Garbage truck explosion prompts warning - Seymour Tribune

Garbage truck explosion prompts warning - Seymour Tribune

MEDORA – An incident in Whitehall, Ohio, last week, is prompting a safety warning from Rumpke of Indiana about what you put in your trash and recycling. On Jan. 29, an explosion occurred in the back of a residential garbage truck from an illegally discarded oxygen tank. “This is an extremely dangerous situation that the waste industry is encountering far too often,” said Bridgett Biggs, corporate safety manager, Rumpke Waste & Recycling. “We con…