At Safety News Alert, we comb the Internet daily to find news stories of interest to safety pros. So, you can’t blame us for wanting to find out what this story was about after reading the headline:

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Tags: Australia, forklift, missing step

The death of a construction worker in California provides lessons about trenching and forklift use.

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Tags: buried alive, falling, forklift, trench

Here’s a reminder for forklift operators: Besides watching out for their own safety, they have to be aware of others around them.

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Tags: fatal, forklift, struck in head

A 20-year-old man has died from injuries he sustained when a container of clams fell on him at a food plant in Massachusetts.

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Tags: Blount Fine Foods, forklift, hardhat

Stupid: Performing stunts on a forklift. Really stupid: Recording the stunts and posting them on the Web.

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Tags: forklift, safety courses, stunts