company operates a landfill, transfer station, materials recovery facility or other recycling operation, one thing is clear: Keeping your...

The Safety Dance 

Chris Carlson

The Solid Waste Industry is paying more attention to safety, and the numbers back it up. According to a report by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics,...

Don't Let Up 

Stephen Ursery

Those of Us Who Spend Our Work Days behind a desk or in front of a computer leave for our jobs each morning secure in the belief that we will return home...

The Long Haul 

Bruce A. Hooker R.F. Mattei & Associates of CA Insurance Services Sacramento, Calif.

Editor's note: This is the final article in the driver safety series that appeared in the April 2007, June 2007, September 2007, November 2007 and January...

Just Shred It 

Barry Shanoff Legal Editor Rockville, Md.

Got a Pile of unnecessary data about employees, customers and vendors? Better shred it or dread it. That's the succinct message state and federal law...

Cover Me 

By Chris Carlson

Today's Truck Tarping systems aren't perfect, but, in haulers' minds, they're close. Fleet managers say that despite always being on the lookout for the...

Cleaning Up After Mother Nature 

By Nancy Mann Jackson

Be It Wildfires, tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, or floods, most areas are at risk of a natural disaster at some point and just after the devastation...

Driven to Succeed 

By Alice Jacobsohn

EIA recognizes outstanding garbage truck drivers for 2008...

Safety in Numbers 

By David Biderman

Injury statistics show the industry’s focus on safety is paying off, but fatality numbers are still unacceptably high...

MRFs Under the Microscope 

Waste Age discusses the pressing issues facing MRFs — such as rising equipment costs and worker safety — with site managers...

Haul, Speed Racer, Haul!!! 

By Steven Averett

It's likely ontario legislators had a specific kind of offender in mind when they recently enacted legislation to catch and penalize street racers...

Blow Me Down 

By Chris Carlson

Waste firms prepare for hurricane season...

Worries on Wheels 

BY CHRIS CARLSON

Survey identifies ten major trucking industry concerns....

Sim Sanitation: 

BY CHRIS CARLSON

Garbage truck drivers across the United States recently had the chance to put their safety skills to the test in a high-tech simulator training session....

Balers by the Book 

By Gary Satterfield and Michael Fickes

How government regulations and voluntary ANSI standards combine to improve baler safety....

Good to Go 

Bruce A. Hooker

Promoting safe driving habits through orientation and initial training....

The Safety Evolution 

By Phil Headley and Michael Fickes

Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of articles about ANSI safety standards and solid waste equipment. NOTHING, OF COURSE, is ever absolutely...

An Inconvenient Mess 

Kate McGinn

Disaster is a strong word, but cleaning up an environmental mess whether it results from a fuel oil or hydraulic fluid spill from a garbage truck accident,...

If They Don't Just Say No 

Bruce A. Hooker

Since 1996, Federal Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations (49 CFR Parts 40 & 382) have required that all waste industry drivers who operate vehicles...

Embracing Safety 

By Paul Kilduff

The grueling work of the waste industry whether it takes place on a residential or commercial route, or at a transfer station, recycling center or landfill...

Dead Man's Curb 

David Biderman NSWMA General Counsel

The federal bureau of labor statistics (BLS) has issued its annual review of the previous year's workplace fatalities and the results contain both bad...

The Camera Eye 

Bruce A. Hooker R.F. Mattei & Associates of CA Insurance Services Sacramento, Calif.

Despite the safety efforts implemented by most waste companies, vehicle accidents are still a reality of the industry. Sometimes the mishaps are the fault...

Defensive Behavior 

Kate McGinn

What do the following types of accidents lane changes, sideswipes, collisions at intersections, turning squeezes, pedestrian strikes and backing accidents...

Worth Their While 

Bruce Hooker

VEHICLE ACCIDENTS AND EMPLOYEE INJURIES negatively impact a company's bottom line through higher insurance rates and other costs not covered by insurance,...

Keeping Workers Safe 

BY SUSAN EPPES & JAN HESTER

A perception exists in some quarters that waste is a dangerous business, and accidents are inevitable. However, industry members cannot afford to have...