Jamie Anderson, 35 year old father of one, died on 4th June 2019 when the forklift truck he was operating overturned at a depot in Newark. He was found in the car park trapped under the roll cage of the counterbalance forklift truck he was operating. He was moving waste material when the forklift truck […]
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We at Wallace Forklift Training London are often asked what are the regulations regarding driving a forklift truck on public roads. There are a number of factors you need to consider before driving a forklift truck on a public road. These include: Distance Travelled by a Forklift Truck Forklift Truck Registration to Drive on Public
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The use of forklift truck on a ramp or an incline / slope should be included on all training courses. This is vitally important as the risk of a forklift truck toppling over on a slope is higher. This is also an everyday activity for a forklift truck operator and should be approached with caution
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Forklift truck operations are an essential part of everyday work at most warehouses and factories. However safety is critical as forklift trucks are large heavy vehicles and often operate in busy area with many workers. Over quarter of all workplace transport accidents involve forklift trucks. Therefore safety is vitally important and overhead guards protect the
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The largest number of workplace transport accidents involve forklift trucks (about 25%), some of which are fatal or cause serious injury. People are knocked down, run over or crushed against forklift trucks. People also fall from vehicles, whether getting on or off, working at height or when loading or unloading. Here we look at steps
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Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recently issued a safe notice regarding the Liquefied Petroleum Gas forklift truck fire risk. HSE said that there have been a number of fires, on and around LPG powered forklift trucks during starting. The issue is build-up of deposits in the fuel system like the vaporiser unit, flow regulator
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In April 2023, The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) fined AkzoNobel Packaging Coatings Limited £600,000 after a worker’s leg was crushed by a forklift truck. The accident occurred at the firm’s Birmingham site on Bordesley Green Road on 8 May 2018. The man was walking across a pedestrian crossing when a forklift truck collided with him, crushing
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There is no law which says forklift training has to be provided by an accredited training provider and a qualified trainer. You can be trained by an organisation with no accreditation and be issued with a certificate or you can be trained by a colleague at your workplace. However, if there is an accident, then
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John Fitzpatrick was waiting for his trailer to be loaded at Kingsland Drinks Ltd., a wine and drinks supplier’s depot in Irlam, Salford on 19 August 2020 when he was struck by a forklift truck. He suffered serious head injuries in the fatal accident. The 59 year old driver never regained consciousness after the forklift
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In Europe, the market for electric forklift trucks has been growing exponentially and is expected to continue growing at 13% per annum until 2030. The electric forklift truck market size is expected to reach £37 billion in Europe by 2030.The markets in UK and Germany are growing fastest. Forklift trucks such as reach, counterbalance, pallet
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