Houston Chronicle - Mon Nov 23

Common sense suggests it's a bad idea to seek refuge in a Dumpster. But every so often, waste industry periodicals contain tragic stories of those who have, only to find themselves trapped in the back of a big truck with a compactor exerting over 1,000 pounds of pressure per square inch.

KFDM-TV Beaumont - Mon Nov 23

Beaumont Fire and Police have rescued a homeless person who was sleeping in a dumpster and became trapped in a mound of garbage when a waste truck driver lifted the dumpster and emptied the contents into his vehicle, according to a spokesman for Triangle Waste.