Some employees are fired for looking at personal Web sites while on company time. Then there are those who are fired for browsing at home — where they post their insane at-work stunts.

When news of Internet-related firings comes out, it’s usually about employees who are looking at inappropriate Web sites while in the office. But Matthew Ward, former forklift driver at Australian Profiles and Pre Cast Property., Ltd., was terminated for something a little different.

Ward was let go after bosses saw videos of his at-work forklift stunts posted to the online video site YouTube. In one of the videos, entitled “How 2 pass you [sic] forklift License,” Ward is seen performing burnouts, wheelies and crashing into stacks of pipes.

After seeing the stunts, Ward’s bosses turned him over to police and fired him. His case went to court where Ward pleaded guilty to one count of failing to take care of his own safety.

On top of that, Ward must pay a $767 fine, perform 50 hours of community service and take an OSHA course — and he’ll be doing so without his license, which has since been rescinded.

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Tags: Company time, OHSA, Work stunts