Whilst you are looking for reconditioned counterbalanced forktrucks in and around Kilmarnock KA1 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.

If you are trying to find reconditioned counterbalanced forktrucks in and around Kilmarnock KA1 you might like to note that lift trucks are peculiar machines and their age should not necessarily be a concern, unless it will be required to operate for a high number of hours per day, generally anything in excess of 6 hours.

Whilst you are looking for reconditioned counterbalanced forktrucks in and around Kilmarnock KA1 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.