Following three fatal accidents involving clothing donation bins in Alberta, a judge is urging the provincial government to establish minimum safety standards for these receptacles.
A judge is asking the Alberta government to consider developing minimum safety standards for clothing donation bins after three people got stuck trying to get inside and died. Justice Jayme Williams reviewed the accidental deaths that happened in southern Alberta between 2017 and 2019. Her report with recommendations was released Thursday.
In the summer of 2017, Jessey Neil O’Quinn was found with his head and arms trapped inside a Diabetes Canada clothing donation bin in a mall parking lot in Calgary. First responders freed the 24-year-old but he was pronounced dead at the scene. The report says bruises and cuts on his neck indicated he fought to free himself, but he ultimately suffocated to death. The following summer, Ross Rodney Jackson, 33, was found unconscious after he was trapped in a Calgary donation bin. The report says he was seen on security camera footage successfully getting in and out of multiple bins in a community centre parking lot, but on his third attempt he lost his grip and became stuck. A passerby spotted legs hanging out of the bin and called 911. Jackson was taken to hospital and put on life support. It was determined he suffered an irreversible brain injury from a lack of oxygen, and he died two days later. Amara Rose Meyer, 39, lost her footing trying to get inside a Salvation Army donation bin in Medicine Hat in the spring of 2019, says the report. She was found by a friend. The report says she suffered traumatic neck injuries, suffocated and died before first responders arrived. She was also impaled by'anti-theft spikes' attached to the inside of the bin, the report says. All three individuals were experiencing homelessness and struggling with addiction at the time, the judge says. She adds that the circumstances of each death varied slightly as did the design of each bi
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