When you are trying to find Forklifts in and around Newport it might be worth considering that if your business runs lift trucks eight hours a day; has pallet shelving and a large warehouse then a cheap used/secondhand lift truck might not necessarily be the best investment.

When you are searching for Forklifts in and around Newport bear in mind that side shift capability comes in very handy when trying to line the forks up with the pallet. Instead of having to back up and reposition the lift truck the carriage can simply be shifted sideways saving a lot of time.

Whilst you are looking for Forklifts in and around Newport 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.