WILL YOU FALL VICTIM TO UNSAFE LIFT WORK?


CHECKING YOUR LIFT ENGINEER IS SAFE TO WORK...

CHECKING YOUR LIFT ENGINEER IS SAFE TO WORK...

Anyone working on a lift including engineers, apprentices, mates, surveyors, consultants, insurance inspectors and management personnel must be qualified and able to demonstrate safe competence when accessing/egressing lift equipment. They must work safe helping to protect members of the public and themselves from preventing serious accidents, danger or harm.

The Lift Engineer Safe Register contains an authoritative list of lift operatives who are registered to work safely on passenger and goods carrying lift equipment which follows a course of sufficient training, assessment and examination of knowledge and skills. It is an online public register of persons that are endorsed as safe and competent to work on lifts during regular maintenance or repairs or when a new lift is being installed.

Problems can arise with the improper and dangerous working practices of lift engineers that work on lift equipment. This applies to you whether you are a lift contractor being paid from your client, an employed person working for a lift firm (i.e. PAYE) or you own the building where the lifts are installed.

Personal accident claims, contractual disputes & litigation are costly business with lifts being a high capital cost item. The life cycle of a lift follows installation/testing, maintenance, fault finding/small repair, modernisation projects/upgrades and to ultimately repeat with a new lift installation leaves the lift owner at risk of financial claims, if things go wrong.

All lift engineering companies operate for profit and are owned by shareholders. Employee salaries are often traditionally low with many people starting and then leaving their jobs with a lack of training. Are you confident that your lift engineers would pass an independent safety audit to help prevent you from dealing with a workplace accident and court process enforced by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE)? An independent and experienced lift engineering safety and training consultant, that is not receiving a commission from a lift contractor, is highly recommended and the best source of advice.

We aim to protect the public from unsafe lift engineering practices by tracking down on poor quality lift works, low standards of workplace safety and conducting onsite inspections of registered lift operatives. It also serves to raise awareness of the dangers of lifts investigate reports of unsafe works and where appropriate, notifying the HSE of any dangerous lift engineering works being undertaken. By law, all lift operatives must work safely in accordance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and various other regulations. Breaches of these can result in fines and/or imprisonment for the lift operative, the lift employer and also the lift owner, set by the courts.

The Lift Engineer Safe Register provides information, advice & guidance to lift owners and building facility managers and investigates reports of negligent work practices, or unsafe working conditions. Where relevant this information is passed to the HSE who have the statutory power to prosecute. To view the public register of convictions click here, to report a health and safety issue click here.



Lift Engineer Safe Register
Thames Innovation Centre
2 Veridion Way
Veridion Park
Erith
Kent DA18 4AL