Nov 2 2009You're Doing It Wrong: Crazy Fork Lift Accident
I got to operate a fork lift once, and let me tell you: I've never seen Lowe's employees run so fast. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I NEEDED PAINT MIXED?! Anyway, this is a horrible fork lift accident that destroys nearly $250K of precious vodka in distribution center. Oh the humanity! Still, it is pretty awesome. And by awesome I mean devastating. And by devastating I mean very, very awesome. FULL CIRCLE BABY, who's down for an elephant walk?!
Fork Lift Accident Brings Down The Warehouse [break]
Thanks to Closet Nerd, Zach and Kelly, who don't destroy booze, booze destroys them. Same here, guys.
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Reader Comments
1. kate - November 2, 2009 4:41 PM
that is funny but Fail
2. Jazzman - November 2, 2009 4:44 PM
I laughed too... but imagine the termination that followed!!!
3. Scooper - November 2, 2009 4:46 PM
That's hilarious man, buried by boxes. I wonder if he got the sack, if they found him that is.
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4. Emode - November 2, 2009 4:46 PM
This was the case of epic-scale domino
5. Nate - November 2, 2009 4:47 PM
NOOO!!!
6. shitzangiggle - November 2, 2009 4:47 PM
I'd be surprised if that guy kept his job. But damn is that funny
7. Greg - November 2, 2009 4:48 PM
HAHAHHAHA
can you imagine being at the bottom of that all youd have to do is open your mouth and you'd get drunk.
8. J.Rai - November 2, 2009 4:50 PM
"But it's my first day!"
9. LSDiesel - November 2, 2009 4:51 PM
Clean up on aisle 4
10. Closet Nerd - November 2, 2009 4:57 PM
So, so sad, but thank jebus they weren't bongs.
http://www.evangelicalright.com/jesus%20coming%20hide%20bong%20large.jpg
11. Graeme - November 2, 2009 4:57 PM
Never has there been a more vaild use of the hazard warning lights. He got them on just before it went bad.
12. Closet Nerd - November 2, 2009 4:58 PM
I think I'll have to pass on the elephant walk though....
13. finfan - November 2, 2009 5:02 PM
The funny thing about what you said GW, is that my dad is the manager of the paint department at the local lowes XD I give you permission to run him over with the forklift
14. Akbar Lightning - November 2, 2009 5:05 PM
that was the world trade center collapse, two forklifts, two tall structures, i think it was a terrorist plot
15. asian sensation - November 2, 2009 5:07 PM
what happened to the guys in the fork lifts?
16. AtomicCoffee - November 2, 2009 5:09 PM
I know, I know, everyone calls me a loony conspiracy theorist, but dammit, that was a godd*mn terrorist!
You can take my hooch from my cold, dead hands.
17. Closet Nerd - November 2, 2009 5:23 PM
@15 "They got SMASHED on $250,000 worth of vodka!!!" **cue 'rim-shot' sound byte**
18. Delgo - November 2, 2009 5:23 PM
at 0:39 you see the first forklift pull off.
That shit is dope.
19. Ollie Williams - November 2, 2009 5:25 PM
Blocked at work. Sucks.
20. Legion - November 2, 2009 5:34 PM
Death, be all but proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful. I am Legion for we are many...
21. David Sadi - November 2, 2009 5:37 PM
hahaha i was linked to this on facebook but still funny to watch again. If you look close you can see some smoke coming from under the forklift maybe it malfunctioned?
22. Gleasonator - November 2, 2009 5:45 PM
He must've been drinking the vodka before the accident.
23. Joe Schmoe - November 2, 2009 6:08 PM
I was wondering what had become of Staplerfahrer Klaus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgqeBcdbFJ4
24. Mr. Anderson - November 2, 2009 6:27 PM
I never knew they arranged industrial shelves in domino formation.
25. Truk - November 2, 2009 6:29 PM
Great. Now what am I going to do next week.
26. College student - November 2, 2009 6:30 PM
Fire the shit out of him/(her?)
27. Truk - November 2, 2009 6:30 PM
GIN!
28. squeehunter - November 2, 2009 6:42 PM
When the boxes started falling, I could hear in my head Cleaveland saying "No, no, no, no, NO!"
29. ObamaPacman - November 2, 2009 6:46 PM
Holy Epic Fail.
30. Bleepbloop - November 2, 2009 7:17 PM
They probably made him lick it off the ground.
31. Bleepbloop - November 2, 2009 7:19 PM
@7
He had to drink his way out
32. Jucksta - November 2, 2009 7:38 PM
At first I thought his co-workers were scrambling to dig him out... then I realized they just wanted to pull him out and kick his ass
33. Scdo - November 2, 2009 7:42 PM
That was totally cool. But the clip was way longer than it needed to be. First 30 seconds was pointless. People should edit their shit - my time is precious. So precious that I'm on Geekologie.
34. ciao - November 2, 2009 7:55 PM
*jaw literally drops @ 00:36* then *laughs*
35. tom - November 2, 2009 8:34 PM
i know somebody whos getting fired
36. Cade - November 2, 2009 8:56 PM
Ahh, to be buried alive in Vodka.
