A teenager was crushed to death by a forklift truck while working at a farm less than a month after starting his new job, an inquest heard. Zach Richardson, 18, was found trapped between the truck and a wall at Elm Farm, near Shipdham, Norfolk, on October 24 2020, a hearing in Norwich was told.
His medical cause of death was recorded as “due to compression asphyxia”, Norfolk’s senior coroner Jacqueline Lake said. She said Mr Richardson, of Hubberts Bridge near Boston, Lincolnshire, started working for Lincolnshire Firewood Company as a yardman on October 6 2020.
“He completed two days of formal forklift training,” she said. Mr Richardson was on site at D.D. Dodd and Son, Elm Farm, on October 24, Ms Lake said.
