Thursday, October 1, 2020

Forklifts, and sleeping on the job - they don't mix


This must have been an expensive error.





Er . . . oops?

Peter

10 comments:

Bob Gibson said...

Good thing that fella didn't get killed - though at that point he may have wished he had been . . .

meTym said...

Not a forklift - floor sweeper.

Peteforester said...

A forklift operator at a major grocery store chain's HUGE distribution center in Richmond, CA ran his lift too high down the paper goods aisle. The lift hit an overhead light fixture, which fell and ignited the TONS of toilet paper under it. The resulting fire burned for TWO WEEKS, completely destroying the distribution center! The last time I passed that fire, there was a huge pile of glowing coals in the middle of it. Yup; that was what was left of the charcoal briquet aisle... ...Single point of failure...

Peteforester said...

Single points of failure: Putting all your eggs in one basket is putting all your begs in one ask it...

LindaG said...

Seemed like such a small bump, too...

Bob Gibson said...

OK, not forklift - large powered pallet jack.

Rob said...

5 o'clock in the morning, that's a tough shift for some. Maybe his next job will have a better shift?

MrGarabaldi said...

Hey Peter;

"Can you say "Drug Test....." before the termination hearing.

Sam L. said...

OY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ygolonac said...

I was off the day someone managed to knock over a rack at the plastics plant, but I still kinda wish I'd been in the building for it.

Wasn't product, or supplies.

A rack full of *steel molds* to make parts.

I expect that that would have been well audible over the machinery and hearing protection.