Dougherty County -- A giant earth mover at the Dougherty County landfill burst into flames Monday. This 2002 Caterpillar Compactor was destroyed by fire. The nearly 400-thousand dollar piece of heavy ...

A contractor was injured in a Friday afternoon accident at the Rumpke Sanitary Landfill in Colerain Township.Officials said a contractor was injured in a 1 p.m. accident involving heavy equipment.

At the Mallard Lake Landfill, Darryl Sams’ job title is landfill heavy equipment mechanic. But these days, Sams also is known as one of the “World’s Greatest Garbagemen.” Sams, 34, of West Chicago, ...

A California landfill worker died while on the job on Wednesday, June 25. The incident happened at the Sunshine Canyon Landfill in Granada Hills. CAL/OSHA will investigate the deadly incident. LOS ...

SUFFOLK, Va. — The operations building at Suffolk's SPSA Waste Solutions Regional Landfill was severely damaged in a fire Thursday evening. A security guard at the facility, located at 1 Bob Foeller ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Crews were fighting a fire in Virginia Beach Tuesday night. The fire was at the Hampton Roads Landfill off Centerville Turnpike and Jake Sears Road, the fire department said.

BREA – A 31-year-old man seriously injured Thursday, Dec. 28 after he was partially crushed by a heavy tire assembly at the Olinda Alpha Landfill is recovering, according to his employer. The man, who ...

Many residents of Yukon, Pa. were unhappy about an expansion plan for MAX Environmental's hazardous waste landfill. The plan was withdrawn earlier this year. For years, residents have complained about ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Crews with the Salt Lake City Fire Department responded to a trash fire at the Salt Lake County Landfill on California Ave. early Wednesday morning. The cause of the fire in the area ...

A worker was hospitalized after suffering a laceration in a heavy equipment accident Friday at the Rumpke Sanitary Landfill, according to Rumpke officials. Colerain Township emergency crews responded ...