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\"forklift<\/a>When the initial emergency call came in regarding an incident in a rural area of eastern Pennsylvania, it sounded worse than it was: One man and 40 cows were reportedly trapped beneath a barn after a floor collapsed from weight of the forklift the man had been driving.<\/p>\n

The incident occurred\u00a0in the 300 block of School Lane Road, in Salibury Township, near Lancaster, Pennsylvania about 3:48 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29.<\/p>\n

When firefighters from the White Horse Township Fire Company arrived at the farm, however, they found the driver and most of the cows safe — although a few of the farm animals were still trapped in a confined space due to the fallen forklift, according to fire department reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But now they had a bigger problem: How to remove the multi-ton forklift from the bottom floor of the barn. The only way out was a door used by cows, which wasn’t close to being wide enough for a forklift.<\/p>\n

A Puzzling Problem<\/strong><\/p>\n

As paramedics tended to the forklift operator — who had a minor arm injury that didn’t require hospitalization — and a veterinarian checked out the cows, who were shaken up but otherwise fine, the rest of the fire brigade tried to figure out what to do with the trapped forklift.<\/p>\n

Finally, one of the firefighters had an idea, according to Deputy Fire Chief John Beyer. When he wasn’t working at the fire brigade, the firefighter worked for a company that had access to a 70-ton crane. After a few quick phone calls, permission was granted for the fire department to borrow the crane and it was quickly transported to the farm.<\/p>\n

A Flying Forklift<\/strong><\/p>\n

A few firefighters from the White Horse brigade — assisted by members of the nearby Gap Fire Company — climbed onto the roof of the barn and carefully removed a few tin panels from the roof.<\/p>\n

Then a hoist attached to the crane was carefully lowered down into the barn through the roof and attached to the forklift. A few minutes later, the forklift was lifted up and out of the barn and safely deposited on more stable ground.<\/p>\n

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