Basic Safety Legislation
LOLER
In December 1998 there came into force new legislation known as Lifting Operations, Lifting Equipment Regulations or LOLER for short. LOLER is Statutory Instrument (SI) 2307 and it replaces ALL earlier Lifting Equipment legislation.
LOLER requires Manriding equipment and Lifting accessories to be thoroughly inspected every 6 Months and Lifting Equipment every 12 Months. This frequency may vary according to the environment in which the equipment is working.
It is the Policy of BIL that a competent person carries out a full inspection of each piece of equipment before they are dispatched
Under LOLER You must consider the following when purchasing or hiring equipment:
- Have you carried out a Risk Assessment for the Task?
- Are your staff competent and suitably trained to use the equipment?
- Is the equipment to be used to lift personnel?
- Is the equipment marked with the Safe Working Load or Working Load Limit (SWL or WLL) and an Identification or serial Number ?
- Is the equipment suitable for the task in hand ?
- Is a valid test certificate in place for the equipment ?
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