LOLER and PUWER: What Is the Difference?

LOLER and PUWER apply to most workplace lifting equipment. Learn the difference between their duties, inspections, reports and examination intervals.

Choose a wide photograph showing lifting machinery in an industrial, construction, warehouse or engineering environment. A forklift truck, mobile elevating work platform, vehicle lift or crane would work well because these can illustrate responsibilities under both regulations.

The image should show the equipment clearly, including its lifting mechanism, controls or surrounding work area.

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Avoid photographs showing only loose lifting accessories, as these would illustrate LOLER but provide less opportunity to explain the wider PUWER requirements.

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