When Brian Braxton, a loader at Waste Management Inc. in Southfield, Mich., woke up the morning of Jan. 30, he had no idea that his regular work shift would mean a brush with death. Ice- and snow-covered roads painted the nearby Farmington Hills residential streets that morning, which started at 6:30 a.m. for Braxton and his driver Russell DeRosa. Call it chance, or even fate, DeRosa was to drive this new route for the day. He pulled the truck to a stop on Frost Street and allowed Braxton to jump off the back steps to grab trash. As Braxton left to grab a second barrel, DeRosa caught a gl...