Whilst you are looking for secondhand forklifts in and around Malmesbury SN16 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.

Whilst you are looking for secondhand forklifts in and around Malmesbury SN16 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.

While you are trying to find secondhand forklifts in and around Malmesbury SN16 you might like to note that untrained operators pose such a significant safety risk in the workplace that employers are legally obliged to train staff to use lift trucks safely. Lift Truck Safety Awareness Courses gives managers and supervisors an understanding of basic lift truck handling principles, risks and safety guidelines so that they can ensure short-cuts do not work themselves into daily routines.