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-Short Attention Span Theater-

Today's Idiot

2007-02-23

Man Compacted in Trash Truck Gets Hurt

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A man sleeping in a trash receptacle was injured Thursday after being dumped into a trash truck and then compacted. The extent of the man's injuries is not clear, said Joe Vitale, battalion chief with the Kansas City Fire Department.
Talk about getting trashed!
The incident happened early Thursday at a shopping center on U.S. 40, east of downtown Kansas City. As the waste-truck worker was driving away, he started the compacter. The driver heard screams coming from the front of truck, where he had dumped trash from the receptacle, Vitale said.
Help! I'm being repressed!
Tom Coffman, spokesman with the waste company, Deffenbaugh Disposal Service, said the driver quickly stopped the compactor. "He jumped in and tried to dig the guy out, and found out he couldn't," Coffman said.

A file cabinet in the trash heap had pressed against the man's legs. The driver called 911 and firefighters arrived and rescued the unidentified man.
It's amazing what some people throw away.
Coffman said the man was lifted over the top of the truck and then dropped 12 to 15 feet from the receptacle to the truck. The compactor has a pressure level of about 2,000 pounds per square inch.

Posted by:Deacon Blues

#7 the file cabinet that was against his legs doesn't sound too soft

Posted by: Jan 2007-02-23 15:24

#6 Fancy that, a reporter using sloppy reporting! They'll be making news up next - waitaminute...

Thanks for the info RJ...

Posted by: Tony (UK) 2007-02-23 11:49

#5 I used to make these things, the reporter used sloppy reporting, the HYDRULIC PRESSURE is 2000 lbsThe piston it pushes is typicaly 4 inch diameter so the actual push on the sliding part is about 8000 pounds But here's the part left out the sliding compactor is usualy 4 feet by 6 feet, so the total pressure is much less than 8000 lbs, multiply 4X6=800 lbs per square footSurvivable, especialy if the compactor is full of something soft, like uncrushed paper, or even better bubble wrap.

Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-02-23 11:31

#4 "Look at that! Someone done throwed away a perfectly good white boy!"

Posted by: Threrelet Flavins8995 2007-02-23 10:22

#3 This actually happens quite a lot. ~~Bums, winos, and other crazies~~ the unfortunate view the containers as safe warm shelter.

Posted by: Jackal 2007-02-23 08:43

#2 I'm going to watch where I sleep tonight. Thanks, DB.

Posted by: Howard UK 2007-02-23 04:17

#1 The compactor has a pressure level of about 2,000 pounds per square inch. I always wondered if we were really supposed to believe that McQueen and MacGraw's 'Getaway' characters could survive being compressed in that trash truck. This idiot was clearly fortunate.

Posted by: GK 2007-02-23 00:15

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