29.01.2014

Fatal lift incident

A narrow tracked spider lift overturned earlier today in Stockport, near Manchester, England while being collected from a site, resulting in a fatality

The information that we have received is extremely limited and we have just one photograph to go on. We do know that the lift overturned while being loaded on a delivery truck and that it was fully stowed and in the narrow travel position.
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The overturned lift

We are told that the unit had been tracked down the road alongside the pavement using remote controls on a trailing lead, and was being driven up the ramps onto the collection vehicle when it came off the side landing on the 51 year old driver, crushing him.

We will of course update this if and when we learn more.

NOTE

Initial reports suggested that the spider lift was built by one manufacturer, when in fact it was another., The investigation reported the machine as a Platform Basket 1800. How it should also be added that the investigation found that the incident was in no way related to the make of machine.