When we reported the incident to the labour board and the got back to us (2.5hours later) and we told him that the operator jumped - he said "so he's dead then".
Death is the usual outcome when jumping from a falling lift truck.
In this case the jumping came well before the falling.
For those of you not trained, you are supposed to brace yourself and lean away from the direction of fall.
It is law to wear the seatbelt if it has one and it is also law (A new one) that all lift trucks have seatbelts.
I had to install belts on all my old units to pass this years safety check.
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