A subcontractor for JetBlue died Tuesday afternoon after a freak accident involving a forklift at Boston Logan International Airport, officials say.
The unnamed 51-year-old forklift operator was killed in a loading area outside Terminal C near Gate C26 at the Massachusetts airport as he attempted to drive the heavy machinery through a bag service entrance, CBS News reported.
“An awning over the entrance contained a lateral metal beam with a sign indicating vertical clearance of 8 feet, 6 inches,” the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) revealed in a statement.
“The forklift’s backrest extension—a part of the equipment that attaches to the front and is designed to keep loads stable and protect the operator from loads falling toward him—was raised,” the statement continued. “The forklift’s extended backrest was too high to clear the lateral beam over the service…
