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Employee killed in forklift accident in Port Macquarie

Announcement posted by WHS Solutions 22 Jul 2014

On June 24th, a 51 year old man was killed in a forklift accident in a warehouse after being crushed by an engine.

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On June 24th, a 51 year old man was killed in a forklift accident in a warehouse after being crushed by an engine. The Port Macquarie man had worked at Expressway Spares in Sancrox, for more than a decade and died at the scene.

WorkSafe inspector, Paul Fuller from Port Macquarie Police, said an engine fell while being lowered from an overhead bay. "The engine was lowered to a height of about one metre from ground level, where it was supported by the forklift," he reported. The man was standing in front of the engine inspecting it for a spare part, when the engine fell off the forklift.

Fuller continued by saying, “Somehow the engine has fallen forward, and crushed the 51 year old between the engine that fell, and another spare engine that was at ground level." Expressway Spares is a business that deals with the sale of spare parts for large earthmoving equipment but has not had an accident like this recorded before.

“The engine weighs more than one and a half tonnes, and it appears he was killed instantly." Fuller concluded. Police will prepare a report for the coroner, and WorkCover inspectors were on the site almost immediately.

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