While looking into forklift truck rental in and around Taunton TA1 you might like to be aware that a newspaper distribution company was fined £125,000 after a van driver suffered severe head injuries when he was hit in the head by a reversing lift truck with a raised load. It was found that the lift truck driver had reversed without looking.

Whilst you are looking for forklift truck rental in and around Taunton TA1 you might like to be aware that a business was fined over £50,000 when a 60 year old employee was crushed and later died as a result of his injuries. It was found that the lift truck had been going round a corner when its driver performed an emergency stop in order to avoid hitting a member of staff. However the sudden breaking cause a steel coil situated on the forks to fall off pinning the man to the ground. The court found that no risk assessments had been carried out and that there was no safe system to safely separate pedestrians from vehicles on the site.

While you are searching for forklift truck rental in and around Taunton TA1 then be aware that it is difficult to determine the year a lift truck was manufactured because most of them do not have an age stamped on the data plate.