LOLER Inspection Checklist

• Site

• Address
  Address

• Inspected by

• Conducted on

  Date

Lifting Equipment

Equipment

• Make & Model

• Serial Number

• Equipment Description (with details of location, department, etc.)

• Is equipment specifically designed for lifting people?

Regulation 3: Application

Suitability

• Is the equipment suitable for the task?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Access

• Can safe access be achieved to maintain, repair, inspect, dismantle?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

High Winds

Marking of Lifting Equipment

• Is the machine and accessories for lifting clearly marked with the safe working load (SWL)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Organization of Lifting Operations (lifting or lowering)

• Is suitable work equipment provided for the task?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Location

• Is there sufficient headroom to access/egress the site and to safely position and install the equipment?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Pre-use Check

• Have the people using lift equipment received appropriate training, information and instruction on how to carry out pre-use checks?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are pre-use checks undertaken before lifting equipment is used each working day/shift?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is appropriate action taken to rectify any defects?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Thorough Examination & Inspection

• Has lifting equipment been thoroughly examined before putting into service for the first time?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have you received an EC Declaration of Conformity which is not over 12 months old?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is it inspected, where appropriate at suitable intervals between thorough examination?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do you ensure that thorough examination takes place after the lifting equipment is involved in an accident or dangerous occurrence?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Reports & Defects

• Do you make a written record of the inspection?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do you ensure that where a defect has not yet but could become a danger to persons, the equipment is not used before the defect is rectified?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Keeping of Information

• Do you keep available for inspection thorough examination reports done for lifting equipment until you cease to use the equipment?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Signature

• Overall Recommendations

• Inspector Name & Signature

  Sign