37. OMG - November 2, 2009 8:56 PM
this is obviously fake
38. Beastman AIDS - November 2, 2009 9:20 PM
A similar accident happened at a supermarket i used to work at - the guy had two pallettes of bottled wine topple onto the roof of his fork lift and smash everywhere. He was lucky there was wire mesh across the roll bars or he would've been brained.
There is probably security footage of it happening too but It's probably under lock and key.
39. Beastman AIDS - November 2, 2009 9:24 PM
ok I actually typed that first comment before watching the video - the accident at the supermarket didn't have sh!t on this holycrap!
40. Drew Wilson - November 2, 2009 11:32 PM
you are soooo fired
41. Jimie! - November 3, 2009 1:33 AM
i feel sorry for the dude if he survived because some one is going to have to pay for all the damage
42. Hayley - November 3, 2009 2:06 AM
@ Closet Nerd (10)
Breaking a bong is indeed traumatic. I bought a beautiful glass bong a while back, finally stepping up from the pipe/juicebottle/chewing gum scenario I had going, then found out I had a drug test coming up and had to quit. Stupidly I gave the bong to a friend. He shattered it within three days.
It hurt.
43. james - November 3, 2009 2:23 AM
@delmo yeah dude that forklift boosts the heck outta there
44. That uncle who did that bad thing we don't speak about - November 3, 2009 4:24 AM
I'd like to think of a witty comment to make, but all I have is this....
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
45. il manichino - November 3, 2009 4:51 AM
In a normal countries these high racks would have been protected by bumpers against this kind of accident...
46. Andyman - November 3, 2009 7:28 AM
@46 Exactly. What kind of a low budget shelving system is that?
47. bob - November 3, 2009 8:57 AM
those racks were overloaded to begin with, they shouldnt have collapsed like that if the weight limit hadnt been capped.
48. Momboelitist - November 3, 2009 9:06 AM
Well, running gas powered lifts inside a warehouse isn't the smartest thing either. Fill the building with exhaust fumes and then light a cigarette.
49. Closet Nerd - November 3, 2009 9:19 AM
@43 That sucks. Well, I hope you've learned your lesson.... never give a bong away.
50. Chipleh - November 3, 2009 9:27 AM
Zero Days without incident
51. Kikodude310 - November 3, 2009 10:01 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7hQD81kJkk pumpkin smashing :D
52. naas - November 3, 2009 10:08 AM
@43 just reading that conclusion hurts a little
53. Christina - November 3, 2009 11:03 AM
Wow that place was just looking for that shit to happen. No protective barriers, and flimsy ass pallet racks. A decent pallet rack shouldn't crumble like that.
My co-workers have hit pallet racks many times. Nothing worse than a dented hi-lo or dented pole.
FAIL
oh, and that dude is soooooooo fired.
54. tarantula 666 - November 3, 2009 11:28 AM
@40
atleast he's a good candidate for the darwin award 2009.
the ass should have been more carefull, you can see him driving way to fast in reverse.
55. Mary - November 3, 2009 11:28 AM
Wooups!
56. Jaded Icon - November 3, 2009 12:18 PM
hmm... funny video.
does this qualify as geeky?
i guess it would if bacon was driving the forklift.
57. Chris - November 3, 2009 12:18 PM
I was listening to "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin when watching this one...... Priceless.
58. Nate - November 3, 2009 2:16 PM
The first guy running across the boxes looked like Golem. I know it's sad and all, but Golem.
59. Edge - November 3, 2009 3:15 PM
that's ridiculous, I wonder how much weight was on top of that guy
60. Lloyd Johnson - November 3, 2009 3:50 PM
CLIFFHANGER! Did they get the guy out safely? Over here in the US we have safety standards. That racking obviously wasn't rated for that amount of weight. It also wasn't bolted to the floor properly. That forklift driver has one hell of a lawsuit on his hands. Whale penis leather for him!
61. Hayley - November 3, 2009 4:29 PM
@ naas/ Closet Nerd
The worst part is I only got to use it once, and the even worse part than that is... that one time was utterly awesome. $70 and a weeks worth of checking the post (which I never do)... all wasted.
A lot of fist shaking and day rueing were done that week.
62. Neil - November 4, 2009 4:48 PM
@15
The one on right was probably fired, then sued by the one on the left.
63. shuttereye - November 5, 2009 12:23 AM
@14 Thats ridiculous to say and uncalled for
64. Henry - November 5, 2009 9:49 AM
Looks like he could have used some more training! I just found a game that actually teaches forklift safety. It looks pretty neat: http://www.etceteraedutainment.com/forklift-safety.php
65. Sam - November 5, 2009 2:07 PM
Epic Fail
66. papasmuff - November 5, 2009 10:50 PM
Did anyone see that shadow morph out of the forklift jsut before he jumped the gun? creepy
67. graf zeppelin - November 6, 2009 12:40 PM
O god I would have put my mouth to the floor and SUCKED!
68. Phil - November 6, 2009 9:24 PM
so that's what happens when you work in a factory that sells VODKA
69. meska - November 6, 2009 11:14 PM
@66. That would be exhaust fumes.
70. MB - November 7, 2009 2:37 AM
this is what happens when you construct your crappy russian storage aisles out of balsa wood