While investigating used gas 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 looking for used gas forklifts in and around scotland 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.

If you are researching used gas forklifts in and around scotland 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.