Whilst you are looking for secondhand counterbalanced forklifts in and around Bala LL23 you might like to be aware that an employee was run over by a forklift truck resulting in both his legs being broken, leaving him unable to walk for almost two years. This was one of two forklift incidents that led to the employer being fined £25,000 and ordered to pay over £8,000 in costs.

Whilst investigating secondhand counterbalanced forklifts in and around Bala LL23 remember that safety can be improved by looking for a low dashboard that allows better sight of the fork tips.

If you are researching secondhand counterbalanced forklifts in and around Bala LL23 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.