GUIDE
TO INSPECTION FREQUENCY
Lifting
Equipment - LOLER 1998
Regulation 9 of the Lifting Operations
and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER) requires
thorough examination of lifting equipment at specified situations.
Unlike previous sectoral Lifting legislation where the scope
of lifting equipment requiring thorough examination was
clearly defined, the LOLER 1998 suffers from lack of definition
regarding what equipment needs to be thoroughly examined.
In addition, the LOLER 1998 gives the owner of lifting equipment
the option of adhering to prescribed periodicity's for thorough
examination or to have in place and to follow a scheme of
examination produced by a competent person.
The scope of lifting equipment requiring
thorough examination by a competent person and the recommended
maximum periodicity's for those examinations are detailed
in the following table: |
| MAIN
ITEM |
CONSIDERED
TO INCLUDE |
EXAMINATION
PERIODICITY
(MONTHS)
|
| CRANES |
Jib cranes, static & wheel mounted |
12 |
| |
Container cranes |
12 |
| |
Crawler cranes |
12 |
| |
Derrick cranes |
12 |
| |
Dockside cranes |
12 |
| |
Goliath & Semi Goliath cranes |
12 |
| |
Lorry loaders |
12 |
| |
Overhead cranes |
12 |
| |
Pillar jib cranes |
12 |
| |
Portable cranes |
12 |
| |
Shipbuilding cranes |
12 |
| |
Tower cranes |
12 |
| |
Transporter cranes |
12 |
| |
Wall jib cranes |
12 |
| |
Telpher cranes |
12 |
| |
Concrete pumping boom |
12 |
| |
Pipe laying machine |
12 |
| |
Excavator when used for lifting |
12 |
| |
|
|
| ELEVATORS |
Bucket elevator |
12 |
| |
Elevator |
12 |
| |
Elevator, man riding |
6 |
| |
|
|
| MAIN
ITEM |
CONSIDERED
TO INCLUDE |
EXAMINATION
PERIODICITY
(MONTHS)
|
| HOISTS AND LIFTS |
Ash / coke / skip hoist |
12 |
| |
Builders hoist, goods only |
12 |
| |
Builders hoist, passenger |
6 |
| |
Passenger hoist / lift |
6 |
| |
Goods only hoist / lift |
12 |
| |
Passenger / goods hoist / lift |
6 |
| |
Inclined material hoist |
12 |
| |
Service lift |
12 |
| |
Home lift |
6 |
| |
Paternoster passenger lift |
6 |
| |
Paternoster goods only |
12 |
| |
Scissor lift |
6 |
| |
Stair lift |
6 |
| |
Teagle hoist |
12 |
| |
|
|
| PATIENT HOIST |
Patient Hoist |
6 |
| |
|
|
| WINCHES |
Winches, if used for lifting loads |
12 / 6 |
| |
Capstans, if used for lifting loads |
12 / 6 |
| |
|
|
| SHEER LEGS |
Sheer legs with winch |
12 / 6 |
| |
|
|
| BLOCKS |
Rope |
12 |
| |
Hoist |
12 |
| |
Manual |
12 |
| |
Powered |
12 |
| |
Pulley |
12 |
| |
Snatch |
12 |
| |
Chain |
12 |
| |
Ratchet |
12 |
| |
Gin wheels |
12 |
| |
Hook hoist |
12 |
| |
|
|
| MAIN
ITEM |
CONSIDERED
TO INCLUDE |
EXAMINATION
PERIODICITY
(MONTHS)
|
| SAFETY AND RESCUE EQUIPMENT FOR SUPPORTING,
RAISING AND LOWERING PERSONS |
Aborealists Equipment |
6 |
| |
Bosuns Chair |
6 |
| |
Mountain rescue set |
6 |
| |
Fall arrestor/retractable lifeline |
6 |
| |
Harness with lanyard |
6 |
| |
Safety belts |
6 |
| |
|
|
| MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS (PROVIDED FOR THE SUPPORT
OF LIFTING EQUIPMENT) |
Anchorage, suspension point |
12 |
| |
Tracks |
12 |
| |
'A' frame |
12 |
| |
Overhead gantry |
12 |
| |
Davits |
12 |
| |
Gantry |
12 |
| |
Jib arms |
12 |
| |
Overhead crane bridges |
12 |
| |
