If you are researching companies selling counterbalance forklift trucks in and around Bishops Castle SY9 statists suggest that up to 70% of forklift truck accidents kill or injure someone who was not driving the truck at the time, meaning that any employee or visitor to a site that operates forklift trucks could be at risk.

Whilst looking for companies selling counterbalance forklift trucks in and around Bishops Castle SY9 it might be worth remembering that forklifts are a piece of industrial equipment built to have a long life expectancy and most should last for a minimum of 20,000 hours of use as long as they are maintained properly and not abused or neglected.

While investigating companies selling counterbalance forklift trucks in and around Bishops Castle SY9 you might wish to be aware that a forklift driver also has a legal duty to ensure the safety of others. In one case a forklift driver working at a sawmill was fined £1,750 plus costs after an incident in which he hit a fellow employee causing a fractured pelvis, cuts and bruises. The driver''s vision was impaired by the load he was carrying. In this case the employer had employed an in-house forklift truck trainer and the driver had received regular refresher training and re-testing and as a result it was the employee not the employer that was fined for this incident.