LOLER 1998 · County coverage

LOLER inspection, testing and certification in Derbyshire

Thorough examination, testing and certification of lifting equipment by an independent competent person

Derbyshire runs rail works, aerospace and advanced manufacturing alongside quarrying and process industry, and all of it lifts, from production hoists to heavy mobile cranes. Wherever a load is raised, LOLER 1998 requires a thorough examination by a competent person.

• Independent & impartial
• Competent engineer surveyors
• County-wide coverage

LOLER lifting inspections across Derbyshire

The lifting equipment in the county spans the precise and the very heavy. We examine overhead and gantry cranes, jib and mobile cranes, hoists, winches and chain blocks, fork-lift trucks and telehandlers, passenger and goods lifts, runway beams and lifting tables, and the slings, chains, shackles and eyebolts that rig the loads. If it raises a load or holds one suspended, it is within scope.

A factory that positions an engine component to fine tolerances and a quarry that swings heavy block both depend on lifting equipment, but the duty cycles and the wear patterns are nothing alike, so the examination has to read each in its own context. Accessories and anything that lifts people are examined at least every six months, other equipment at least every twelve, or to a competent person's scheme. We examine the light and the heavy to the same standard, independently of whoever maintains the equipment, and record each item against the way it is actually used.