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ORIGINAL SUBMISSION:

40 years old man who was working in a warehouse located in Nara, Japan had to replace ceiling lights. However, of course, he couldn't reach 10 meters high ceiling by his own body.

he found forklift and lots of 15 centimeter-thick wooden pallet instead of ladder. he stacked 37 pallets on forklift, and request colleague to lift this wooden wonder.

naturally, stack of pallets collapsed, he reached heaven instead of ceiling.


Original News Report - Translated From Japanese

Accident male falls in lighting replacement in warehouse
August 31 (Thur)

There was an accident that a male employee who tried to change the lighting of the ceiling in the warehouse in Tawaramoto Town collapsed and died.

There was an accident at Tanarumono Logistics Center of Tenri General Transportation which is based in Tenri City. According to the police, the accident happened yesterday at about 5 pm, a 40 - year - old man working for this company piled a wooden pallet on a forklift to replace the ceiling lighting with another employee, He said that he worked on it. In that case, the balance collapsed and the man dropped, it means that he died by hitting his head strongly. The height to the ceiling was about 10 meters, the pallet was 15 cm thick, and men said that they were working on 37 laps on top of the lift. The police are investigating the cause of the accident etc.

naratv.co.jp (2017-08-31)

Submitted on 07/15/2018

Submitted by: Kim SK
Reference: naratv.co.jp (2017-08-31)


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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Just the kind of creativity that Darwin looks for. A makeshift platform 10 meters high with no safety measures at all is just asking for trouble. Thanks, Kim!


Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Oh. my. goodness. Thank you, Kim!