Waste management company fined $130,000 after workers were injured in a flash fire caused by a Vac Truck

Four (4) workers were injured at a worksite on April 30, 2024, while offloading flammable solvents from a vacuum truck into a storage tanker. At the same time, other workers positioned a hydrovac truck in an adjacent bay to offload a wastewater-and-slurry mixture. During this process, flammable vapors were released and drawn into the idling hydrovac truck’s air intake. This created an ignition source, causing a flash fire between the trucks and injuring the four workers.

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