Whilst trying to find secondhand electric forklifts in and around scotland be aware that a DIY shop was fined over £500,000 plus costs of £250,000 as a result of an accident in which a female customer was killed when a forklift reversed into her. The forklift driver had been working without a look-out and as a result had not seen the customer.

If you are researching secondhand electric forklifts in and around scotland 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 researching secondhand electric forklifts in and around scotland it may be helpful to know that a forklift's chassis usually prohibits it from getting close to the trailer wall but with side shift pallets can be stacked and unloaded against the trailer wall by moving the carriage sideways.