What is covered under LOLER?
The LOLER Regulations cover a wide range of equipment including, cranes, fork-lift trucks, lifts, hoists, mobile elevating work platforms, and vehicle inspection platform hoists. The definition also includes lifting accessories such as chains, slings, eye bolts etc.
What is a LOLER cert?
A LOLER inspection is a Thorough Examination of lifting equipment by a qualified or ‘competent’ person, as defined by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). For lifts, it can be likened to a car MOT, a regular check to ensure that the equipment is safe for people to use and operate.
How often do you need a LOLER certificate?
How often should tests be carried out? Every six months for lifting equipment used for lifting/lowering persons. E.g. passenger lifts, access platforms, window cleaning equipment. Every six months for lifting accessories.
What does LOLER apply too?
Lifting Equipment Regulations
What does LOLER apply to? LOLER[20] (the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations) apply to any lifting equipment used at work – including employees’ own lifting equipment – for lifting or lowering loads, including attachments used for anchoring, fixing or supporting it.
What kind of equipment is covered by LOLER?
As published in the 2014 Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Approved Code of Practice, LOLER applies to every sector where work equipment is used for lifting and lowering loads. Any accessory for lifting—equipment used for attaching loads to machinery (for lifting)—is also covered by LOLER.
What do you need to know about LOLER regulations?
These Regulations (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.
When did LOLER come into force in Europe?
A Simple Guide to LOLER (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998) LOLER came into force on 5th December 1998 alongside the Provision of and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) to implement the EU’s Amending Directive (95/63/EC) to the Use of Work Equipment Directive (AUWED).
How to do a LOLER inspection at home?
How to Perform a LOLER Inspection 1 Use a LOLER Inspection Checklist. 2 Visually Inspect and Observe the Use of Lifting Equipment. 3 Report Defects and Unsafe Operations of Lifting Equipment. 4 Specify Corrective Actions and Follow Through. 5 Communicate Results and Keep LOLER Inspection Records.