Forklift operator narrowly dodges death after container crashes on top of him

A forklift operator narrowly dodged decease aft a stack of shipping containers toppled onto his conveyance astatine Singapore’s Pasir Panjang Terminal.

The horrific ordeal happened successful the aboriginal hours of the greeting connected November 25 - leaving the 37-year-old idiosyncratic successful hospital, wherever helium is said to beryllium successful a unchangeable condition. 

According to officials, the Malaysian antheral suffered lacerations to his caput and body.

The terrifying clip showed the infinitesimal that the forklift attempted to determination a container, earlier a file of 5 stacked containers abruptly collapsed connected apical of him arsenic helium reversed.  

Video showed that the instrumentality astatine the precise apical of the unstable batch fell straight connected apical of the forklift's compartment - causing the operator to clang to the ground. 

His conscious assemblage was seen flopping to the crushed upon impact, conscionable earlier 7am. 

Since the accident, The Ministry of Manpower has launched an probe - and warned others successful the commercialized to retrieve the value of adhering to due stacking practices.

Dozens of radical reacted to the shocking clip online. One idiosyncratic wrote: 'He should person stopped pulling retired the instrumentality arsenic soon arsenic helium saw the others down the point pulling retired arsenic well! Hope helium survives and privation him speedy recovery.'