While you are searching for hire reach forklift in and around Cornwall bear in mind that in the lift truck trade, as in the auto industry, there is a “grey market”. This is the sale of units that were shipped into the country from foreign markets. The problem with these lift trucks is that although they look identical most dealers usually won’t support them because parts can often be more difficult to source.

Whilst you are looking for hire reach forklift in and around Cornwall you might like to be aware that a company was fined £20,000 and ordered to pay over £11,000 in costs after one of its workers died in a lift truck accident. The company was prosecuted under the Health & Safety at Work Act for failure to use trained staff to drive its lift trucks and protect the safety of its employees.

Whilst you are looking for hire reach forklift in and around Cornwall 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.