Free high visibility vests

In an effort to further
improve forklift safety,
Briggs Equipment is giving
away high visibility vests to
its short-term hire (STH)
customers. The Cannockbased
firm is said to have
been at the forefront of
industry efforts to cut the
number of accidents
involving forklift trucks and
other material handling
equipment.

According to figures
compiled by the FLTA as
part of its National Forklift
Safety Week campaign, such
accidents claimed the lives of
five workers in the UK last
year, and left almost 400
people with serious injuries.

Although the numbers have
fallen by almost two thirds
over the last three years,
Briggs believes more needs
to be done to create even
safer working environments.

Briggs will send out a free
fluorescent vest with every
new hire from its state-ofthe-
art STH fleet of Yale
trucks.