Crushed dead homeless man

I just read on MSN about a poor homeless guy who got crushed to death by a dustbin lorry. The verdict was accidental death but surely the binmen have responsibility to check the bin before the lorry picks it up?? They don't have to root around in it - simply opening the lid would determine if there was someone asleep in it - and homeless people do sleep in bins. i think it's disgrace that this ever happened.