Runway tracks & beams |
12 |
| |
Trolleys |
12 |
| |
|
|
| LIFTING ACCESSORIES |
Eyebolts |
6 |
| |
Cradle |
6 |
| |
Fork attachments |
6 |
| |
Fork lift truck attachments |
6 |
| |
Girdar clips |
6 |
| |
Grabs |
6 |
| |
Hooks |
6 |
| |
Lifting beams/frames |
6 |
| |
Lifting lug/bar/plate/arm |
6 |
| |
Magnets |
6 |
| |
Plate clips |
6 |
| |
Rigging screws |
6 |
| |
Running out block/pole carrier |
6 |
| |
Shackles |
6 |
| |
Slings |
6 |
| |
Vacuum lifting devices |
6 |
| |
|
|
| MAIN ITEM |
CONSIDERED TO INCLUDE |
EXAMINATION
PERIODICITY
(MONTHS)
|
| ACCESS EQUIPMENT, SUSPENDED |
Suspended access equipment |
6 |
| |
Window cleaning rig |
6 |
| |
|
|
| WORK PLATFORMS |
Work Platforms |
6 |
| |
Mast climbers |
6 |
| |
Mast hoists |
6 |
| |
Bridge maintenance access equipment (where lifting is involved) |
6 |
| |
|
|
| PLATFORM STACKER |
Platform Stacker |
12 |
| |
|
|
| CAR PARKING SYSTEMS |
Car parking systems |
12 / 6 |
| |
|
|
| VEHICLE RECOVERY EQUIPMENT |
Vehicle recovery equipment |
12 |
| |
'Spectacle' frame |
6 |
| |
|
|
| TAILBOARD HOIST / LIFT |
Tailboard hoist / lift |
Passenger lifting 6 |
| |
|
Goods lifting 12 |
| |
|
|
| JACKS |
Jacks, multistage |
12 |
| |
Jacks, trolley |
12 |
| |
|
|
| VEHICLE LIFTS |
Motorcycle lifts |
6 |
| |
Vehicle lifts / hoists |
6 |
| |
|
|
| VEHICLE SKIP HOISTS |
Vehicle skip hoists |
12 |
| |
|
|
| ROAD VEHICLE WHEEL LIFTER |
Road vehicle wheel lifter |
12 |
| |
|
|
| DRUM, COIL, ROLL LIFTING DEVICE |
Drum, coil, roll, lifting devices including where fitted
to process plant |
12 |
| |
|
|
| MAIN ITEM |
CONSIDERED TO INCLUDE |
EXAMINATION
PERIODICITY
(MONTHS)
|
| FORK LIFT TRUCK |
Fork lift truck |
6 / 12 |
| |
|
|
| PALLET TRUCKS / PALLETISERS |
Pallet trucks, manual, electric and hydraulic |
12 |
| |
|
|
| ORDER PICKERS |
Order pickers, inclined |
6 / 12 |
| |
Order pickers, overhead |
6 / 12 |
| |
|
|
| PICK & PLACE ROBOT |
Pick & place robot |
12 |
| |
|
|
| LOADING SHOVEL |
Loading shovel |
12 |
| |
|
|
| FRONT END LOADER |
As fitted to a tractor |
12 |
| |
|
|
| STRADDLE CARRIERS |
Straddle Carriers |
12 |
| |
|
|
| TELESCOPIC LOAD HANDLER |
Telescopic load handler |
Hydraulic rams 12 |
| |
|
Hydraulic & chains 6 |
| |
|
|
| LIGHTING MAST |
Ariel mast |
12 |
| |
Lighting rigs where lifting is required |
12 |
| |
Articulated lamp post |
12 |
| |
|
|
| BALANCERS |
Tool balancers |
12 |
| |
|
|
| CABLE DRUM RAISING SYSTEM |
Cable drum lifters |
12 |
| |
|
|
| STAGE EQUIPMENT HOIST |
Stage equipment hoist, utilities, scenery, stages |
Structure 12
structure & lifting accessory 6
|
| |
Camera boom |
12 |
| |
|
|
| GYMNASIUM EQUIPMENT |
Gymnasium equipment if used at work (climbing ropes) |
12 |
| |
|
|
| MAIN ITEM |
CONSIDERED TO INCLUDE |
EXAMINATION
PERIODICITY
(MONTHS)
|
| PILEDRIVER |
Piledriver |
12 |
| |
|
|
| DRILLING RIGS |
Drilling rig where lifting is involved |
12 |
| |
|
|
| RAIL TAMPING MACHINE |
Rail tamping machine with lifting equipment |
12 |
| |
|
|
| WAGON TIPLER |
Wagon tipler |
12 |
| |
|
|
| MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS |
Drop sections |
12 |
| |
Gangways and bridges |
12 |
| |
Lock gates |
12 |
| |
Tidal booms |
12 |
| |
Service gates |
12 |
| |
Suspended furnace / process plant doors |
12 |
