The inaugural UK National Forklift Safety Day took place in 2019, with the British Industrial Truck Association (BITA) leading the campaign, in collaboration with its members, supporting industry associations and other stakeholders to convey the safety message to as wide an audience as possible.
As part of its ongoing commitment to raising safety standards across the material handling industry, BITA repeated the event in 2020, this time with a new safety message geared towards safe working practices for all users of material handling equipment.
Now an established event within the UK material handling calendar, responsibility for organising UK National Forklift Safety Day has passed to the UK Material Handling Association, the body formed following the merger of BITA with fellow material handling trade association, the Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA).