Whilst you are looking for hire forklift in and around Derbyshire you might like to be aware that an employer was fined £2,000 and ordered to pay over £800 in costs when a HSE inspector noticed an employee being lifted eight feet into the air on a lift truck to fit a company sign to their own premises. Although no one was injured on the occasion, this incident had all the hallmarks of an accident waiting to happen. Accidents involving fork lift trucks account for a large proportion of accidents in the workplace and it is an employer’s responsibility to ensure that drivers are properly trained and use the equipment properly.

Whilst you are looking for hire forklift in and around Derbyshire you might like to be aware that a factory worker secured interim damages of £40,000 after an electric reach truck accident left him with a partially amputated foot after the truck slid into the racking crushing his left foot.

If you are looking for hire forklift in and around Derbyshire then be aware that if a warehouse operative undertakes a number of tasks which means they are required to be on and off the lift truck throughout the day then a stand-on lift truck can be more convenient than a sit-on lift truck.