If you are researching suppliers of reach forklift in and around Baldock SG7 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.

While looking for suppliers of reach forklift in and around Baldock SG7 it is worth knowing that safety features are not only important for health and safety reasons but there is also a potential cost savings in reduced insurance premiums and in the amount of damage to goods and property.

While you are researching suppliers of reach forklift in and around Baldock SG7 be aware that a second hand electric forklift could have a battery with a bad cell. This does not always mean that the battery needs to be changed as it is sometimes possible to just replace the damaged cell. Replacing a single cell is much less expensive than fitting a new battery but if more than one cell needs to be replaced it is usually not cost-effective to replace them.