GUIDANCE & DOCUMENTATION

LOLER Examination Periods

• Beam clamps
• Chain slings
• Eyebolts
• Fibre rope slings
• Flat woven webbing slings
• Hand chain blocks
• Hand operated chain lever hoists
• Horizontal plate clamps
• Jacks
• Lifting beams and spreaders
• Mobile gantries
• Power operated blocks
• Roundslings
• Runways
• Shackles
• Slewing jib cranes
• Travelling girder trolleys
• Vertical plate clamps
• Winches used for lifting
• Wire rope grip/pull lifting machines
• Wire rope slings

• General guidance on grade 8 chain slings - LEEA 025
• Guidance for purchasers of grade 8 chain slings - LEEA 027
• Model form for LOLER thorough examination - LEEA 030
• Guidance on the repair of grade 8 mech assd chain slings - LEEA 031
• Guidance on written schemes of examination - LEEA 032
• Guidance on documentation and marking - LEEA 034

• Manual Handling Assessment Chart Tool
• Getting to grips with Manual Handling
• Are you making the best use of Lifting and Handling aids?

• The Lifting Operation and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998
• A guide to the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER)
• How the regulations apply to Forestry
• The use of winches in directional felling and taking down
• Guidance on the safe use of magnetic lifting devices
• Handling kerbs - reducing the risks of Musculoskeletal Disorders
• Lifting incident review 1998

• Work at Height Regulations 2005: A brief guide
• Height safe - Absolutely essential health & safety information
• Consideration for the use of personal fall protection equipment
• Guidance of the selection, use, maintenance and inspection of retractable type fall arresters
• Guidance on inspecting personal fall protection equipment
• Guidance on the use of single and twin energy absorbing lanyards
• Guidance on rescue during working at height
• Guidance on inspecting eyebolts used for personal fall protection purposes
• Reference information for working at height
• Working platforms (non-integrated) on forklift trucks.  Guidance note PM28 (3rd Edition)
• Safe use of ladders and stepladders - an employers' guide
• Top tips for ladder and stepladder safety