Investigators continue to explore aspects of a fatal forklift accident in Georgia.

Randy Earl Pike, 51, was killed while trying to instruct fellow worker Victor Manuel Lopez how to operate a forklift at a remote facility of Pars Car Sales in Morrow, police say.

Lopez was operating the equipment and told investigators he was unable to stop the forklift, which impaled Pike in the chest, police report.

Apparently, Lopez was delayed in reaching another Pars Car Sales site to report the incident. Once alerted, emergency responders found Pike dead at the scene, about five hours after the accident occurred.

Officer Terry Tuck and Lt Phillip Bailey handled the onsite investigation for the Clayton County police department, and the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration was expected to look into the circumstances of the May 7 incident. Initially, no charges were filed.

The medical examiner in the State of Georgia Bureau of Investigation performed an autopsy at the request of the Clayton County department.