Whilst you are looking for Lift Trucks in and around Gtr Manchester you might like to be aware that a warehouseman who suffered a significant injury following an accident with a lift truck secured £150,000 in compensation with the support of his trade union and a firm of solicitors specialising in personal injury claims.

Tip - If you are considering Lift Trucks near Gtr Manchester it may be useful to you to know that in the UK a standard pallet is around 2tonnes in weight and therefore a standard forklift will carry up to 2.5tonnes.

Whilst you are looking for Lift Trucks in and around Gtr Manchester 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.