Richard Brown, aged 48, of Bristol Road, Hull, died at the scene of the incident on Monday afternoon.
It is understood he was a lorry driver making a delivery and the incident involved a forklift truck that was helping to unload his vehicle.
A post mortem examination was due to take place yesterday.
Mr Brown’s family are being supported by specially trained officers.
An investigation has been launched by the police and Health and Safety Executive into the tragedy at Howdens Joinery, Clay Flatts, Workington.
Detective Inspector Ian Harwood said: “We are currently investigating the circumstances of a work related incident at Howdens Joinery at Clay Flatts Industrial Estate.
“We will be speaking with members of staff from Howdens to establish the facts of what happened and why on behalf of the coroner.”
Emergency services, including an air ambulance and four fire engines, responded to the incident at about 1.20pm.
An ambulance service spokesman said a man had been trapped under a pallet.
That is so sad, and unnecessary, even looking at the forklift it looks like a battery one, therefore doesn’t lift much weight, r.i.p.driver and condolences to your family.
conor i have tried to respond to this twice and deleted both replys, its easy to point the finger no matter how much we may have done the job prior, what i will say is you have a driver killed and a forklift driver who will have to live with what happened, family who are no doubt devastated and a site discussing it.
for me RIP driver but the thread is not needed nor is the discussion (and yes am aware i have contributed).
This is an absolute tragedy, but I’m sure that the real facts will be established by the Police/HSE.
This is the important part of what we have so far, and it’s from the newspaper report:
An investigation has been launched by the police and Health and Safety Executive into the tragedy at Howdens Joinery, Clay Flatts, Workington.
Detective Inspector Ian Harwood said: “We are currently investigating the circumstances of a work related incident at Howdens Joinery at Clay Flatts Industrial Estate.
“We will be speaking with members of staff from Howdens to establish the facts of what happened and why on behalf of the coroner.”
So Conor… this means that the facts are not yet known.
Following a report on your post, I’ve removed your extremely unhelpful opinions before they cause any more upset.
To other posters, a driver has died and the investigation is not yet complete, so PLEASE show some respect and consider what you’re writing before posting.
dieseldave:
To other posters, a driver has died and the investigation is not yet complete, so PLEASE show some respect and consider what you’re writing before posting.
Thanks for your understanding.
R.I.P. to the driver.
Sad that you would even have to post the first bit. RIP to the driver… paid the ultimate price just doing his job.
dieseldave:
This is an absolute tragedy, but I’m sure that the real facts will be established by the Police/HSE.
This is the important part of what we have so far, and it’s from the newspaper report:
An investigation has been launched by the police and Health and Safety Executive into the tragedy at Howdens Joinery, Clay Flatts, Workington.
Detective Inspector Ian Harwood said: “We are currently investigating the circumstances of a work related incident at Howdens Joinery at Clay Flatts Industrial Estate.
“We will be speaking with members of staff from Howdens to establish the facts of what happened and why on behalf of the coroner.”
So Conor… this means that the facts are not yet known.
Following a report on your post, I’ve removed your extremely unhelpful opinions before they cause any more upset.
To other posters, a driver has died and the investigation is not yet complete, so PLEASE show some respect and consider what you’re writing before posting.
A word to the wise, Dave has followed totally the rules of this forum , we understand that emotions can run high in these circumstances, but calling a moderator simply doing his job names does not help- It is a sad situation and our thoughts are with the family and friends of the driver.
If anyone has an issue on how this thread has been moderated can I suggest they e-mail me so as not to derail such a sad situation
Looks like whoever took the photo was well out of order. Looks like they were in the process of dealing with it at the time and the photo has been taken over the cordon.
Unbelievable the agency saw fit to pass on the news to his partner with an answerphone message.
What a truly sad incident. RIP Mr Brown, and condolences to your family. As for the rest of you I can’t believe you are using this topic to slag each other off. Grow up the lot of you and show some compassion.
