Forklift Destroys Giant Ceiling Fan Memphis, Tennessee — March 21, 2025 A moment of inattention led to a spectacular and costly accident in a Memphis distribution center Friday, when a forklift operator raised the vehicle's mast directly into a massive industrial ceiling fan, causing it to catastrophically fail and crash to the floor. Security camera footage from the warehouse shows the forklift operator extending the mast to its full height, seemingly unaware of the giant, slow-moving fan blade