If you are researching reconditioned diesel forklifts in and around scotland be aware that a newspaper company settled a claim for £140,000 accepting 85% liability for an incident where a worker was pushed off a ladder by an automated guided electric forklift truck. The worker broke his wrist and could not return to the same work.

While investigating reconditioned diesel forklifts in and around scotland you should be aware that a business was fined £2,000 and plus costs when a Health and safety Executive inspector found a worker being lifted eight feet into the air on a forklift truck to fit a company sign on the building. Although no one was hurt this incident had all the hallmarks of an accident waiting to happen. Accidents involving fork lift trucks make up a significant proportion of accidents in the workplace and it is an employer’s responsibility to ensure that drivers receive proper training and that equipment is used correctly.

Whilst trying to find reconditioned diesel forklifts in and around scotland you may wish to know that a warehouse employee became trapped under the forklift he was driving, after it fell over on to him causing his death.

While investigating reconditioned diesel forklifts in and around scotland take into account the physical restrictions of the areas in which a machine will have to operate. In particular consider any doorways through which your forklift will have to move. If your doorways are standard 1.8m (6ft) or 2.4m (8ft) high then you obviously wont be able to use a machine with a collapsed mast height of over 3m (10ft). Before making your selection make sure that all the doorways and openings that it will need to fit through have been measured.

If you are looking for reconditioned diesel forklifts in and around scotland it may interest you to know that a warehouse employee who suffered a major injury in an accident with a forklift truck was awarded £150,000 in compensation by using the support of his trade union and a firm of solicitors specialising in personal injury claims.