{"id":10587,"date":"2025-05-27T15:42:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/pages\/article\/hoists-cranes-and-lifts\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T15:43:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:43:37","slug":"hoists-cranes-and-lifts","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/article\/hoists-cranes-and-lifts\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoists, Cranes and Lifts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hoists,Hoists, Cranes and Lifts can be found in any workplace, In the workplace, there are lots of other machines that could potentially cause harm. These can be small mobile hoists to tower cranes on a building site or a lift in an office. Other examples covered in this section include:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Ropes and pulleys
\n\u2022 Lorry mounted cranes
\n\u2022 Ropes used in climbing
\n\u2022 Tail lifts on vehicles
\n\u2022 Scissor Lifts
\n\u2022 Dumbwaiter in a restaurant
\n\u2022 Care home hoists for moving a patient
\n\u2022 Engine hoists in a garage<\/p>\n

There are different types of machinery from one workplace to another, however, they\u2019re all governed by the main regulation which is \u201cThe Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations<\/a> act 1998\u201d. In this regulations it states that all the hoists must be in a good working order, they must be made correctly and properly maintained and have a review every 12 months, which must be undertaken by a competent person<\/a>. If the hoist is used to move people like in a care home or a lift, it needs to be tested every six months. This test is often referred to as a LOLER test. All findings from these inspections need to be recorded and if any problems are found they need to be reported immediately. The other regulation\u00a0you need to be aware of is the\u00a0Provision and Use of Work Equipment regulations 1998<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the case of a passenger lift, there should also be a competent person to be available to return the lift to a floor in the case of breakdown or emergency.<\/p>\n