Duty holder guides

Inspection Guides for Duty Holders

What your report means, what the law expects next and how to get back to work, across LOLER, PUWER, PSSR and LEV.

A failed examination or a defect on a report starts a clock. Some findings stop equipment on the spot, some set a deadline, and a few must reach the enforcing authority by law. These guides walk through each regime's rules in plain English.

Every guide is written by the independent engineer surveyors who issue these reports, not by a marketing desk, and each one links to the HSE source so you can check the law for yourself.

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Each guide takes one report outcome and walks it through: what the finding legally means, who has to be told, what stops and what can keep running, and the evidence you need before work resumes.

Failed LEV Test: What Happens NextThe red Failed label, when the process stops, the remedial list and the retest that clears it. Failed LOLER Inspection: What Happens NextDefect categories A to C, the out of service rule, HSE notification and the road back to work. Failed PSSR Examination: What Happens NextThe Regulation 10 imminent danger sequence, the 14 day authority copy and lawful restart. How to Read a LOLER Report of Thorough ExaminationEvery Schedule 1 item walked in plain English, from the safe to operate opinion to the dates. How to Read a PSSR Examination ReportThe four statutory statements, the prohibition dates and the scheme verdict everyone skips. How to Read an LEV Test Report (TExT)The three TExT stages, readings against commissioning benchmarks, labels and the remedial list. Insurer vs Independent Inspection: An Honest GuideBoth routes are lawful; the honest comparison on conflicts, bundling, service and price. LOLER Certificate: What You Are Actually BuyingNo statutory certificate exists; how to judge any provider's paper against Schedule 1. LOLER Defect Categories A, B and C ExplainedWhat A, B and C actually mean, real examples of each, and the defect log HSE asks to see. PSSR Defects Explained: From Imminent Danger to AdvisoryHow pressure findings are classified, from imminent danger to advisories, and what each demands. PUWER Defects: How Findings Are Graded and RecordedGrading findings with no statutory categories, with real examples from guards to emergency stops. PUWER Inspection Defects: What Happens NextWhy there is no certificate, which defects stop the machine and the record that proves compliance. Servicing vs Thorough Examination: The DifferenceA service keeps it running, an examination proves it safe; why one never buys the other. Switching Inspection Providers Without a GapWhat transfers, who owns the Written Scheme, and timing the change without a gap. The PUWER Inspection Record ExplainedWhy there is no certificate, what a defensible record contains and how records set intervals. Why LEV Tests Fail: The Common Defects ExplainedThe defects behind most failed tests, from saturated filters to moved hoods, and stopping repeats.

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