Whilst you are looking for new toyota forklift trucks in and around scotland 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.

Tip – If you are looking into new toyota forklift trucks near scotland remember that many companies rely so heavily on their forklift trucks that the whole chain of business can be stopped by one breakdown, therefore reliability is a key factor.

While searching for new toyota forklift trucks in and around scotland you might like to be aware that a farming company was fined £35,000 and ordered to pay costs of over £17,000 after an incident where an employee died when he was crushed against a mobile cleaning machine by a lift truck. He had finished processing wheat seeds when his colleague got onto the lift truck to move the last bag. When the driver started the vehicle it suddenly moved forward, trapping him against the machine.