PDN: Forklift Operator Crushed.
When I got the news about the above incident. I was trying to figure out what company was involved in that tragedy. Later, the media reported that the accident happened on the Fukuda Yard. A forklift operator was trying to carry an old bus. It lost it's load and flipped, pinning the operator underneath the forklift.
This accident was preventable. I don't have all the details about what happened. I'm sure it will all be known in the next couple of days.
I am sure that OSHA Compliance Officers, out of Region 9, are on their way to the island, if they are not here already.
So sad...
UPDATE: 16NOV11
Word on the street is that the company involved is a small company, not Fukuda. Fukuda initiated rescue operations using their forklift to lift the other company's forklift off of the operator. Family members state the operator's name is Paul Blas, 48 yo, from Dededo.
Pacific Daily News
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