LOLER Jun 2010

Lifting Operations & Lifting
Equipment Regulations
Presented by
Paul Lessiter
HMS Test & Inspection Ltd. Tel 023 8051 1975 E-Mail hms-ti@btconnect.com www.hms-ti.co.uk
WARNING
“A little learning is a dangerous

thing”
Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744)
“The lack of a little learning is an

even more dangerous thing”
David Vickress (1950 -
ACCIDENTS
 Each year a number of people are killed and lots are

injured due to lifting accidents
 The vast majority of accidents are not due to faulty
lifting equipment
 The majority of accidents are due to misuse of lifting
equipment i.e. unsafe practises
Misuse of lifting equipment on 21 tonne statue
Preventable or foreseeable Accidents?
Tower Crane
Failure
Manhattan
Supporting Publications
 Code of Practice for the Safe Use of Lifting Equipment 7th

edition 2006
 Approved Code of Practice - Provision and Use of Work
Equipment Regulations 1998
(ISBN 0 7176 1626 6)
 Approved Code of Practice Lifting Operations & Lifting
Equipment Regulations 1998
(ISBN 0 7176 1628 2)
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LIFTING OPERATIONS &
LIFTING EQUIPMENT
REGULATIONS 1998
L.O.L.E.R.
Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment
Regulations 1998
Statutory Instrument
1998 No.2307
What is in the Document?
 LOLER 98 Regulations in full. (Italic Text and Law)
 Approved Code of Practice. (BOLD Text and Guidance)
 Additional Guidance material that has been written to

help people understand. (Normal Text)
Refer to page (ii) & (v) of the ACOP
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APPROVED CODE OF PRACTICE
 Has special legal status. ‘Quasi Legal’
 You don’t have to comply with it
 You may comply with the law in some other way
 But you may need to prove that your way is acceptable
L.O.L.E.R. (S.I. 1998 No.2307)
REPLACES ALL U.K. “LIFTING

LEGISLATION”
ALL WORK
APPLIES
TO SITUATIONS
Unless covered by more specific
legislation
Amendment & Revocations
 Amended
 Shipbuilding & Ship-repairing Regs. 1960
 Docks Regs. 1998
 Factories Act 1961
 Revoked
 SI 1019 Offshore Installations - the whole regulations
 Construction Regs. 1961 - the whole regulations
 Lifting plant & Equipment Regs. (record of test & examination
etc.) Regs. 1992 - the whole regulations
 and several others either wholly or partially.
L.O.L.E.R. in brief:
 A person is an individual or a corporate body

 Lifting equipment is equipment for lifting or lowering
loads and includes attachments used for anchoring,
fixing or supporting it.
 Thorough examination means examination by a
competent person and includes testing if appropriate
 Load includes a person
 “Accessory for lifting” means work equipment used to
attach a load to a lifting device
L.O.L.E.R. Applies to
 An employer
 Self employed ( BUT you may still be their employer)
 A person who has control of:-
 Lifting equipment
 Someone who uses, supervises or manages the
use of lifting equipment
 The way in which lifting equipment is used
 L.O.L.E.R. Does not apply to someone who sells lifting

equipment
L.O.L.E.R. Applies to
 A Passenger lift in an office  A front end loader on a

block (work equipment) tractor
 A builder’s hoist  A bath hoist in a nursing
 A dumb waiter home
 A vehicle Inspection Hoist  A loader crane on a lorry
 A scissors lift  A refuse vehicle loader arm
 Ropes used for climbing in a  vehicle tail lifts
work situation  vehicle recovery equipment
 A paper roll hoist on a
printing machine
SUITABILITY
 Take account of the risks

 Ergonomic factors
 Severity of use
 Special Equipment e.g., Barrel Clamps, Dynamo, Collar
or Swivel Eye Bolts
 Materials (temperature, corrosive effects etc.)
 The nature of the load
 Access and egress
 Slips trips and falls
 Operator protection (noise, weather, dust, hazardous
substances
 Effect of high winds
Regulation 4.
Strength & Stability
 Lifting equip. Must be of adequate strength and stability for

each load having regard in particular to the stress induced at its
mounting or fixing point
 Every part of a load and anything attached to it and used in
lifting it must be of adequate strength (timber pallets for
instance)
 For stability consider mounting surfaces, overturning moments,
mobility, counterbalancing, outriggers, anchorage etc)
Regulation 5.
If lifting persons
 Eliminate risk of person being crushed, falling,

