If you are investigating dealers of reach fork truck in and around scotland you should be aware that a newspaper distribution company was fined £125,000 when a van driver suffered severe head injuries after being hit in the head by a reversing forklift. The forklift driver had reversed without looking.

Tip – If you are looking into dealers of reach fork truck near scotland remember that many companies rely so heavily on their forklift trucks that the whole chain of business can be stopped by one breakdown, therefore reliability is a key factor.

Whilst looking for dealers of reach fork truck in and around scotland you may be interested to know that a manufacturing company was fined £30,000 when a young employee was pinned against a wall and killed instantly. In this case a forklift truck was unloading a lorry in a narrow road when an oncoming vehicle forced it to reverse quickly to get out of its way. The forklift truck driver did not see the other employee who was leaving the building behind him and he reversed straight into him.

Tip - If you are trying to find dealers of reach fork truck near scotland you may need to be aware that a forklift truck is a machine that has forks to lift loads whereas telehandlers have forks that extend outwards and upwards away from the telehandler body.

While you are researching dealers of reach fork truck in and around scotland you might wish to know that a worker had to have a leg amputated after it was crushed when the forklift he was driving toppled over when it hit a pothole. It was later found that he had not received any training in driving the forklift.