One of the Solid Waste Association of North America鈥檚 (SWANA) top goals 聽is getting the waste industry off the federal government鈥檚 list of the most dangerous jobs in the United States. With this mission in mind, SWANA is releasing new safety tips for industry employees. The Five to Stay Alive for landfill workers provides a useful set of guidelines, which landfill employees and their customers should follow to reduce accidents and injuries on the job.
SWANA Executive Director David Biderman stated, 鈥淟andfills pose a variety of health and safety risks to the employees who work there, as well as drivers who dispose waste there. SWANA urges landfill operators to utilize this free document in their safety training, and distribute it to their customers. The current safety performance of the waste industry, taken as a whole, is not acceptable, and SWANA will continue to provide useful safety resources and training to public and private sector employers and employees. Nothing we do is more important.鈥�
SWANA asks waste industry professionals to use this tool, in addition to its other safety resources, to continue efforts in creating a positive safety culture in the workplace because landfills can be a dangerous place, not only for workers, but also for customers. Jesse Maxwell, SWANA eLearning and Advocacy Program Manager, stated, 鈥淲e are committed to providing convenient, straight-forward safety training materials, like the 鈥�5 to Stay Alive鈥� posters, to be used on the front-lines of the industry.鈥� Five to Stay Alive is available for download on the SWANA website in flyer, poster and social media banner formats for easy sharing in promoting safety to colleagues and other industry professionals.
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