Whilst you are looking for forklift hire in and around Hope Valley S33 you might like to be aware that a lift truck driver working at a sawmill was fined £1,750 after an incident in which he was driving a lift truck with a stack of 12 modular sheds. The sheds obscured the drivers vision and as a result he hit a fellow employee with the load causing a fractured pelvis, cuts and bruises. It is important that individuals are aware that they, as well as their employer, have duties under the law to take reasonable care of the health and safety of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work. In this case the employer had employed an in-house lift truck trainer and the driver had received regular refresher training and re-testing and as a result it was the employee not the employer that was fined for this incident.

If you are looking for forklift hire in and around Hope Valley S33 you might like to note that a prudent second hand lift truck purchaser will consider the lift truck manufacturer/model as well as the truck's history and condition.

Whilst you are looking for forklift hire in and around Hope Valley S33 you might like to be aware that a company was fined £20,000 and ordered to pay over £11,000 in costs after one of its workers died in a lift truck accident. The company was prosecuted under the Health & Safety at Work Act for failure to use trained staff to drive its lift trucks and protect the safety of its employees.