What accident do you anticipate from this picture?

A lift truck operator is now loading logs on a truck. He temporarily put the first log of the second layer on top of the first layer. While the truck driver is holding it firmly at one end with a pickax, the lift truck driver tries to push it in at another end with the fork so as to set it in proper array. Now what accident will you anticipate from this picture?

This is the accident resulted!

A push to the log with the fork set it rolling all of sudden. The log fell off on the ground, involving the truck driver. He could not escape the death.

Tips for forestalling the accident
1.	Use a hinged fork or a log fork that is suited to the handling of logs.
2.	Never give a push to a log for the purpose of adjusting its posture. By the same token, an assistant worker (the truck driver in this case) will take a safe position in anticipation of perils resulting from sudden movement of logs.
3.	Heighten the truck gates over the normal height. In addition set up bolsters on the truck body to prevent a log heap from collapsing.

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