Make it LAW to wear a seatbelt on all dangerous machinery.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

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.

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!

Why it was rejected

The UK Government or Parliament was already taking the action it asked for.

We're sorry for your loss. Please accept our condolences.

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

You could start a petition that asks the Government to require all operator seats for tractors and mobile work equipment to be fitted with seat belts, if that's a change you'd like to see happen.

Timeline

17 Sep 2021	Petition opened for signatures
6 Oct 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 6 Oct 2021

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