![]() FALL FROM FORKS: Two employees were riding the load which was tied onto the forks of a forklift.When the operator raised his forks he not only picked up his intended load, but caused the adjacent stack of crates to topple onto the nearby longshoreman. The forks extended some l0 inches under the base of an adjacent stack of three crates which was some 31 inches wide. The forklift operator did not realize he was dealing with a more narrow cargo which allowed his forks to extend beyond the intended cargo's base. ![]() The width of the crates had changed from previous loads to more narrow gauge. The forklift intended to pick up a stack of three crates. This cargo had just been off-loaded from a ship and was on the dock awaiting transfer by forklift to an adjacent warehouse.
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