The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have produced an information sheet for the self-employed and contractors working in the arboriculture sector, with the aim of helping them understand the Lifting Operation and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER), which became enforceable in December 1998.
Although the HSE information sheet is relatively small, it is packed with simple and easy to read information for anyone working within the arboriculture sector.
Some of the information within the information sheet is as follows:
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Advice on lifting equipment for the raising of workers into trees etc.
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How LOLER applies to rigging operations work in diseased or decaying trees.
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Advice on the stability of lifting equipment to avoid the risk of collapse.
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Advice on the organisation and planning necessary prior to the commencement of lifting operations.
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Advice on inspection of lifting equipment.
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Information on other Regulations which also apply, such as PUWER 98 and WAHR 2005.
The full information sheet can be accessed in pdf format, by clicking the following:
HSE Information sheet on LOLER: How the Regulations apply to arboriculture
Article by Alexandra Johnston
