Vehicle lift thorough examination every six months (LOLER)
LOLER thorough examination: vehicle lifts every 6 months (required where people are lifted or work beneath, and industry practice for all lifts); lifting accessories (slings, eye bolts) every 6 months; other lifting equipment (engine hoists, chain blocks) every 12 months, or per an examination scheme.
Who it is owed to
- Owed to
- The Health and Safety Executive
- Source
- Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER), regulations 9 to 11
- Official page
- hse.gov.uk
- Applies
- Workshop
Checked against the Health and Safety Executive's official page on 22 October 2026. Not legal advice.
What has to happen, and when
- When
- 6 or 12-monthly
- Evidence usually kept
- Examination reports, defect close-out
- Usually owned by
- Health and safety lead
What goes wrong
Where an examination finds a serious defect, the examiner must tell the dutyholder at once and send a copy of the report to the enforcing authority. The lift must not be used until the defect is put right, and enforcing authorities may follow up such reports.
Source: hse.gov.uk
How the register holds it
- One item owed to HSE, with a health and safety lead as its owner and a due date set from the rule above.
- The owner commits to a date the first time they open it, and the evidence (examination reports, defect close-out) is attached before it can be marked done.
- A manager confirms it, a reminder goes by email before it falls due, and the item's history cannot be edited or deleted.
Also owed to HSE
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