23 Nov 09 Forklift disaster video : I thought I made little mistakes

When I was in my late teens, I got a job (from a temporary HR staffing firm) to work in a large warehouse of a major Canadian retailer. Anyhow, I had to operate a forklift for the first time in my life and of course “winged” my way through it. I wound up making some very minor damage to merchandise on one pallet (skid) on the top level of a 4 tier industrial shelving unit…

A few years after that (and before my career in IT finally gelled, ahem) … I took a forklift safety and training course and got my certification card. Obviously, I no longer operate forklifts on a regular basis (the keyboard is a safer place for me)…

This fellow (and his employer) wasn’t as lucky as me:

Tags: forklift accident, training, video, work