When researching for sale diesel forktrucks in and around scotland take into consideration that renting a forklift can sometimes work out to be the cheaper option when maintenance and repair costs are factored in.

Whilst you are looking for for sale diesel forktrucks in and around scotland you might like to be aware that wherever possible pedestrians should be segregated from forklift traffic in order to minimise the risk of the two coming into contact and causing an accident.

If you are researching for sale diesel forktrucks 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.