OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #892000
D B A AUTO WRECKERS OF EDGEWOOD
EDGEWOOD, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE PINNED BETWEEN TWO FORKLIFT TRUCKS
Investigation abstract
On May 4, 1989, Employee #1 was dismantling the vehicles for parts and scrap met carried by the case forklift obstructed another employee's view. Employee #1 su stained a ruptured liver injury and died at the Shock Trauma Center. Horns of bo th machines were inoperative. Drivers of the equipment did not receive any train ing from the owner of the company. al sale. After dismantling, the vehicle shells were transported to a crusher. Em ployee #1 was working at the rear of the 240-Fiat-Allis forklift truck, Serial N umber N21C-05627, installing a battery cable on its terminal. The disabled 240 F lat-Allis forklift truck was stopped in the middle of a small, 14 to 15-foot-wid e dirt roadway with a narrow pass, along with dumped dirt and mud piles. There w ere junk cars and various automotive parts on the roadside. Employee #1 was pinn ed between the 240-Fiat-Allis forklift truck and a case forklift truck, Model W2 0B, Serial Number N9130263, which was driven by another employee. Two cars being
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- LIVER (27)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQ. (27)
- Occupation
- Supervisors, mechanics and repairers (503)
- Human factor
- OTHER (14)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- 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.