Whilst you are looking for lift trucks to buy in and around Hertfordshire 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.

When you are looking into lift trucks to buy in and around Hertfordshire you might like to be aware that the proprietor of a waste firm was fined £20,000 and ordered to pay costs of over £6,000 following an incident when one of his employees died after the lift truck he was driving fell from a weighbridge and toppled on top of him causing fatal head injuries. It was found that the lift truck had no seatbelt and no railings had been provided.

When you are trying to find lift trucks to buy in and around Hertfordshire it might be worth considering that if your business runs lift trucks eight hours a day; has pallet shelving and a large warehouse then a cheap used/secondhand lift truck might not necessarily be the best investment.