Worker Killed In Accident At Linthicum Goodwill: Authorities

LINTHICUM, MD — Anne Arundel County Fire Department officials say a worker died Tuesday afternoon in an accident at Goodwill in Linthicum. The victim fell from a forklift about 2 p.m. at Goodwill Industries, 800 Central Ave. The department said in its blog that witnesses said the employee was operating the forklift when it flipped over and he was pinned under the machine.

Coworkers freed the operator, a man believed to be in his early 50s, from underneath the forklift before firefighters arrived. The patient was declared dead by paramedics.

The Maryland Occupational Safety and Health - Division of Labor and Industry was notified by responders and will investigate the workplace death, the fire department said.

Officials have not released the victim's name.