OLYMPIA, Wash. — A worker was trapped under a forklift for over an hour in Olympia on Wednesday, the West Thurston Regional Fire Authority said in a release.
Rescue crews arrived on scene at Marksman Road Southwest at around 1:00 p.m. to find that a forklift had rolled into a hole and pinned the worker.
The Thurston County Special Operations Rescue Team used heavy equipment to lift the forklift off the worker, and they were airlifted to a local hospital, West Thurston Fire said.
For Immediate Release. Thank you to Tumwater Fire Department, McLane Black Lake Fire Department, Olympia Fire Department, Lacey Fire District Three and Airlift Northwest.
Posted by West Thurston Fire on Wednesday, April 30, 2025
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