Whilst you are looking for forklift rental in and around Lydbury North SY7 you might like to be aware that a newspaper company settled a claim for £140,000 accepting 85% liability for an accident where an employee was knocked off a ladder by an automated guided electric lift truck. The employee broke his wrist and under advice from his consultant had to retire from his printing job.

If you are trying to find forklift rental in and around Lydbury North SY7 you might like to note that lift trucks are peculiar machines and their age should not necessarily be a concern, unless it will be required to operate for a high number of hours per day, generally anything in excess of 6 hours.

Whilst you are looking for forklift rental in and around Lydbury North SY7 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.