Whilst you are looking for small lift trucks in and around Wooler NE71 you might like to be aware that a business was fined over £50,000 when a 60 year old employee was crushed and later died as a result of his injuries. It was found that the lift truck had been going round a corner when its driver performed an emergency stop in order to avoid hitting a member of staff. However the sudden breaking cause a steel coil situated on the forks to fall off pinning the man to the ground. The court found that no risk assessments had been carried out and that there was no safe system to safely separate pedestrians from vehicles on the site.

Whilst you are looking for small lift trucks in and around Wooler NE71 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.

When you are searching for small lift trucks in and around Wooler NE71 you might like to note that forks vary in length and need to be considered bearing in mind the lift trucks intended application. A long set of forks will reduce the aisle width that the lift truck can turn or right angle stack in.