Waste Management driver pressed wrong switch
Probe: He was killed when the top of his garbage truck hit a pedestrian overpass
Chad Skelton
Vancouver Sun
Published: Weds., Jan. 18, 2006
COQUITLAM, Canada - An investigation by WorkSafe BC into the death of a garbage truck driver who was crushed when the top of his truck hit a pedestrian overpass in Coquitlam has concluded the accident occurred because the driver pressed the wrong switch.
The initial investigation into Ralston Vassell's death July 19 focused on whether a problem with the truck's hydraulic system may have caused the garbage box to tilt up high enough for it to hit a walkway over Lougheed Highway.
But an inspection of the Waste Management of Canada Ltd. truck by WorkSafe investigators found no evidence of mechanical problems -- meaning Vassell himself must have tilted the box.
Since the garbage box is only tilted when a driver wants to dump a load, there's no reason for Vassell to have done so. . . Read more
Chad Skelton
Vancouver Sun
Published: Weds., Jan. 18, 2006
COQUITLAM, Canada - An investigation by WorkSafe BC into the death of a garbage truck driver who was crushed when the top of his truck hit a pedestrian overpass in Coquitlam has concluded the accident occurred because the driver pressed the wrong switch.
The initial investigation into Ralston Vassell's death July 19 focused on whether a problem with the truck's hydraulic system may have caused the garbage box to tilt up high enough for it to hit a walkway over Lougheed Highway.
But an inspection of the Waste Management of Canada Ltd. truck by WorkSafe investigators found no evidence of mechanical problems -- meaning Vassell himself must have tilted the box.
Since the garbage box is only tilted when a driver wants to dump a load, there's no reason for Vassell to have done so. . . Read more
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