Whilst you are looking for reach lift trucks in and around Hereford HR2 you might like to be aware that a lift truck driver working at a sawmill was fined £1,750 after an incident in which he was driving a lift truck with a stack of 12 modular sheds. The sheds obscured the drivers vision and as a result he hit a fellow employee with the load causing a fractured pelvis, cuts and bruises. It is important that individuals are aware that they, as well as their employer, have duties under the law to take reasonable care of the health and safety of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work. In this case the employer had employed an in-house lift 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.

Whilst you are looking for reach lift trucks in and around Hereford HR2 you might like to be aware that a man was awarded compensation to help pay for a specially adapted house for him to live in and round-the-clock care costs after the lift truck he was driving toppled over onto him and crushed him causing spinal and head injuries. It was found that his employer had allowed him to drive the lift truck without any training or a valid licence.

When you are trying to find reach lift trucks in and around Hereford HR2 it might be worth considering that with a used / secondhand lift truck the hydraulic pumps should be tested before purchase as repairs can be quite costly. Many lift trucks have an internal chain-driven hydraulic pump that will make a loud clacking sound of metal on metal if there are serious problems with it.