If you are researching hire forklift in and around Midlothian 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.

Tip - If you are trying to find hire forklift near Midlothian you may need to be aware that a forklift truck is a machine that has forks to lift loads whereas telehandlers have forks that extend outwards and upwards away from the telehandler body.

If you are searching for hire forklift in and around Midlothian a forklift truck with a warranty is usually more expensive than one without, so it is generally worth checking the price both with and without the warranty so that you can check exactly what you are paying for.