Whilst you are looking for forklift hire in and around Oxfordshire 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.

When you are trying to find forklift hire in and around Oxfordshire it might be worth considering that if your business runs lift trucks eight hours a day; has pallet shelving and a large warehouse then a cheap used/secondhand lift truck might not necessarily be the best investment.

While you are searching for forklift hire in and around Oxfordshire 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.