Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Safety Management Standard Issue 2 October 2008 Level Two Document

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1 Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Safety Management Standard Issue 2 October 2008 Page 1 of 7/WMBC/SMS LOLER/1205/02 UNCONTROLLED WHEN PRINTED

2 Please contact us if you have any difficulty reading this document and we will help you. You can get this document in large print. You can get this document on audiotape. Phone: Page 2 of 7/WMBC/SMS LOLER/1205/02 UNCONTROLLED WHEN PRINTED

3 Standards This SMS provides the minimum legal standards that service areas and schools must keep to. It gives guidance but does not limit service areas and schools in how they achieve the standard. Definition - Lifting equipment includes any equipment used at work for lifting or lowering loads, including attachments used for supporting the lifting equipment or fixing it in place. National legislation covers a wide range of equipment including: cranes; forklift trucks; lifts (for people and loads); mobile elevating work platforms; vehicle inspection platform hoists; and lifting accessories such as chains, slings, eyebolts and so on. 1. You must carry out a risk assessment to include lifting operations and lifting equipment. 2. Unless there is a written examination scheme for the lifting equipment drawn up by a competent person and specifying the examination intervals, lifting equipment should be examined: At least every six months, in the case of lifting equipment for lifting persons or an accessory for lifting At least every 12 months in the case of other lifting equipment. 3. Service areas that need to follow this SMS must make sure that written local arrangements allocate specific responsibilities including the appointment of a designated person (or designated people ) to co-ordinate the safe management of lifting operations and lifting equipment. 4. You must carry out risk assessments to identify hazards and control risks for all lifting operations, including how appropriate the lifting equipment is. 5. You must choose a competent person from the council s approved list, who will draw up and introduce thorough examinations or examination schemes (or both). 6. Services area designated people will carry out random inspections and tests on lifts in between thorough examinations. 7. You must produce a written emergency procedure for evacuating people who become stuck in a passenger lift including people with disabilities based on a risk assessment 6. Lifting equipment provided for use at work must meet the following standards. It should be strong and stable enough for the particular use and marked clearly with its safe working loads. It should be positioned and installed to minimise any risks. Work should be carefully planned and organised so that the equipment is used by competent people. It should be regularly and thoroughly inspected by a competent person. It should be maintained so that it is safe to use. 7. In addition to these standards, in the case of lifts: competent people must be kept informed of any changes in the lift-operating conditions that could affect the risk assessment; Page 3 of 7/WMBC/SMS LOLER/1205/02 UNCONTROLLED WHEN PRINTED

National legislation covers a wide range of equipment including: cranes; forklift trucks; lifts (for people and loads); mobile elevating work platforms; vehicle inspection platform hoists; and

4 the competent person must be given access to any relevant documentation such as the manufacturer s instructions and maintenance records; and the owners must act promptly to repair any faults. Relevant national legislation Health and Safety at Work etc Act Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations The Safety Signs and Signals Regulations Specification for the testing and inspection of electric and hydraulic lifts BS 5655: part Page 4 of 7/WMBC/SMS LOLER/1205/02 UNCONTROLLED WHEN PRINTED

Relevant national legislation Health and Safety at Work etc Act Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations Lifting Operations and Lifting

5 Appendix 1: Training grid Employees who carry out lifting operations First and Second Line Managers General Service Managers and Head Teachers Executive Directors and Assistant Directors Designated people (inspections) Competent people Safety Induction CIEH Level 3 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace (Supervising) * * * * * * * * IOSH Managing Safely * * Training in how to use lifting equipment and operations (in line with the supplier s or manufacturer s instructions). * Accreditation service to BSEN * Information on inspections and tests for lifts * * Note: The stars in the boxes show what training is needed. Safety representatives can go on all training courses. Appendix 2: Lifting operations and lifting equipment safety management system audit form Page 5 of 7/WMBC/SMS LOLER/1205/02 UNCONTROLLED WHEN PRINTED

equipment and operations (in line with the supplier s or manufacturer s instructions).

6 Directorate: Site representative: Location: Date: Question 1 Topic included in your service health and safety plan. 2 Local management system and arrangements in place. 3 Management team competent, briefed and involved. 4 Evidence that risk assessments are available, suitable and adequate. 5 Evidence of risk assessment action planning. 6 Evidence of suitable information instruction and training. 7 Evidence of measuring performance. 8 Evidence of systems to comply with all the standards from this SMS. Calculation Overall assessment Priority actions: Comment Date for review: Auditor s name Signature Date Site Representative s name Signature Date Scrutiny by SHAW Manager Signature Date Appendix 2: Summary of standards (for full description see section 2) Summary of Standards for audit purposes only Page 6 of 7/WMBC/SMS LOLER/1205/02 UNCONTROLLED WHEN PRINTED Compliance

6 Evidence of suitable information instruction and training. 7 Evidence of measuring performance. 8 Evidence of systems to comply with all the standards from this SMS.

7 Standards or X or N/A Designated person appointed to coordinate the safe management of lifting operations and lifting equipment 2 Risk assessment approach being used to identify hazards and control risks for all lifting operations including the appropriateness of lifting equipment. 3 Thorough examinations and / or examination schemes produced and being implemented by a competent person selected from the council s approved list. 4 Services area designated persons carrying out visual and functional checks on lifts at intervals in-between thorough examinations. Lifting equipment provided for use at work must be: 5 Strong and stable enough for the particular use and marked to indicate safe working loads 6 Positioned and installed to minimise any risks 7 Used safety by careful planning and organising the work and ensuring it is performed by competent people 8 Subject to on-going thorough examination and inspection by a competent person(s) 9 Maintained so that it is safe to use. In addition, in the case of lifts; 10 competent persons kept informed of any changes in the lift operating condition which may affect the risk assessment. 11 relevant documentation made available to the competent person, eg manufacturer s instructions and maintenance records 12 lift owners acting promptly to remedy any defects Page 7 of 7/WMBC/SMS LOLER/1205/02 UNCONTROLLED WHEN PRINTED

3 Thorough examinations and / or examination schemes produced and being implemented by a competent person selected from the council s approved list.

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