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We offer a completely managed LOLER and PUWER management service using a client’s Workshop Management System. Operators and owners of construction plant machines need to ensure that an excavator used for object handling is regarded as lifting equipment and requires thorough examination at least every 12 months.

An excavator which is never used for object handling (for example, because it is not equipped with a load hooking device) does not require thorough examination but still requires regular inspection under PUWER which will be to a similar standard.

Front end loaders, not modified or adapted for lifting operations, do not require thorough examination under LOLER, but still require regular inspection under PUWER. If the loader is used for object handling it will require thorough examination under LOLER at least every 12 months. A report of thorough examination of lifting equipment is not required where the employer has an EC Declaration of Conformity dated within the last 12 months.

Where a quick hitch is permanently mounted on an excavator then the thorough examination for the excavator will also cover the quick hitch. If the quick hitch is moved from one machine to another it is classed as an accessory and should be thoroughly examined every 6 months. Slings, loose hooks, chain slings, polyester slings, shackles etc. are classed as lifting accessories and must be thoroughly examined every 6 months. Buckets with integrated hooks/lifting eyes are also classed as lifting accessories and should be thoroughly examined every 6 months.