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Although the waste industry has worked to make jobs safer in recent years, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, vehicle-related deaths remain a top issue, according to speakers at the Solid Waste Association of North America’s Safety Summit on Thursday.
Presenters also discussed in-cab camera and artificial intelligence technology meant to reduce vehicle accidents and deaths, along with training techniques meant to create safer workplaces and drive down injury and fatality rates. It s been a long-term goal for a sector that often sees collection workers among the top five or six most fatal occupations in the United States.