OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #867879
ANTENUCCI INC.
WARREN, OH·
Event description
Employee killed when caught between shifting load and crane
Investigation abstract
On June 9, 1989, Employee #1 and a coworker were using a trench mounted Hydra-cr ane and a forklift to lift a 6,000 lb heat transfer unit from a cast in preparat ion for transport. The coworker was in the truck at the crane's controls. Employ ee #1 raised one end of the unit on the forks of the forklift, then went around and positioned himself between the load and the crane. He was struck by the shif ting load. Employee #1 was extricated from the pinch point and transferred to th e hospital. Although emergency surgery was performed, Employee #1 died. Cause of death was listed as cut inferior vena cava.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 Male
- Nature of injury
- Cut/Laceration (7)
- Part of body
- CHEST (5)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQ. (27)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MATER-HANDLG PROCED. INAPPROPR (11)
- Environmental factor
- PINCH POINT ACTION (1)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.