Whilst you are looking for pedestrian lift trucks in and around Gloucester GL4 you might like to be aware that an employer was fined £2,000 and ordered to pay over £800 in costs when a HSE inspector noticed an employee being lifted eight feet into the air on a lift truck to fit a company sign to their own premises. Although no one was injured on the occasion, this incident had all the hallmarks of an accident waiting to happen. Accidents involving fork lift trucks account for a large proportion of accidents in the workplace and it is an employer’s responsibility to ensure that drivers are properly trained and use the equipment properly.

When you are searching for pedestrian lift trucks in and around Gloucester GL4 you might like to note that with electric lift trucks, when a breakdown occurs then a specially trained technician is usually required to make the repair; they don’t climb ramps very easily and they don’t generally respond well to heavy pushing or pulling.

While you are searching for pedestrian lift trucks in and around Gloucester GL4 it might be worth considering that lift trucks are industrial machines that are built to have a long life expectancy and most should last at least 20,000 hours of use.