It was a normal day at the plant. A forklift driver was doing the job he had done for years, day in, day out…loading materials from the ground onto a flatbed. Just as he placed the last load, the forks still on the flatbed, the truck pulled out, capsizing the forklift and driver with it. The forklift operator was crushed to death under the weight of the lift truck.
Everyone at the plant was overwhelmed by this incident and by the death of their fellow employee and friend. Corporate office personnel scrambled to investigate. How could this — which was an actual event — have happened?