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Isle of Wight bin worker dies 12 days after 'serious incident'
A refuse worker has died 12 days after being injured in a "serious incident" involving a bin man was airlifted to hospital after being hurt on Spencer Road in Ryde, Isle of Wight, on 29 July. Isle of Wight Council, which confirmed he died on Sunday, said it was a "profound loss" for the community. The authority said it was cooperating with the Health and Safety Executive as it carried out an investigation. It added: ''We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of one of our valued waste collection team members."While it is important to allow this process to take its course, we want to assure everyone that we are fully committed to supporting the investigation."In a statement, waste management operator Thalia said: "Our deepest condolences are with their family, friends and colleagues, and we ask that their privacy is respected at this extremely difficult time." You can follow BBC Hampshire & Isle of Wight on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
BBC News
09-06-2025
- General
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Scottish Borders Council warns of more bin collection disruption
Residents in the Scottish Borders face a second week of disruption to their waste and recycling collection following an incident which resulted in the injury of a refuse worker. The man was treated in hospital after becoming tangled in a bungee cord attached to a household wheelie bin on a rural route last month. Since then the automatic lifting mechanisms on all bin lorries have been suspended and are being operated manually, in the interests of staff safety. Scottish Borders Council has said it will make no household food waste collections this week and asked residents to put food waste in their general bin. The move to suspend the use of the automated lifting mechanisms is slowing the speed at which all types of domestic waste can be collected. It is causing disruption to operations and resulting in missed collections. No new bulky uplift bookings are being taken before July. A council spokesperson confirmed domestic food waste collections were suspended between 9 June and 13 June. "This is due to the knock-on effects of the service-wide disruption and the prioritisation of general waste and recycling collections," they said."As we are not sure how long this disruption will continue, if you do not have enough space in your food waste bin, we ask that you place any food waste into your general waste bin until further notice."We are very sorry for this inconvenience. If your general waste or recycling bin is not collected as scheduled, please leave it presented as we will make every effort to return for it."If we have not returned by the Sunday, please take your bin back in and present it again on your next scheduled collection day."They also asked residents to remove bungee cords, ropes, chains and any other type of restraint from their wheelie bins on collection days."Remaining restraints will be removed by our staff if possible, but if they cannot be removed we will not be able to collect the bin," they added. "Please note that we may not be able to guarantee the return of any restraints removed by our staff."The council spokesperson added: "We ask for your continued patience and cooperation while we work hard to resolve this matter." Story supplied by Local Democracy Reporting Service reporter Paul Kelly
BBC News
30-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Worker caught in bin lorry mechanism by bungee cord in Scottish Borders
A refuse worker in the Scottish Borders has been injured after being caught and dropped by a bin lorry's lifting man was taken to hospital after becoming tangled in a bungee cord attached to a household wheelie bin on a rural Borders Council said the man was later discharged and a full health and safety investigation would be held into the incident on Friday said the use of automated lifting mechanisms would be suspended during the investigation, with bin collections disrupted across the region. It warned of a "significant impact" on waste services due to additional time needed for workers to operate the mechanism council said in a statement: "The extra time required and will most likely result in disruptions and missed collections. "We would like to stress to householders the seriousness of this issue and the importance of not using bungee cords, or any other type of restraint, on their wheelie bin which may put the health and safety of staff in danger."Scottish Borders Council said further updates would be provided when the investigation is complete.
