If you are researching Forklifts in and around Bristol 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.

If you are investigating Forklifts in and around Bristol remember that electric forklifts are much quieter and have virtually no emissions with the exception of some hydrogen emission during charging. They also are generally expected to have fewer breakdowns than internal combustion engines.

Whilst researching Forklifts in and around Bristol you may like to know that some businesses have created up to 50% more storage space in their existing warehouses by replacing their fleet of standard counterbalance forklift trucks with articulated counterbalance forklifts. Articulated forklift trucks are able to operate in much narrower aisles than standard counterbalance and reach trucks.