[Yanni]

Originally Posted by gringo1965 ↗

I never would have seen that one coming. freak accident for sure.

why? who would think some ornamental column on commercial property would be sitting outside, just resting on a concrete pad, where it could be pushed over by wind, an automobile, people, etcetera, or stolen... ?
the bystanders are idiots, and so is the lift operator, for allowing them to stand there

[Asgardian]

Originally Posted by gringo1965 ↗

No , it's real, I ran a fork truck for 6 years, I could pick up a penny with the fork. -- You just put the edge of the fork on top of the penny, put all force down, and back up. the penny pops up, ends up on top of fork. Those guys were trying to pop a concrete anchor or stud, trying to pop that ornament from the concrete. I never would have seen that one coming. freak accident for sure.

It's a misuse of a forklift in the first place.
A good general rule is to be about 3' away for every 1' height of the load being picked up.
And if you're going to stand next to a falling object hazard, wear a goddamned hard hat!

[nexusmist]

if you pause at the right time, you can see his head would roll away if his epidermis wasn't holding it on.