WTF?!? A pallet of lumber struck his forklift?!? HTF did that happen?!?
My guess is the forklift struck the pallet of lumber.
My guess is the forklift struck the pallet of lumber.
From his lift when he tilted it too far...
Fork lifting lumber in a box store is hazardous. Typically, store and company policies dictate that when lifting anything, barricades are set for both the active isle and the opposite isle in case the forklift drops something or pushes something off the rack into the opposite isle. Escorts outside the barricades keep customers out of the hazard area.
Flying 8-16 ft long lumber pallets 20 ft in the air is not a trivial thing.
As far as shutting the whole store down, that likely would be management's call. The affected area would be immediately shut down by local and OSHA authorities pending investigation. In fact, all lifting operations are likely shut down pending the investigation results.
Re. the protests…. My opinion is that the local professional grievance response unit was activated.