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The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER) are set of regulations created under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 which came into force in Great Britain on 5 December 1998 [1] and replaced a number of other pieces of legislation which previously covered the use of lifting equipment.
The regulations apply to any employer or self-employed worker who uses equipment at work [2] but not equipment used by the public which comes under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. PUWER covers all work equipment from office furniture through to complex machinery and company cars and is also applicable if a company allows a worker to use ...
Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER) regulation 9: 6 monthly for equipment which lifts persons, otherwise 12 monthly: Power presses, guards and protection devices, other dangerous machinery: Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER), especially Regulations 32–35
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English: These Regulations implement the European Parliament and Council Directive 95-16-EC (OJ No. L213, 7.9.95, p.1) on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to lifts (“the Directive”). They come into force on 1st July 1997 except that regulation 2(1)(b), which relates to the extension of the Directive to the ...
There are specific regulations as to mines and quarries (reg.8/ Sch.5), and offshore installations (reg.9/ Sch.6). Medical treatments are exempt, as are injuries arising from road traffic accidents [6] and to members of the armed forces (reg.10). Breach of the regulations is a crime, punishable on summary conviction with a fine of up to £400.
Lifting equipment, also known as lifting gear, is a general term for any equipment that can be used to lift and lower loads. [1] Types of lifting equipment include heavy machinery such as the patient lift , overhead cranes , forklifts , jacks , building cradles, and passenger lifts, and can also include smaller accessories such as chains ...