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Originally Posted by Eaton ↗

As a person who has operated that piece of equipment, I would say it looks like he cought the line, did not want to cause more damage so he exited the get help, at that point making contact with ground............good post..

... and according to what fire officials stated about the incident after the first investigations, you were right.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A 24-year-old Cheatham County man was killed Friday morning after he accidentally touched some electrical wires with the forklift he was operating.
The incident occurred at about 11 a.m. at Green Enterprises, located 607 Bass Street near Greer Stadium in south Nashville.

Fire officials said the victim, Brandon Walker, of Chapmansboro, was moving a large tarp when the electrical wires were hit.

"He was pulling up a tarp, and a fairly large tarp, into the dumpster and he hit the power line," said Tom Shadwick, Acting District Chief for the Nashville Fire Department.

Officials said Walker was electrocuted after jumping to the ground from the seat of the forklift.
"Apparently he had hit a power line and it was live and when he got on the ground, made complete contact and [that] resulted in his death," Shadwick said. "There was a fire extinguisher lying on the ground beside him and we speculate that the tires were on fire and he tried to put that out and touched the ground in the process."

http://www.wkrn.com/story/10866316/f...edirected=true

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i just find it horrible that a life had come to an end because of w/e cleanup they were doing. I swear, my tombstone will not mention anything about making a dumb mistake while cleaning up some garbage....what a waste of human life!