HSE Inspection and Reports
HSE Inspection and Reports
HSE Inspection and Reports
Reports
If an inspection is of:
Inspections
The information in Table 1 outlines what must be
checked, inspected or examined under the
Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare)
Regulations 1996, the Lifting Operations and Lifting
Equipment Regulations 1998 and the Work at Height
Regulations 2005. It includes the timing and
frequency of those inspections.
Inspections should only be carried out by a
competent person. This is someone with the
experience, knowledge and appropriate qualifications
necessary to enable them to identify any risks that
are present and decide upon the measures required
to control those risks.
Stop work if the inspection shows it is not safe
to continue.
INSPECTION REPORT
1.
Name and address of person for whom inspection was carried out.
2.
Site address.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
3.
Y/N
Inspect after
any event
likely to have
affected its
strength or
stability
Inspect after
accidental
fall of rock,
earth or
other
material
Inspect after
installation or
assembly in
any position
(see notes 2
and 3)
Inspect
at
suitable
intervals
Inspect after
exceptional
circumstances which
are liable to
jeopardise the safety
of work equipment
Check on
each occasion
before use
(REPORT
NOT
REQUIRED)
LOLER Thorough
Examination (if
work equipment
subject to
LOLER) (see
note 4)
Inspect at
intervals
not
exceeding
7 days (see
note 3)
Notes
1
Although an excavation must be inspected at the start of every shift, only one report is needed in any seven-day period. However, if something happens to affect its strength or
stability, and/or an additional inspection is carried out, a report must then be completed. A record of this inspection must be processed as outlined on page 1.
2
Installation means putting into position and assembly means putting together. You are not required to inspect and provide a report every time a ladder, tower scaffold or
mobile elevated work platform (MEWP) is moved on site or a personal fall protection system is clipped to a new location.
3
An inspection and a report is required for a tower scaffold or MEWP (used for construction work and from which a person could fall 2 metres) after installation or assembly and
every seven days thereafter, providing the equipment is being used on the same site. A record of this inspection must be processed as outlined on page 1. If a tower scaffold is
reassembled rather than simply moved, then an additional, pre-use inspection and report is required. It is acceptable for this inspection to be carried out by the person responsible
for erecting the tower scaffold, providing they are trained and competent. A visible tag system, which supplements inspection records as it is updated following each pre-use
inspection, is a way of recording and keeping the results until the next inspection.
4
All work equipment subject to LOLER regulation 9, thorough examination and inspection requirements, will continue to be subject to LOLER regulation 9 requirements.
Further information
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For information about health and safety ring HSEs
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CF83 3GG.
This leaflet contains mandatory requirements under the
Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations
1996 and the Work at Height Regulations 2005.
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