Whilst you are looking for used fork lifts in and around Herefordshire you might like to be aware that a manufacturing company was fined £30,000 after a young worker was pinned by a lift truck against a wall and killed instantly. A lift truck was unloading a lorry in a narrow street when an oncoming vehicle forced it to reverse rapidly to get out of its way. The lift truck driver did not see the young worker leaving from the rear exit and hit him with the rear of his vehicle.

While you are searching for used fork lifts in and around Herefordshire you might like to note that the hour meter on a second hand lift truck will not necessarily reflect the actual number of hours as replacement meters can easily be fitted for little cost.

Whilst you are looking for used fork lifts in and around Herefordshire you might like to be aware that a DIY store was fined over £500,000 and ordered to pay costs of £250,000 following an incident in which a female customer was killed as a result of a lift truck reversing into her. It was found that the lift truck driver had been working without a look-out and as a result had failed to see her.