LOLER - Lifting Equipment Inspection Services

Background

HPi Verification Services possess long standing experience in the examination and testing requirements for lifting plant and lifts operating in all industries. This involves the execution of activities such as:

  •  written schemes of examination
  •  periodic inspection
  •  design verification
  •  technical auditing
  •  interpretation of current regulations

Under new regulations for the safe use of lifting equipment Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER), the matter of how and when thorough examinations and test inspections should be applied is determined by a competent person in the form of a written scheme of examination. This is a function based on the degree of risk that could arise from failure of lifting equipment involved.

Our team of engineering experts has the necessary technical expertise and legal knowledge to handle all risk assessment, examination and testing needs appropriate to your lifting equipment whether for statutory or general safety purposes.

Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations - Practical Solutions

  •  Engineering risk assessment
  •  Safety audits and working procedures
  •  Risk management audits
  •  Accident investigations and reporting
  •  De-commissioning studies
  •  Examinations
  •  Compilation and certification of written schemes of examination
  •  Examinations of all lifting machines and tackle
  •  Examinations of lifts and hoists
  •  Reporting
  •  Maintenance of database records
  •  Testing
  •  Proof load testing of lifting appliances
  •  Commissioning tests on lift installations
  •  Provision of certificates appropriate to the ruling legislation
  •  Design
  •  Analysis of and checking design for new equipment

Next Steps

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Briefing

Title

Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998

Official Reference

SI 1998:2307

Date of Enforcement

05/12/1998

Scope

Lifting equipment includes any equipment used at work for lifting or lowering loads, including attachments used for anchoring, fixing or supporting it..

Regime

Equipment to have a planned scheme for examination at which a report is to be produced by a Competent Body (of which HPi is one).

Downloads

HSE guidance.
Statutory Instrument