Templates / MEWPs, mast climbers and hoists
MEWP weekly inspection
Checklist · Every week, as the risk assessment and the maker's instructions set
The weekly inspection of a mobile elevating work platform (scissor lift, cherry picker, boom): controls, emergency lowering, platform, guard rails, tyres, outriggers and its thorough examination in date.
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
- Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER), Regulation 6 (inspection)
- Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER), Regulation 9
- The manufacturer's instructions
The questions
The MEWP
- Make, model and fleet number
- Where on site
- Hour meter
Checks
- Platform and ground controls work, labelled
- Emergency stops work at both controls
- Emergency lowering works and the operator knows how
- Platform guard rails, gate and anchor points sound
- Tilt and overload alarms work
- Tyres, wheels and outriggers sound
- No hydraulic leaks; hoses not damaged
- Safe working load and instructions on the platform
- Thorough examination (every 6 months) in date, report on site
- Result
Actions
- Anything found that needs putting right (write "None" if nothing)
- Action taken or who it was passed to
Sign-off
- Checked by
- Date and time
- Signature
A template to adapt to your site, not legal advice.