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Forklift pins worker at Nampa cheese plant

NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Canyon County officials say a worker at a cheese manufacturing plant in Nampa was seriously injured after getting pinned by a forklift. According to the sheriff's office, the worker got caught between a rack and a forklift on Thursday. The man, whose name has not been...

NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Canyon County officials say a worker at a cheese manufacturing plant in Nampa was seriously injured after getting pinned by a forklift.

According to the sheriff's office, the worker got caught between a rack and a forklift on Thursday. The man, whose name has not been released, has been taken to a local hospital.

Authorities say he is in serious condition.

Joe Decker, a spokesman for the sheriff's office, says deputies responded to the incident to help assist medics and do not suspect it to be a crime.