Abstract: At approximately 3:00 p.m. on April 30, 2002, Employee #1 was walking along the side of a road and attempted to cross the street, by making a sharp right turn, when he was struck by a forklift traveling in the same Easterly direction. Employee #1 was dragged approximately 10 feet until another coworker noticed him and flagged down the driver to stop. Although the lift was raised at a legal level and the driver's view was clear directly in front, there was a blind spot in the left mast area, which caused the driver to hit Employee #1 with out any knowledge of doing so. Employee #1 fractured his ribs and had his spleen removed from the injuries sustained.