This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Make it LAW to wear a seatbelt on all dangerous machinery.
We need the there to be a law on people having to wear seatbelts on machinery such as forklift trucks to prevent injuries and fatalities.
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I lost my partner at the age of 35 in a tragic accident involving a forklift truck in 2019. The company he worked for did not have a policy on wearing seatbelts, nor is there a law. I believe this should be a law like there is with motor vehicles as they are just as dangerous, if not more so? People are losing their child, parent, sibling due to not enforcing a law. This needs to be a law!
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It is already a legal requirement to wear a seat belt if one is fitted in the seat you are using. You can read more about it on the GOV.UK website: https://www.gov.uk/seat-belts-law
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