Accidents & Death
Accidents & Deaths using Forklifts
- 1 in 5 workplace fatalities are caused by a forklift truck or industrial vehicle.
- 27 people are killed in forklift truck accidents at work every year.
- 1 in 10 workplace fatalities are in the transportation and storage sector.
- 1,500 injuries are caused by forklifts and other industrial vehicles every year.
- 3 in 10 of these injuries are in the transportation and storage sector.
Accident statistics are available through the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) in the UK, and OSHA.
A worker in 30s crushed to death by forklift as colleagues are sent home early...
- 2nd May 2022
- Australia
- Daily Mail Article
A worker in his 30s has unfortunately died after his colleagues were sent home for the day and a forklift fell on top of him in the warehouse.
Working on an industrial complex at 6:30AM on Monday a forklift tipped ontop of him and he was trapped. Whilst emergency services arrived at the scene, they we’re unable to revive the worker.
Man dies after being struck by a forklift in Hamilton...
- 26th April 2022
- USA
- Toronto News
A 36-year-old man has died after being struck by an industrial forklift at a worksite in Hamilton, Ont. late Tuesday morning.
The incident took place at a plant on Arvin Avenue around 10:30 a.m.
According to police, the man was transported to a local hospital by paramedics in critical condition, but he died of his injured shortly after.
The Ministry of Labour is investigating the incident with the assistance of Hamilton police’s criminal investigation branch and collision reconstruction unit.
Man hit by forklift in Sydney container terminal dies in hospital...
- 22nd April 2022
- Australia
- 9News
Man dies in forklift accident...
- 7th April 2022
- USA
- South Burnett
A 60-year-old Murgon man was killed in a workplace incident at Parkside Timber in Wondai last week.
Emergency services were called to North Street at 10:31am on March 28 after reports a man had been struck by a forklift.
A QAS spokesperson said paramedics assessed one patient at the scene who had received critical injuries.
Police also attended the incident.
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