A New York City Sanitation worker died on the job in Queens on Saturday evening, according to local officials. Richard Errico, a 19-year veteran of the department, appears to have been killed outside of the DSNY garage for District’s 11 and 13 in Douglaston, according to grisly photos from the scene.

The worker was operating a sanitation truck at the yard on Douglaston Parkway near Grand Central Parkway, when he fell out around 5:43 p.m., according to police sources.

It was not clear on Sunday what caused Errico — who worked for the sanitation department for 19 years — to fall out of the truck.

An employee of the Department of Sanitation died on Saturday after falling out of a garbage truck while on the job in Queens. Richard Errico, a 19-year veteran of the department, fell off the truck on Douglaston Parkway in Little Neck around 6 p.

Richard Errico, 54, was killed instantly after officials say he tumbled out of the cab and slipped beneath the wheels of a 65,000-pound sanitation truck.