Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, October 7, 1995                   TAG: 9510090044
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: RON BROWN
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

TWO WORKERS INJURED DURING FORKLIFT ACCIDENT

Billy Altman, a Roanoke emergency medical services supervisor, said one of the men was trapped under a metal deck leveler, which weighed at least half a ton.

The other man was struck by the deck leveler as it fell.

One of the men was believed to have a possible fracture. Both suffered cuts and abrasions.

"All we know is we heard a loud boom," said a man who identified himself as the manager but would not give his name. "That's as far as it goes."

The man said employees freed the trapped man before rescue workers arrived.

The manager would not release the employees' names until their relatives had been notified.

Two ambulances and a fire truck responded to the accident, which occurred about 2.