Posted By Pat Hannaway Hi, there is an HSE Guidance on this "Safety in Working with LIft Trucks" priced at £6.50. It recommends medical assessments and details exactly the contents of a specific medical exam / assessment. Employees can hardly object to Guidance issued by HSE. After all the employer is only trying to ensure that they are safe at work. We introduced medicals a few years ago for all FLT drivers. About 10% failed the eyesight test (even unsuitable for normal driving test standards). All drivers who failed the eye tests bought glasses and were re-tested : all passed. Regards

Posted By TBC Go for it - you will be amazed how many will need specs or you may even help to uncover a medical problem, which could even save a life. All done is strictest confidence of course. I would guess that many ‘drivers’ both in the warehouse and on the roads these days go around with the ‘macho’ image and do really need to wear specs. They’re the ones who always damage racking, goods, and the trucks and then hide the fact. On the roads, they’re the ones who cut out in front of you or stay behind a slow moving vehicle because they can’t judge the speed of oncoming cars.