Worker Finds Something Moving in a Heap of Trash Just Seconds Before It Is Crushed

Before trash gets dumped in the garbage machine at the Gorkomhoz Utility Center in Russia, the items inside each bag get checked for metal. This ensures there won’t be any issues when the garbage gets crushed inside the machine.

However, on December 21, 2020, a center employee by the name of Mikhail Tukash discovered something still living inside one of the garbage bags.

If Tukash hadn’t glanced at a seemingly lifeless pile of trash, it would have gotten crushed with the rest of the many piles of garbage that are brought to his worksite every day.

And if it wasn’t for his quick thinking and swift action, his employers might have had a very different story to tell.

Trash Collecting is a Tough Job

Trash collectors around the world know that at most times, they have a pretty thankless job. Not only are they dealing with the waste items of strangers, but they also have to make sure that nothing gets into the trash that shouldn’t, which might be harder than it sounds.

There’s No Time To Check Everything

If you’ve ever encountered a trash collector, you’ll know that they have to stop at dozens, if not hundreds, of houses each day to collect a week’s worth of garbage.

To do so, the trash collectors simply don’t have time to check each and every bag to make sure there’s nothing strange lurking inside.

Strange Things Are Thrown Away Every Day

Most people throw away food waste and unwanted items around the house, but every once in a while, trash collectors will find something truly weird, like an object that has never been used, or an old family keepsake that could have been taken to a thrift store.

But what one Russian trash collector found pretty much broke his heart.

He Wasn’t On the Lookout For Anything in Particular

When Mikhail Tukash started work sorting trash on a snowy day in December, he didn’t expect the day to be any different from any other day at work.

His job is to sort trash that has already been collected to make sure that the items that are about to be crushed won’t hurt the company’s machinery.