Employers given LOLER compliance warning

The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) is warning employers that they could pay a high price for neglecting lifting equipment.
LEEA chief executive, Geoff Holden, believes that these cases highlight the importance of complying with LOLER, which require lifting equipment to be subjected to thorough periodic examinations. He said: “These cases emphasise the potential consequences if employers do not respect their legal obligations when it comes to lifting equipment. Under LOLER, even simple items, such as manual hoists and slings must be subject to regular checks.
“In the case of relatively straightforward items, such as the equipment which was involved in these two cases, thorough examination is unlikely to be a particularly time consuming or expensive operation. However, it must be done by a genuinely independent and competent person, and a written report of the thorough examination kept on file by the employer.”
The LEEA recently began issuing ‘TEAM’ (Test, Examination And Maintain) identity cards to engineers who have passed industry-recognised diploma examinations. The Association is urging employers to ask workers to present their cards before allowing them to test, examine, or maintain lifting equipment.
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Employers given LOLER compliance warning
The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) is warning employers that they could pay a high price for neglecting lifting equipment.
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