LOLER 1998 LOLER 1998 Lifting Operations Lifting Equipment
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LOLER 1998
LOLER 1998 Lifting Operations & Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 • • • Aims - reduce risk to H&S from lifting equipment Prepared by Health & Safety Executive (HSE) Prepared for Health & Safety Commission (HSC) Made law under Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 Builds on requirements of PUWER 1998
Lifting Operations & Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 It’s the Law
Lifting Operations & Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 Requires that equipment is ? • Strong and stable enough for particular use, marked for maximum load • Positioned and installed to minimise risks • Used safely, ie work planned, organised & performed by competent people • Subject to on-going thorough examination by competent people
Lifting Operations & Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 • Who do the regulations apply to? People with responsibility directly or indirectly for equipment and its use: • • Employers of people who use lifting equipment Employees who use lifting equipment Self Employed who use lifting equipment Those who hire or loan lifting equipment
Lifting Operations & Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 • The Regulations require you to risk assess the operation • Load size, weight, environment, users competence, etc. • Risk of the load falling or striking a person or object and the consequences • Risk of the equipment failing or falling over while in use and the consequences
Lifting Operations & Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 • The Regulations require you to ensure that thorough examinations & inspections are carried out at appropriate intervals: • Before equipment is put into service for first time • If safety depends on installation conditions, after installation and before being put into service • After assembly and before being put into service at a new site or in a new location • After the occurrence of exceptional circumstances
Lifting Operations & Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 • Examinations & inspection intervals: • At least every 6 months • Or in accordance with a scheme of examination • Copies of the service and examination reports must be kept.