getting trapped or being struck.
Or else
 Enhanced safety coefficient for suspension
rope or chain ( X 2 )
and
 Inspection each working day by a Competent
Person.
Regulation 6.
Positioning & Installation
 Risk of lifting equipment or a load striking a person to

be as low as reasonably practicable
 Risk from a load drifting, falling freely or being
released unintentionally must be as low as reasonably
practicable (Including power failure)
 Suitable devices to prevent a person from falling down
a shaft or hoist way
 Minimise risk of collision
Regulation 7.
Marking
 Machinery & accessories marked with S.W.L. including marking for

different configurations (e.g. lifting beams, telescopic reach trucks)
 Accessories marked to show characteristics necessary for safe use. (or
clear instructions)
 If for lifting persons should be marked to say so (and number of
persons)
 If not for lifting persons but could be so used in error should carry a
warning
Regulation 8.
Organisation of Lifting Operations
 Must be planned by a competent person
 Must be appropriately supervised
 Must be carried out in a safe manner
Case Study
 Jack Tangney, a 29 year old died when a large timber panel, fell
to the ground whilst it was being lifted to the 9th floor
 Investigating inspector Emma Davies said;
"The risk of serious injury, or worse from badly planned lifting operations
is well known; as are the measures needed to manage them. This
avoidable incident is an example of how badly things can go wrong when
lifting operations are not planned or supervised properly. When carrying
out lifting operations on site, three key elements must be in place to
ensure the safety of the lift
 “a competent person is involved in planning the lift”
 “the lift is adequately supervised”
 “and the lift is carried out in a safe manner”
Regulation 9.
Thorough Examination & Inspection
 Before equipment is put into service unless it is new and has an EC

Declaration of Conformity.
 If safety depends on installation, before equipment is used and if moved
to a new site or installation.
 Equipment for lifting persons & accessories at least every six months.
 If exposed to conditions causing deterioration.
 Other equipment at least every 12 months .
 Or in accordance with “a scheme”.
 In exceptional circumstances.
 Inspection (if appropriate) At suitable intervals between examinations.
Regulation 10.
Examiner’s Reports & Records
 Dangerous or potentially  Employers must keep records

dangerous defects - notify  Retention time depends on
employer forthwith circumstances
 Written report A.S.A.P. to
employer
 If defect involves an existing
or imminent risk of serious
personal injury - inform
enforcing authority
Regulation 11.
Examination reports must be kept: -
 In any/all cases
 Where a defect is reported until the next examination report is made
 In the case of
 Examination before putting into service and with the exception of
accessories for lifting, until the employer ceases to use the equipment.
 Examination before putting into service of a lifting accessory, for a
period of two years
 Equipment, the safety of which depends on installation or assembly
conditions, until the employer ceases to use it at the place it was
installed or assembled
 Equipment exposed to conditions causing deterioration, until the next
report is made or the expiration of two years whichever is the greatest
Report of Thorough Examination

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Lifting Operations & Lifting

“A little learning is a dangerous

“The lack of a little learning is an

 Each year a number of people are killed and lots are

 Code of Practice for the Safe Use of Lifting Equipment 7th

 LOLER 98 Regulations in full. (Italic Text and Law)

 Approved Code of Practice. (BOLD Text and Guidance)

 Additional Guidance material that has been written to

Refer to page (ii) & (v) of the ACOP

 Has special legal status. ‘Quasi Legal’

 You don’t have to comply with it

 You may comply with the law in some other way

 But you may need to prove that your way is acceptable

REPLACES ALL U.K. “LIFTING

 A person is an individual or a corporate body

 L.O.L.E.R. Does not apply to someone who sells lifting

 A Passenger lift in an office  A front end loader on a

 Take account of the risks

 Lifting equip. Must be of adequate strength and stability for

 Eliminate risk of person being crushed, falling,

 Risk of lifting equipment or a load striking a person to

 Machinery & accessories marked with S.W.L. including marking for

 Must be planned by a competent person

 Must be appropriately supervised

 Must be carried out in a safe manner

 Before equipment is put into service unless it is new and has an EC

 Dangerous or potentially  Employers must keep records

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