The Lighter Side of Material Handling
This week for my “Casual Friday” feature, I found a rare combination. It’s someone doing something incredibly stupid on a lift truck—and it’s got a story to go with it. The Australian genius decided to make a video of him pulling off “stunts” on his company forklift. You can check out the video below. As if making this video wasn’t enough, this mental midget thought it would be a brilliant idea to post his exploits on Youtube for the world to see. Well, guess what? The world saw. So did his boss and the Australian authorities. Here’s a quote from www.switched.com on the video.
“Australian Matthew Garry Ward was reported to authorities after a coworker showed the clip to his boss. A prosecutor said he placed himself and others in harm’s way after he “failed to wear a seatbelt, sped forward while looking sideways at the camera, and had no control over the forklift.” He pled guilty to “failing to take reasonable care for his own health and placing himself at serious risk.”
Ward said he wasn’t proud of his actions, realized it was an immature thing to do, and “was devastated to lose a job he loved and was skilled at.” He was given 50 hours of community service, a mandatory safety course, and $1200 fine by a judge and then escorted out the back of the courthouse to avoid the embarrassment of facing the media.”
Here’s the video.
Today I’m bringing you a bonus Casual Friday video courtesy of @Markjuelich and our friends at American Warehouse Systems/ToyotaLift of MN. You know all about the power of lift trucks, how about their precision? Enjoy!
February 26th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
I always love the “Casual Friday” posts.
February 26th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
What do you mean the king pin “failure” isn’t covered by warranty?
March 2nd, 2010 at 2:31 pm
I only wish i could’ve see his face when the boss called him in!