# Forklift disaster videos **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 3, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forklift-disaster-videos/516172 "2009-11-03T16:37:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forklift-disaster-videos/516172/1 "2009-11-03T16:37:15Z")
I don’t what I’d do if this happened to me. [http://uk.video.yahoo.com/watch/6338139/16440695](http://uk.video.yahoo.com/watch/6338139/16440695) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAsZ3PQoL5k) ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forklift-disaster-videos/516172/2 "2009-11-03T17:03:58Z")
He TRIED to kill me with a forklift… ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forklift-disaster-videos/516172/3 "2009-11-03T17:23:27Z")
A long row of shelving that completely collapses when one support is taken out seems to me to be poorly designed. You need a bit of redundancy built in there. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forklift-disaster-videos/516172/4 "2009-11-03T17:29:22Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > A long row of shelving that completely collapses when one support is taken out seems to me to be poorly designed. You need a bit of redundancy built in there. Not to mention that there ought to be unobstructed lanes for the forklifts to travel on. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forklift-disaster-videos/516172/5 "2009-11-03T17:30:02Z")
Here’s another less destructive one: [http://www.viddler.com/explore/failblog/videos/317/](http://www.viddler.com/explore/failblog/videos/317/) ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forklift-disaster-videos/516172/6 "2009-11-03T17:53:56Z")
Looks like what these chuckleheads need is some [forklift safety training](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUwki29-rYQ). ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forklift-disaster-videos/516172/7 "2009-11-03T18:17:40Z")
> [@Mindfield](#): > > Looks like what these chuckleheads need is some [forklift safety training](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUwki29-rYQ). Reminds me of my summer job at GM… ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forklift-disaster-videos/516172/8 "2009-11-04T01:41:19Z")
I’m scared that the warehouse I just started in is badly designed and set up. I used to work at a Target DC, and several times folks hit the racking with forks or even turret trucks (sorry!) - but all it did was dent or bend a bit of racking. Even then, they’d call in engineers to make sure it was still safe. Where I am now - the racking is holding far more weight, and isn’t even bolted down, much less designed professionally. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forklift-disaster-videos/516172/9 "2009-11-04T14:18:15Z")
> [@Fetchund](#): > > I’m scared that the warehouse I just started in is badly designed and set up. I used to work at a Target DC, and several times folks hit the racking with forks or even turret trucks (sorry!) - but all it did was dent or bend a bit of racking. Even then, they’d call in engineers to make sure it was still safe. > > Where I am now - the racking is holding far more weight, and isn’t even bolted down, much less designed professionally. I guess I’m fortunate that the warehouse in the building where I work is pretty well designed. All racks are bolted down and pretty sturdy and our Reach-certified drivers are all pretty good at it. Although they just started teaching the floor manager to drive the lift, and I think she’s just a _little_ bit skittish… ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forklift-disaster-videos/516172/10 "2009-11-04T17:56:44Z")
Take a look at this one [Vodka and forklift don’t mix](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stDWNam7RtE) ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forklift-disaster-videos/516172/11 "2009-11-04T18:02:30Z")
That’s the first link in the OP,\*\* J-P L\*\*. It looks like both forklift drivers were completely buried. Were they killed? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forklift-disaster-videos/516172/12 "2009-11-04T18:02:33Z")
> [@J-P\_L](#): > > Take a look at this one > > [Vodka and forklift don’t mix](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stDWNam7RtE) Man…why would they give that guy the keys to another forklift after what he did in the OP? ETA: This is literally the third time in 24 hours someone has posted effectively the same comment as me first within a 60 second timeframe. I quit! ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forklift-disaster-videos/516172/13 "2009-11-04T18:05:55Z")
> [@J-P\_L](#): > > Take a look at this one > > [Vodka and forklift don’t mix](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stDWNam7RtE) The OP beat you to it. . . (check out the first link) ETA: Serves me right for not refreshing the page - sorry **Ender**. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forklift-disaster-videos/516172/14 "2009-11-04T18:09:29Z")
> [@J-P\_L](#): > > Take a look at this one > > [Vodka and forklift don’t mix](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stDWNam7RtE) What, you mean one of the ones in the OP? (Although with the addition of a hot Russian newsreader, so I forgive you.) ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forklift-disaster-videos/516172/15 "2009-11-04T18:49:03Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > That’s the first link in the OP,\*\* J-P L\*\*. > > It looks like both forklift drivers were completely buried. Were they killed? One English-Language broadcast said the drunk driver had a minor leg injury, the other guy was uninjured. . ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forklift-disaster-videos/516172/16 "2009-11-04T19:22:33Z")
Drunk working in a vodka warehouse…damn, the jokes just write themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forklift-disaster-videos/516172/17 "2009-11-04T19:25:33Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Drunk working in a vodka warehouse…damn, the jokes just write themselves. In Russia, no less. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forklift-disaster-videos/516172/18 "2009-11-04T19:53:20Z")
In Soviet Russia, vodka drinks you! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forklift-disaster-videos/516172/19 "2009-11-04T20:06:05Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > In Soviet Russia, vodka drinks you! or “In Soviet Russia, vodka falls down when it’s had too much of you!” ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forklift-disaster-videos/516172/20 "2009-11-04T20:17:57Z")
And a couple of still pics. [Forklift too short](http://officespam.chattablogs.com/archives/forklift-lifting-a-forklift.GIF) Another [Oh shit!](http://officespam.chattablogs.com/archives/forklift-bomb-thumb.GIF) moment. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forklift-disaster-videos/516172.md?page=2)