When you are trying to find caterpillar lift trucks in and around cumbria you might like to note that if your business only needs to offload goods once a week, transport them into the warehouse; set them on the ground; break down the pallets and place the shipment where it is needed then you are likely to get away with a relatively inexpensive used/secondhand lift truck.

Whilst you are looking for caterpillar lift trucks in and around cumbria 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.

Whilst you are looking for caterpillar lift trucks in and around cumbria 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.