Whilst you are looking for lift truck sales in and around Kelty KY4 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.

Whilst you are looking for lift truck sales in and around Kelty KY4 you might like to be aware that a bakery was fined £25,000 and ordered to pay costs of £30,000 following an incident in which one employee was killed and another severely injured whilst using a lift truck to raise a 2 tonne dough mixing machine in order to gain access to the drive belt underneath, which had failed.

When you are looking for lift truck sales in and around Kelty KY4 bear in mind that if you consider purchasing a second hand gas or diesel lift truck it would be advisable to test the engine first to make sure it starts up easily and doesn’t smoke.