Whilst you are looking for fork truck hire in and around Tyne & Wear you might like to be aware that a timber merchant was fined over £100,000 following a fatal incident when a lift truck drove onto a public road and ran into a car. The raised forks of the truck punctured the windscreen of the car and stabbed the driver in the neck, killing him.

While you are searching for fork truck hire in and around Tyne & Wear remember that electric lift trucks are quiet with virtually no fume emissions, except for some hydrogen emission when the unit is charging. They also usually have fewer breakdowns than internal combustion engines.

Whilst you are looking for fork truck hire in and around Tyne & Wear you might like to be aware that a man was awarded compensation to help pay for a specially adapted house for him to live in and round-the-clock care costs after the lift truck he was driving toppled over onto him and crushed him causing spinal and head injuries. It was found that his employer had allowed him to drive the lift truck without any training or a valid licence.