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(CNN) – A farmer was crushed to death last year when his dog Jack Russell pushed a lever inside a forklift, causing him to collide with him, revealed a investigation.
The 70-year-old dairy farmer Derek Mead built a rock garden at his home in Hewish, near Weston-super-Mare, in the west of England, when the accident occurred. is produced in June of last year, reported the British press agency Press Association.
An investigation into Mead's death found that he had left the vehicle stalled and that he had not pulled the handbrake when he came out to open a door on his land.
Mead's dog stayed inside the vehicle and would have jumped on the shuttle lever, sending the truck to the front and into the farmer.
Mead was pronounced dead at the scene and a post mortem examination showed that the cause of her death was traumatic asphyxia and fractures of the spine.
Peter Harrowing, Avon's Deputy Coroner, said that Mead's death was a "very tragic accident," said Friday's accidental death at the inquest Friday.
"The most likely explanation I accept is that the dog he had in the cabin with him that day inadvertently moved the shuttle lever, which caused the forward motion. of Manitou, who sadly stuck Mr. Mead against the solid portal causing injuries that he did not survive, "Harrowing said.
Simon Chilcott, the senior investigator of the Health and Safety Executive, added that there were no other "reasonable explanations" for Mead's death. He noted that operating the shuttle lever is as simple as a felt car indicator.
"It's quite clear in my mind that the lever had to be stalled when Derek left the cabin, otherwise he would have realized that the machine was moving and did something to rectify it," he concluded.
Mead's son, Alastair, said at the inquest that he was driving in an alley near his family's home on the day of the accident, when he noticed that his father had been trapped by the vehicle.
"We stopped and I could see Dad's legs at the front of the machine," he said. "I could see that he was stuck." He was squatting, facing the machine as he had returned to see the machine heading towards him and went down, trying to avoid it. "
He added that his father was being pushed by the vehicle against a locked door and that he was no longer reacting when he reached him.
Mead's family said at the inquest that he "was doing what he loved" at his death.
