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25 Nov 2024

Autor:
JT Moodee Lockman, Mike Hellgren, WJZ News (USA)

Baltimore DPW failed to help, ignored warning signs before Ronald Silver's death, co-worker alleges

The co-worker of a Baltimore Department of Public Works (DPW) employee who died from overheating while at work over the summer said they both passed out earlier in the day and the driver of their trash truck failed to call for help.

He provided new details about Ronald Silver's severe distress and how he tried desperately to help him...

On Monday, attorney Thiru Vignarajah joined Silver's co-worker Travis Christian as he detailed the events of that day, explaining how he passed out from the heat about an hour before Silver collapsed and sharing insight into the culture at DPW...

"It felt like I'm getting ready to die," Christian said. "I could no longer continue to do this because I'm getting ready to die. I felt my lights turning off inside my body."

According to Vignarajah, Christian worked in the same conditions as Silver. On August 2, 2024, both men worked the 6 a.m. shift to pick up trash in Baltimore City neighborhoods. Christian said that morning temperatures were already soaring to nearly 100 degrees...

Christian said he's lucky to be alive to share his harrowing story. He said Silver shook him awake...

Christian said the city did not provide them with water or breaks from the heat...

"This agency is guilty of creating a culture that is inhumane and unacceptable," Vignarajah said. "They have created a culture where people can't complain even as they endure unbearable inhumane conditions, not once, but every day. In cold, in hot, in the worst imaginable circumstances, they're expected to pick up our trash for a dime on the dollar, and if they complain, they get stuck in a truck without air conditioning."...

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