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Another U.S. forklift fatality occurred at a Home Depot in Virginia this past week. The deadly forklift accident occurred at about midnight at a Home Depot located on Merrilee Drive in Fairfax County. Paul Gato, a Home Depot employee, was pronounced dead by emergency medical personnel at the scene. Paul Gato was 43. Cause of Fatal Virginia Forklift Accident Paul Gato was operating a forklift to unload items from a delivery truck. The forklift somehow fell over in the process….

A worker at a stone fabrication shop was killed after being crushed by a 700-pound slab of granite while moving the stone to a storage rack. The accident occurred on a recent Saturday afternoon, while the victim and a co-worker were moving stone slabs into the warehouse from an outdoor storage area. The 49-year-old victim acted as a spotter while the co-worker operated a forklift. The accident occurred when the special lifting device called a jib-boom, which pushed against the…