If you are trying to find pedestrian forklifts in and around wales bear in mind that statistics suggest that as many as two thirds of lift truck accidents kill or injure someone who was not driving the lift truck at the time, meaning that anybody visiting or working in a business that operates lift trucks could be at risk.

While you are trying to find pedestrian forklifts in and around wales it might be worth considering that a good well maintained battery on an electric lift truck will generally last 5-7 years but can often last as long as ten years. However a battery’s life expectancy will diminish considerably if it is consistently run hard and not given sufficient time to cool down.

Whilst you are looking for pedestrian forklifts in and around wales you might like to be aware that a manufacturing company was fined £30,000 after a young worker was pinned by a lift truck against a wall and killed instantly. A lift truck was unloading a lorry in a narrow street when an oncoming vehicle forced it to reverse rapidly to get out of its way. The lift truck driver did not see the young worker leaving from the rear exit and hit him with the rear of his vehicle.