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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Forklift truck is a big heavy piece of equipment, weighing as much as four average family cars or even more, and therefore any incident with a pedestrian may cause serious injury or can be fatal. In UK, about 25% of all workplace accidents involving a visit to a hospital are due to forklift truck accidents.
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Although this incident happened in Montana, USA it is such a compelling story that we thought our readers would find it interesting and informative for forklift operators. Loren Schauers was working on a bridge rehabilitation project in 2019, aged 19, when he was involved in an incident while driving a forklift truck which had serious
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In our last blog, we talked about what a forklift operator should expect from the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) visit. In this blog we look at a case study of the HSE inspector’s visit to a forklift operator. In 2019, the HSE inspector made a routine visit to a stone handling company. It found issues with
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In our last blog, Ruth Wallace of Wallace School of Transport alluded to the need to keep a full training record of forklift truck drivers, especially in case of Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation. An HSE inspector can visit at any time and may arrive without warning. The highest incidence of workplace accidents involve
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In the current climate with inflation at about 10%, fuel prices going through the roof and pressure to increase wages to combat cost of living crisis, most companies are going through difficult times and are tightening their belts by cutting out non-essential spending. However, forklift driver refresher training should not be part of your cost
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In the last blog, we highlighted forklift truck accidents that could have been prevented if the right procedures were in place. You can minimise the chances of accidents but it is difficult to completely eliminate them due to human factors. One of these is the forklift driver fatigue. Fatigue is defined as the state of
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This year the National Forklift Safety Day was held on 14 June 2022. It is a global event and this year’s focus was on Operator Training. As mentioned in a number of blogs recently, about a quarter of all workplace accidents involve a forklift truck and hence it is vitally important that the forklift truck
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Wallace Forklift Training has previously highlighted the risks involved in forklift truck operations. About a quarter of all workplace accidents involve a forklift truck. Other than training and ensuring that the forklift truck route and pedestrians are kept separate wherever possible, there are a number of safety features available that reduces the risks of accidents.
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