Engineers Guide to Examination

Lifting Equipment comprises Lifting Appliances (equipment performing the lifting)

Lifting Accessories (devices which connect the load to the Lifting Appliance)

Lifted Equipment. The list below includes the 3 main categories but is not a full comprehensive list of lifting items.

Lifting Equipment comprises of 3 main categories

1) Lifting Appliances (equipment performing the lifting)

Cranes

A-frames

Overhead/gantry crane,

HIABs

Beams Fixed

Jacks

Manual lever

Tirfors

Chain hoist

Chain block

Pad eyes fixed

Winches

Forklifts

Side booms

Beam clamps

Beam trolleys

Sheave blocks

2) Lifting Accessories (devices which connect the load to the Lifting Appliance)

Wire rope slings

Chain slings

Fiber slings

Shackles

Plate clamps

Eye bolts

Swivel rings

Hoist rings

Turnbuckles/Rigging screw

Wedge sockets

Lifting harnesses

Spreader beams

Hooks

Load cells

Pad eyes and bolts

Rigging screw

Pallet hook

3) Lifted Equipment.

Offshore containers

Skids

Skips

Drum racks

Gas cylinder racks

Frames

Netting

Baskets

Pipe racks

Big bags

Pallets.

The inspection criteria's are the minimum level of inspection required.

Due to the many varying designs of lifting equipment & safety recommendation for different industry sectors, not all aspects of the inspection criteria will be covered.

Please refer to manufactures & industry sector recommendations, for full inspection details.