When you are looking for fork lifts in and around Northumberland you might like to note that a pneumatic tire Lift truck can often be fitted with a solid tire to safeguard against punctures, but these tires tend to be considerably more expensive and often it is considered cheaper to simply foam fill the existing pneumatic tyres.

Whilst you are looking for fork lifts in and around Northumberland 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.

When you are looking for fork lifts in and around Northumberland bear in mind that two of the most important safety issues are lift truck stability and control of the load. Statistics show that tip-overs and falling loads are the two most common causes of accidents and injuries.