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LOLER Inspection Testing and Thorough Examination of
Lifting Equipment and Lifting Accessories

Plant and Safety Limited are national providers for LOLER Inspection, LOLER Testing, LOLER Thorough Examination, and LOLER Certification services. Our Lifting Equipment Inspection (LOLER Inspection) services keep your company, and your lifting equipment compliant, ensuring that your employees are able to work safely and effectively. A Lifting Equipment Inspection is required in accordance with LOLER 1998.

Our national team of highly qualified and experienced engineers are able to provide engineering inspection, testing, and certification services on all types of equipment which require a thorough examination under LOLER 1998, PUWER 1998, WAHR 2005, PSSR 2000, and COSHH 2002. This includes Lifting Equipment and Accessories, Work Equipment, Mobile Plant Equipment, Access Equipment, Pressure Systems, Local Exhaust Ventilation, Passenger and Goods Lifts, and Industrial Doors.

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LOLER 1998

What is LOLER 1998? And What Does it Stand For?

The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (often abbreviated to LOLER) place duties on people and companies who own, operate or have control over lifting equipment.

This includes all businesses and organisations whose employees use lifting equipment, whether owned by them or not. In most cases, lifting equipment is also work equipment so the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) will also apply (including inspection and maintenance requirements).

All lifting operations involving lifting equipment must be properly planned by a competent person, appropriately supervised and carried out in a safe manner.

LOLER also requires that all equipment used for lifting is fit for purpose, appropriate for the task, suitably marked and subject to statutory periodic ‘thorough examination’. This can also be referred to as a LOLER Inspection.

Records must be kept of all thorough examinations and any defects found must be reported to both the person responsible for the equipment and the relevant enforcing authority.

Keeping Your Lifting Equipment Safe and Compliant

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What equipment is covered by LOLER 1998?

LOLER 1998 covers all Lifting Equipment and Lifting Accessories, including but not limited to:

• Fibre, Wire Rope, and Chain Slings
• Shackles, Eyebolts, and Hooks
• Chain Blocks, Pull Lifts, and Lever Hoists
• Manual and Electric Hoists
• Overhead Electric and Manual Gantry Cranes
• Runway Beams, Spreader Beams, Lift shaft Beams, and Lifting Frames
• Passenger and Goods Lifts
• Vehicle Tail Lifts
• Forklift Trucks and Telescopic Handlers
• Excavators
• Vehicle Ramps
• Hiab Cranes
• Swing Jibs and Mobile Gantry Frames
• Vacuum and Magnetic Lifters

What is a Thorough Examination under LOLER 1998?

This is a systematic and detailed examination of the equipment and safety-critical parts, carried out at specified intervals by a competent person who must then complete a written report. This report must contain the information required by LOLER Schedule 1, including; the examination date, the date when the next thorough examination is due, any defects found which are (or could potentially become) a danger to people

Where serious defects are identified, the competent person carrying out the examination must immediately report this verbally to the dutyholder. This should then be followed by the written report, a copy of which must also be sent to the relevant enforcing authority.

What are the specific intervals for Thorough Examinations

Unless there is an ‘examination scheme’ specifying other intervals, thorough examinations should be conducted every:

• 6 months, for lifting equipment and any associated accessories used to lift people
• 6 months, for all lifting accessories
• 12 months, for all other lifting equipment

What is a 'Competent Person'?

The term ‘competent person’ is not defined in law but the LOLER Approved Code of Practice and guidance (paragraph 294 on competent persons) states that:

‘You should ensure that the person carrying out a thorough examination has such appropriate practical and theoretical knowledge and experience of the lifting equipment to be thoroughly examined as will enable them to detect defects or weaknesses and to assess their importance in relation to the safety and continued use of the lifting equipment.’

LIFTING EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES

What Types of Equipment Are Classified as 'Lifting Equipment' and 'Accessories' Under LOLER 1998?

Lifting Equipment is any type of work equipment used for lifting and lowering loads, and includes accessories used in doing so (such as attachments to support, fix, or anchor the equipment).

Examples of Lifting Equipment Includes, but is not limited to:

• Passenger and Goods Lifts
• Vehicle Tail Lifts
• Forklift Trucks and Telescopic Handlers
• Excavators
• Vehicle Ramps
• Hiab Cranes
• Swing Jibs and Mobile Gantry Frames
• Vacuum and Magnetic Lifters

How Often Do I Need to Have My Lifting Equipment Examined?

In accordance with the requirements defined under the LOLER 1998 Regulations, a competent person should carry out a LOLER Inspection and Thorough Examination of Lifting Equipment and Accessories every:

• 6 Months for Lifting Accessories
• 6 Months for Lifting Equipment and Accessories associated with lifting people
• 12 Months for All Other Lifting Equipment
• Any other frequency defined by the written scheme of examination

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