Callahan & Blaine

Unfortunately, workplace accidents happen all the time in Orange County, California and around the world. In what is being called a “freak accident” that took place in Bristol, PA a worker was crushed and killed by his own forklift while working at a local warehouse. Tyrone Rucker, Sr. had apparently stepped down from the forklift he was operating in order to adjust the load. He was somehow crushed between the forklift and the van he was loading.

Police first believed that there must have been another party involved and suspected that another employee was operating the forklift at the time of the accident. They said it seemed “improbable that one person could put themselves in this predicament without someone else operating the forklift.”

Police later learned that Rucker was working in the warehouse by himself when the tragedy took place. They now believe that the forklift simply rolled forward on its own when Rucker was trying to adjust a container that had gotten stuck.

Clearly, proper safety measures were not in place that could have saved this man’s life. Whether those safety measures were the responsibility of the warehouse owner or the forklift manufacturer is not clear from this article; careful examination of the facts by an experienced catastrophic personal injury law team will reveal who is responsible for causing this worker’s fatal injuries.

At the law firm of Callahan & Blaine, California’s premier litigation firm, our lawyers are skilled at litigating and negotiating complex personal injury cases like this workplace tragedy. Our law firm recently won a $28 million settlement in a similar catastrophic personal injury  case, where a man was left blind and brain damaged as the result of an accident caused by negligent maintenance practices.

If you or someone you know has suffered a catastrophic injury or died as the result of a workplace accident, please contact our Orange County, California law firm for expert legal counsel.