If you have an accident with a defective machine you will be up sh!t creek, the test could be used as a paddle but will does not guard against prosecution.Not quite sure if it’s actually law but if you have an accident and don’t have a test you’ll be up sh1t creek without a paddle
All lifting equipment must be inspected by a qualif.ied person. Telehandlers and attachments etc normally every year. If you have a man cage then it and the machine lifting it must be inspected every 6 months.
The definition of a competent person:
■ should have enough appropriate practical and theoretical knowledge and experience of the lifting equipment so that they can detect defects or weaknesses, and assess how important they are in relation to the safety and continued use of the equipment;
■ should not be the same person who performs routine maintenance as they would be responsible for assessing their own work;
■ should be sufficiently independent and impartial to make objective decisions;
■ may be employed by a separate company, or selected by an employer from members of their own staff.
If it was the NFU they probably suggested Vulcan who is related to them. However as you can see from the above criteria it is not law for them to do it. Just make sure whoever does it documents it well and you document any repairs to.
Source:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg422.pdf
I would suggest this is more to do with protection of employees than a LAW , my insurance Zurich have never asked for a loler test certificate
Having the inspection is not law as such, however the employer has a duty of care for his employees (and the self employed has a duty of care to himself) to ensure all lifting equipment is safe under the loler regs. Your insurance company will assume therefore that your machine will pass a loler inspection.
If HSE come visiting however, if you cannot prove your lifting kit is regularly inspected then you will get prosecuted - it's like the PUWER regs but for lifting.
Only if you have employees .
Ah right therefore i can only assume that vulcans standards have improved considerably recently.Vulcan that do the inspections are a bunch of clipboard wielding power jockeys. The advised that our 30 year old kramer had a seat with torn cover but completely missed the cracked boom outer on the loadall.
Not Fit For Purpose.
my insurance Zurich have never asked for a loler test certificate
Very sad if that's true, what happened to innocent until proven guilty? Presumably that means you could get prosecuted for having a machine with nothing wrong with it.If HSE come visiting however, if you cannot prove your lifting kit is regularly inspected then you will get prosecuted
Very sad if that's true, what happened to innocent until proven guilty? Presumably that means you could get prosecuted for having a machine with nothing wrong with it.