If you are researching Forklifts in and around Somerset be aware that a newspaper company settled a claim for £140,000 accepting 85% liability for an incident where a worker was pushed off a ladder by an automated guided electric forklift truck. The worker broke his wrist and could not return to the same work.

Whilst looking for Forklifts in and around Somerset it might be worth considering that if you already own a forklift and are purchasing another one because you need to upgrade for any number of reasons, then it will usually pay you not to mention that you have a forklift to trade in until you have negotiated the best price on the new forklift.

If you are researching Forklifts in and around Somerset 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.