INSPECTION
Inspection Services
We provide inspection services for the following categories of plant and equipment to assist in compliance with health and safety legislation:
- Lifting Equipment
- General Work Equipment
- Fall Protection Equipment
- Pressure Systems
- Local Exhaust Systems
- Electrical Equipment
Periodic Inspections and Thorough Examination of equipment is provided by our regional teams of ‘Competent Persons’.
Our team are highly experienced, trained and competent in statutory inspections of equipment across various disciplines and specific categories. Whilst it’s difficult for an individual engineer to be competent across all disciplines and categories, rest assure before we send an engineer to your site, we will review your specific requirements and select an engineer or engineers to meet your needs.
Competent person – Somebody with practical & theorical knowledge and experience in the equipment they are examining so that they can detect defects and weakness and access how important they are in relation to the safety and continue use of the equipment
Across the UK & Ireland
ITS Plant Tech provide thorough examinations across mainland UK, Northern Ireland & Éire. We therefore comply with local regulations in each jurisdiction which we preform the examination. Quite a few of our clients will also have a presence across these jurisdiction’s and on your behalf, we keep abreast of changes which may affect legal compliance.
Legal Requirements
The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) 1998 apply to all businesses in the UK.
The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 apply to all business in Northern Ireland and the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007 sets out the statutory responsibilities of employers in respect of thorough examinations of lifting equipment and lifting plant that undertake lifting operations.
These regulations require businesses to undertake periodic inspections of their lifting equipment by an independent competent person such as ITS Plant Tech.
The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) in the UK and The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007 in Éire were introduced to ensure safety when working with any work equipment.
It applies to employers, self-employed and employees – the owners and users of work equipment.
This incorporates a wide range of work equipment, everything from a ladder to a conveyor belt, a tipping skip to a dumper truck.
It incorporates equipment which doesn’t fall under ‘Lifting Equipment’ but not the less poses a risk to persons operating it or using it.
We can assist you firstly in identifying work equipment that requires periodic in-service inspection by means of a risk assessment.
The risk assessment will:
- Identify general risks associated with the safe use of the equipment
- Determine whether periodic in-service inspection is required
- Determine the scope and frequency of the in-service inspection as required.
The Pressure Systems Safety Regulations (PSSR) 2000 and the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Pressure Systems (General Application) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 applies to most pressure systems used at work in the UK & Ireland respectively.
Under these regulations duty holders, users and owners of pressure systems are required to:
- Establish the safe operating limits (pressure and temperature) of their systems
- Ensure that a suitable written scheme of examination is in place before the system is operated
- Ensure that the pressure system is actually examined in accordance with the written scheme
- Carry out proper maintenance and provide suitable operating instructions.
LEV systems are controlled by the COSHH Regulations, the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002 and the Control of Lead at Work Regulations 2002.
Fixed electrical wiring inspections can include everything from a small visual check of accessible components to a large-scale project that requires full survey & testing, job-specific risk assessments, a documentation review and more.
The fixed wiring inspections are governed under the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 and the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998.
