Sanitation worker seriously injured after trash can explosion

A Milwaukee Department of Public Works employee is seriously injured after an explosion inside a garbage can sent him flying.

It happened last week as two sanitation workers were picking up trash near Abert Place and N. 9th Street.

Video from DPW shows the two men working their route when an explosion inside one of the cans goes off as the workers move closer to the truck. The blast knocked one worker off his feet and onto the ground…

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