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Aside from the potential for civil litigation, fatalities and injuries involving forklifts can lead to the employers concerned being prosecuted by the HSE. Tough penalties may be imposed upon conviction.
Earlier this year, a truck dealer was fined £20,000 after a mechanic fell from a makeshift platform attached to a forklift, fracturing his hip.
In 2010, a £12,500 fine was imposed on a metal processing company when one of its employees was run over by a forklift, breaking three of his toes and fracturing several bones in his foot. In the same year, a £10,000 fine was imposed on an engineering company after a worker was seriously injured when a heavy machine part toppled off a forklift onto his legs, and a tyre manufacturer was fined £9,000 when a forklift in one of its factories hit a worker, breaking his leg.