Approved Code of Practice and guidance

Safe use of lifting equipment Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998

Safe use of lifting equipment

Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998

This Approved Code of Practice and guidance is for those that work with any lifting equipment provided at work or for the use of people at work, those who employ such people, those that represent them and those who act as a competent person in the examination of lifting equipment.

It sets out what you should do to comply with the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER).

LOLER applies to lifting equipment and builds on the requirements of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER).

This edition brings the document up to date with regulatory and other changes. The guidance clarifies which equipment is subject to the provisions of the Regulations and the role of the competent person.

The context and examples have been expanded to show that LOLER applies across every sector using such lifting equipment. New examples show the impact on the health and social care sector.

Health and Safety Executive

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Approved Code of Practice and guidance

Safe use of lifting equipment Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998

Safe use of lifting equipment

Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998

This Approved Code of Practice and guidance is for those that work with any lifting equipment provided at work or for the use of people at work, those who employ such people, those that represent them and those who act as a competent person in the examination of lifting equipment.

It sets out what you should do to comply with the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER).

LOLER applies to lifting equipment and builds on the requirements of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER).

This edition brings the document up to date with regulatory and other changes. The guidance clarifies which equipment is subject to the provisions of the Regulations and the role of the competent person.

The context and examples have been expanded to show that LOLER applies across every sector using such lifting equipment. New examples show the impact on the health and social care sector.

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Approved Code of Practice and guidance

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Safe use of lifting equipment Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998

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Contents

Introduction 5

Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 8Regulation 19 Protection of young persons 8

Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 10Regulation 1 Citation and commencement 10Regulation 2 Interpretation 10Regulation 3 Application 13Regulation 4 Strength and stability 23Regulation 5 Lifting equipment for lifting persons 27Regulation 6 Positioning and installation 32Regulation 7 Marking of lifting equipment 35Regulation 8 Organisation of lifting operations 38Regulation 9 Thorough examination and inspection 48Regulation 10 Reports and defects 57Regulation 11 Keeping of information 60Regulation 12 Exemption for the armed forces 61Regulation 13 61Regulation 14 Amendment of the Docks Regulations 1988 61Regulation 15 Repeal of Provisions of the Factories Act 1961 61Regulation 16 Repeal of section 85 of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 61Regulation 17 Revocation of instruments 61

Schedule 1 Information to be contained in a report of a thorough examination 62

Schedule 2 Revocation of instruments 64

Appendix: Notice of Approval 66

Glossary 67

References and further reading 69

Further information 72