The man was taken to Rhode Island Hospital with injuries that did not appear to be serious, Lt. Kevin Lanni said. He did not release the man’s name yet, in case family members had not yet learned of the injuries.
The police responded to the accident at 5:22 a.m., and Providence fire responders were already there assisting the man, who was sitting in the forklift when they arrived, Lanni said.
As is typical after an industrial or workplace accident, the police called the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to investigate, Lanni said.