If you are researching hyster counterbalance forklift trucks in and around Fraserburgh AB43 you may wish to know that a business was fined over £50,000 when an employee was crushed to death. A forklift driver had performed an emergency stop while going round a corner in order to avoid hitting another member of staff. However the sudden braking caused the goods being carried to fall off and pin the man to the ground. The court found that no risk assessments had been carried out and that there was no system to safely separate pedestrians from vehicles on the site.

While you are researching hyster counterbalance forklift trucks in and around Fraserburgh AB43 it may help you to know that a farming company was fined £35,000 ] plus costs when an employee was killed by being crushed against a mobile cleaning machine by a forklift truck.

When researching hyster counterbalance forklift trucks in and around Fraserburgh AB43 it is worth noting that that new forklifts are expensive and represent a considerable expenditure for the business. However a brand new machine is an absolute necessity if your business runs double-shifts or the forklift will be in use for 10 hours in a day. A used forklift will be more suitable if your usage is much less than this or if it is to be a backup to another forklift.