A forklift operator injured in an industrial accident on Nov. 19 is doing 鈥渁mazingly well,鈥� says the senior vice-president of his employer, Mitsui Homes.

In fact, the employee, Johnny Sun, only missed two days of work and was back on the job on Nov. 23, said Dave Fisher of Mitsui Homes.

Sun was operating a forklift at about 3:20 p.m. at Mitsui鈥檚 compound at 19707 94A Ave., in the North 91原创 industrial area. security guard Gordon Skidmore was patrolling an adjacent site for , when he heard screams coming from the Mitsui property.

He dashed towards the site but found the entrance was locked. He called 911 and the dispatcher at his company. Mike鈥檚 Canine owner Mike McIvor was nearby and, hearing the call, made his way to the site.

Together, the men cut into the compound to find Sun.

He was not difficult to find. Sun had been moving large packages of wood, each of which was wrapped. Fisher surmises that as the operator moved one load, the one behind it began to shift, and one load landed on top of Sun鈥檚 machine, crushing the cab and trapping him inside.

Fisher said it鈥檚 possible that the paper wrapping became slippery because of the icy weather, causing one load of lumber to shift and setting in motion the collapse of another load onto the forklift.

鈥淲hen he was extricated, we were all fearing serious injuries,鈥� Fisher said.

鈥淕iven the circumstances we were all concerned that it could have been so much worse.鈥�

Sun was trapped for an hour or more before firefighters helped to rescue him.

He said he was scared, knowing that if Skidmore hadn鈥檛 heard his screams 鈥淚鈥檇 have been there the whole weekend.鈥�

鈥淚 was screaming out of my lung,鈥� Sun said, adding that throughout the ordeal, he was lying on his back and could not move his head. All he could see was wood.

He didn鈥檛 lose consciousness, but all he can remember is someone saying, 鈥淚鈥檓 calling 911. I鈥檓 calling 911.鈥�

He suffered chipped teeth, bruising, and cuts to his head that required stitches.

Fisher said that the Sun was 鈥渇ollowing procedures very precisely鈥� as he operated the forklift.

McIvor said it took only a minute or so to find the stricken worker, and he praised Skidmore for saving the man鈥檚 life by reacting as swiftly as he did.

McIvor acknowledged that it could have been a tricky situation in other ways: Skidmore left his job site in order to save a man鈥檚 life, and in the process left the Kiewit site unattended.

He called Kiewit 鈥渁 very safety-oriented company,鈥� and once he had explained what happened, Kiewit officials understood.

鈥淭hey have invited us to their safety orientation and will use this as an example,鈥� McIvor said.

Sun doesn鈥檛 know Skidmore, but if he could meet him he would tell him, 鈥淭hank you for being a Good Samaritan.鈥