If you are researching lease electric forktrucks in and around Bristol 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.

When searching for lease electric forktrucks in and around Bristol bear in mind that while it is very expensive to buy a new battery for an electric forklift, you are in effect buying five years worth of fuel. It is generally considered to be around 25% cheaper to operate and maintain an electric forklift than an internal combustion gas or diesel forklift.

Whilst trying to find lease electric forktrucks in and around Bristol 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.