An equipment operator working for a power company was killed when she backed a forklift into a trench covered with plywood. The incident occurred at a company building that was being partly torn down to make way for a new highway. A storeroom in the building had been cleared, leaving three pallets of material staged outside the building. The victim was preparing to remove the material. She arrived on site and asked a company construction co-ordinator about the pallets and a forklift. The co-ordinator, who was not aware of the trench, directed her to a forklift on the loading dock. Behind the […]