An employee received numerous injuries when he was hit by a fork tine carriage which fell off a forklift. The forklift was being used to close a workshop sliding door that had come off its roller guide track.

Two employees were closing the workshop doors at the end of the day when one of the sliding doors came off its roller guide track.  Another person came to assist them to lift the sliding door end back onto the guide track by hand, but it was too heavy.  A forklift was then used to lift the door back onto its track.  During the process the side shift function was used to move the siding door back into position.  An employee pushing the sliding door from the inside was hit by the falling fork tine carriage when it came away from the forklift. 

This Alert contains safety information following inquiries made by WorkSafe about an incident or unsafe practice. The information contained in this Alert does not necessarily include the outcome of WorkSafe’s action with respect to an incident. WorkSafe does not warrant the information in this Alert is complete or up to date and does not accept any liability to any person for the information in this report or as to its use.