HomeMy WebLinkAboutRainbow Disposal Company Presentation on Proposed Downsizing32-Gallon and 60 Pound Capacity
32-Gallon and
60 Pound Capacity
Limitation for Trash Cans
City Ordinance 8.20.050
Adopted in 1972
32-Gallon and 60 Ib. Capacity
• Health and Safety Issues
• Injuries and Ergonomics
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32-Gallon and 60 Pound rapacity
32-Gallon and 60 Ib. Capacity
• Why Capacity and Not Just Weight?
➢Ergonomics
➢Cal OSHA
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32-Gallon and 60 Ib. Capacity
Each day the average driver
visits 500 homes and lifts
approximately.18 tons.
This is 36,000 pounds a day!
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32-Gallon and 60 Pounpcapacity
32-Gallon and 60 Ib. Capacity
A weight equivalent of
7 Chevy Suburbans
per driver, per day .. .
or 35 Suburbans a week!
32-Gallon and 60 Ib. Capacity
% Workers'
Year
% of
% of
COMP
Injuries
Lost.Days
Insurance
Increase
2001
9%
100%
83.4%
2000 I
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90%
31.1 %
1999
15%
1 95%
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1.2%
1998
7%
81%
Average
10%
92%
38.50/7.
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32-Gallon and 60 Pound Capacity
Thank you
for your cooperation.
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