During a hearing last month, Baltimore city councilmembers learned that there is no direct way for sanitation workers to contact supervisors on their route, potentially leading to delays in communications when issues or emergencies arise.
“There’s not a two- way radio system currently being used… in this modern day and age, everybody uses a cell phone,” said DPW Acting Director Khalil Zaeid, during the August investigative hearing before the council.
While the industry has guidelines for things like how far and how fast a worker should ride on the back of a truck, it doesn’t have anything comparable for communications, even in emergencies…