Health & Safety

Owners have a responsibility under the Management of Health & Safety to ensure the equipment for which they are responsible is safe to use. We ensure that Swift Lift UK clients are informed of any changes to legislation, lift engineering standards, codes of practice or other recommendations that may affect your lift, escalator or cradle equipment. Should any specific improvements be necessary to your equipment we will inform you together with competitive prices to undertake the works.

If you are a lift owner or someone responsible for the safe operation of a lift used at work, such as a facilities manager or supervisor, you are a "Dutyholder" under The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER).

As the dutyholder you have a legal responsibility to ensure that the lift is thoroughly examined and that it is safe to use. These responsibilities include ensuring the lift is properly maintained, ensuring the lift is examined at statutory intervals (every 6 months), acting promptly to remedy any defects and ensuring that all documentation and record keeping complies with the regulations.

At Swift Lift UK our computerised Lift Data System Coupled with our engineers P.D.A tools instantly update our Lift Data historical database facility, to assist you in complying with these regulations and meeting your legal responsibilities. All Swift Lift UKmanagement and staff receive continuous training including the latest basic lift safety qualification EOR202 as required by BS7255:2001 Safe Working on Lifts.

For an electronic PDF copy of these HSE documents click on the images on the right.