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Employee suffered a fatal injury in a forklift truck accident
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned companies to manage transport in the workplace after a man was killed when his forklift truck was obstructed in its path, toppled over and crushed him. 31-year-old company employee Shaun Porter was moving a large steel assembly from one end of the factory to the other. A large vehicle frame was protruding into the unmarked gangway and he decided to raise the forks over the obstruction to make room for his vehicle to proceed.
On realising that he would hit the frame, colleagues shouted for him to stop in his tracks. Shaun braked but his load struck the frame causing the truck to spin round and overturn.
Shaun tried to jump out of the truck but it caught him as he fell, landed on the top of him, killing him instantly in this work accident.
HSE found there to be a lack of marked out access ways and gangways and no way of assessing size or weight of loads. Employees were found to be moving around in unofficial routes with no official gangway.
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