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garbage compactor



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Each garbage compactor — which holds about four tons — was contaminated with medical and hazardous waste, he said.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 5, 2024

King had gotten involved in a contentious strike by sanitation workers in Memphis, upset over the accidental deaths of two co-workers in a garbage compactor and a history of poor pay and ill treatment.

From Washington Times Apr. 4, 2018

It has been shaken by protests since the death in October of a fish vendor who was crushed by a garbage compactor while trying to save fish that officials had confiscated.

From Washington Post Jun. 11, 2017

A state police news release says the crash happened on Louisiana Highway 447 after a garbage compactor fell out of a truck Rose was driving.

From Washington Times Apr. 15, 2016




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