L113 Safe Use of Lifting Equipment

HSC L113 LOLER Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998Approved Code of Practice and Guidance on the RegulationsThis Guidance is issued by the Health and Safety Executive. Following the Guidance is not Compulsory and you are free to take other action.But if you do follow the Guidance you will normally be doing enough to comply with the Law.Health and Safety Inspectors seek to secure compliance with the law and may refer to this Guidance as illustrating good Practice. Provides guidance to anyone with responsibility directly or indirectly for work equipment and it's use, for example employers, employees, the self employed and those who hire work equipment. The document contains an Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) and guidance on the duties in LOLER and existing Regulations which are applicable to the use of lifting equipment in all sectors of industry and in all work activities. Covers: Citation and commencement; Interpretation; Application; Strength and stability; Lifting equipment for lifting persons; Positioning and installation; Marking of lifting equipment; Organisation of lifting operations; Thorough examination and inspection; Reports and defects; Keeping of information; Exemptions for the armed forces; Amendment of the Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing regulations 1960; Amendment of the Docks Regulations 1988; Repeal of Provisions of the Factories Act 1961; Repeal of section 85 of the Mines and Quarries act 1954; Revocation of instruments; Information to be contained in a report of a thorough examination; Revocation of instruments.

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