Joeycuz Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 This morning I was unloading some steel. Forklift driver on his phone round the other side when this happened... D*&khead was paying more attention to his conversation on his mobile and pushed his forks into the steel, causing it to fall. I was standing right there about five seconds before it went over. made me feel sick! Going on Holiday Sunday and this really would have ruined my week, or more to the point Life! I know accidents happen all the time but stuff like this can be avoided if people just pay attention at work/ on the road. Rant over! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Glad you weren't hurt and I hope the forklift driver got an ear full. What a douche. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alize Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 😱😱😱‼ï¸â€¼ï¸â€¼ï¸ðŸ˜° Not your time thank goodness!😎 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Report him to the HSE. Fork lifts are dangerous at the best of times. Reckless. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZEUS Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Report him, surely using your phone whilst operating a forklift is not company policy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 That's an incident report if I ever I saw one. Buy a lottery ticket! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Jesus Christ......the one place more dangerous than the front row of the Smiler and you found it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebized Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 If you don't report him the chances are he will do something stupid like that again and the next person may not be so lucky...........and if you are worried about how other workmates might react just remind them that next person might be them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeycuz Posted June 5, 2015 Author Share Posted June 5, 2015 Sorry should have made it clear in the first post. I was delivering to a customer and Its the first time I've been on their premises. After the initial incident I went and spoke to the manager of the site I was delivering to. Told him exactly what happened, that his employer was on his mobile etc and that I wanted to report it as a near miss. He replied with "oh no one was hurt, nothing is damaged. Did you have your hard hat on!!" Complete joke of a manager. To which I replied I will not be leaving this site until this is documented and you conduct a near miss report. Took some photographs, then informed my company who I work for, which is a rather large haulage firm. health and safety is paramount with them. I've got a meeting set for next week when I return of holiday and il see what happens from there. I don't necessarily want the bloke to be disciplined, but rather educated. The majority of sites I go to are VERY strict on safety, sometimes abit over the top in some Peoples eyes but now I've seen first hand exactly why they are implemented. First time something like this has happened to me at work and although it's only recent, I'm sure it will stick and serve a reminder of what can go wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Did you have a sensible word with the guy before running to the bosses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeycuz Posted June 5, 2015 Author Share Posted June 5, 2015 Did you have a sensible word with the guy before running to the bosses? Yes, Ekona. But his lack of English made it difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Did he seem sorry at all? Or realise his mistake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeycuz Posted June 5, 2015 Author Share Posted June 5, 2015 He just saw it as a mistake, no apology. Personally I don't think he realised just how close it was to being a serious accident. Hence why I mentioned in my previous post I would rather him be educated than punished. At the end of the day stuff like this happens, no point in me saying what could of and what if... I've certainly learned something today and hopefully he will too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Absolutely. The main thing is you're okay, and he may well not do it again. Hopefully... Did you have a big rant-off right in his face? I think I would have 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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