If you are trying to find used lift trucks in and around Berkshire bear in mind that statistics suggest that as many as two thirds of lift truck accidents kill or injure someone who was not driving the lift truck at the time, meaning that anybody visiting or working in a business that operates lift trucks could be at risk.

If you are looking for used lift trucks in and around Berkshire bear in mind that that a new lift truck is a very costly item, but it is a necessity if you have a double shift or a 10 hour plus per day application. A used lift truck will be more suitable if your usage is much less than 10 hours per day or as a backup to another lift truck.

Whilst you are looking for used lift trucks in and around Berkshire you might like to be aware that a business was fined over £50,000 when a 60 year old employee was crushed and later died as a result of his injuries. It was found that the lift truck had been going round a corner when its driver performed an emergency stop in order to avoid hitting a member of staff. However the sudden breaking cause a steel coil situated on the forks to fall off pinning the man to the ground. The court found that no risk assessments had been carried out and that there was no safe system to safely separate pedestrians from vehicles on the site.

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