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Lifting accessories pre-use check
Checklist · Before each use
The check of slings, chains, shackles and hooks before a lift: marked with their safe working load, in date, and free of damage.
Use it in Sitro: add it to a project and fill it on a phone, free for 14 days.
The law and guidance behind it
- Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER), Regulations 4, 7 (marking) and 9
- LEEA guidance on lifting accessories (referred to, not copied)
The questions
Where and when
- Area or location
- Date
Checks
- Every item marked with its safe working load and an identity
- Every item examined in the last 6 months (colour code or register)
- Web slings: no cuts, burns, stitching damage; label readable
- Chains: no stretched, bent or worn links; hooks not opened up
- Shackles: right pin, not bent; threads sound
- The accessories are right for this load and the angle of lift
- Result
Sign-off
- Checked by
- Date and time
- Signature
A template to adapt to your site, not legal advice.
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