Forklift crash is fatal
Sun-Times Media July 15, 2011 10:02AM
Updated: November 5, 2011 5:21PM
MOKENA — An Aurora man was killed this week in a forklift accident at a Mokena landscaping business.
Jose R. Barrera-Ruiz, 35, was pronounced dead at 7:22 a.m. Wednesday at Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet from multiple injuries, the Will County coroner’s office said.
Police Chief Randy Rajewski said police and fire units were called to Brickman Landscaping, 18911 Wolf Road, where Barrera-Ruiz had been moving equipment with a forklift.
The vehicle flipped over, ejected Barrera-Ruiz and landed on him, Rajewski said.
Rajewski said police turned the case over to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which investigates workplace accidents.
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