A worker filling a lumber order was fatally crushed when a beam fell on him, causing multiple traumatic injuries to his abdomen and pelvis. The victim, a man with 15 years experience with this employer, was using a forklift to retrieve a 60-foot (18-meter) laminated beam from beneath two larger beams that weighed about 3,000 pounds (1,360 kilograms) each when the accident occurred. He should have pulled the two large beams and stacked them elsewhere before pulling the beam he needed. However, he took a fatal shortcut and attempted to pull the shorter beam out from underneath the larger beams. Co-workers heard […]
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