Whilst you are looking for cat lift trucks in and around Milton Keynes MK11 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 cat lift trucks in and around Milton Keynes MK11 you might like to be aware that an employee was injured when the lift truck he was operating fell down a gap between a refrigerated trailer and a loading platform. This was one of two lift truck incidents that led to the business being fined £25,000 and ordered to pay over £8,000 in costs.

Tip – If you are searching for cat lift trucks near Milton Keynes MK11 and are considering a second hand machine remember to treat the purchase in a similar way to how you would buy a second hand car. Check out the machine as much as possible, test drive it and look for a service or maintenance history.