When trying to find Forklifts in and around Leicestershire you may wish to know that the owner of a waste firm was fined £20,000 £6,000 costs after an accident in which an employee died when the forklift he was driving fell from a weighbridge and landed on him causing fatal head injuries. It was discovered that the forklift had no seatbelt and there were no safety railings.

If you are researching Forklifts in and around Leicestershire 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.

If you are trying to find Forklifts in and around Leicestershire you might like to know that electric forklifts will generally short out if used in the rain. This can often result in the forklift needing a couple of days to dry out before it can be used again.