Murfreesboro, TN – Matthew Hudgins hopes earning his certification as a forklift operator will give him an advantage when rejoining the work force.
He was one of nine Rutherford County Adult Detention Center inmates assigned to work details and six Sheriff’s Office maintenance deputies who completed a federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration class about safe operations of tow motors.
Maintenance Lt. Devin Storie and Cpl. Andy Pugh are certified instructors who taught the forklift operations class. The course included classroom instruction, physical testing with the forklift and a 60-question written test…