Hello Edward T,

Again, thanks for your reply. I understand your concerns and will elaborate. Pre-inspection was performed and the only issue found and recorded by me was a tightness in the steering. The battery from memory back in 2009 was at about 55 -60%, I performed lift to full extension in the safety check and after that when I commenced picking an order I only extended to about half height for the first aisle of picking. When I fully lowered to travel to the next aisle I needed to travel firstly through a vacant aisle and the incident happened about halway down that vacant aisle.

Regarding my relaxed position, I am 6ft2in tall and found it easy to lean back against the rear bar as I was in a caged area pedestrian free and machine locked into guide rails and found this position to be most comfortable for the lengthy shift. I understand what you mean of paying attention as an operator and always did when on guide wires or not in pedestrian zones, I guess the solitary environment and the auto pilot of the guide rails locking steering I relaxed more than usual. Edward, I take safety very seriously, I was an employee safety representative and also a member of the safety committe.

Thanks again, sorry it has taken me so long to reply.

Regards,

Adam