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Plant Guide: Lifting

Typical lifting plant and equipment found in industry, including detailed images and the applicable UK legislation for each item.

Accessories for lifting (Lifting Tackle)

Vector Image: Accessories for lifting - lifting tackle
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Axle Stands

Vector Image: Axle Stands
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Appropriate Legislation - PUWER

Block (Electric)

Vector image: Block (electric)
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Block (Pneumatic)

Vector image: Block (Pneumatic)
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Blocks and Winches (Manual)

Vector image: Blocks and Winches
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Boat Mover and Boat Hoist

Vector Image: Boat Mover and Boat Hoist
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Appropriate Legislation - PUWER

Breakdown Crane

Vector Image: Breakdown Crane
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Builders Platform Hoist

Vector Image: Builders Hoist Platform
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Bulldozer

Bulldozer
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Appropriate Legislation - PUWER

Cantilever Crane

Vector Image: Cantilever Crane
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Container Transporter Crane

Vector image: Container Transporter Crane
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Crawler Crane (Diesel)

Vector image: Crawler Crane (Diesel)
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Davit

Vector image: Davit
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Derrick Type Tower Crane

Vector image: Derrick Type Tower Crane
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Dock Levellers

Vector image: Dock Levellers
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Appropriate Legislation:

Dragline Excavator (Diesel)

Vector image: Dragline Excavator (Diesel)
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Dumper Truck (Small)

Vector image: Dumper Truck (Small)
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Appropriate Legislation - PUWER

Dumper Truck (Large)

Vector image: Dumper Truck (Large)
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Appropriate Legislation - PUWER

Electric Magnet

Vector image: Electric Magnet
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Appropriate Legislation - PUWER

Engine Crane

Vector Image: Engine Crane
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Escalator

Vector Image: Escalators
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Appropriate Legislation - The Workplace (Health, Safety & Welfare) Regulations 1992

Floating Crane

Vector Image: Floating Crane
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Fork Lift Truck (Reach)

Vector Image: Fork Lift Truck (Reach)
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Fork Lift Truck (Rough Terrain)

Vector: Fork Lift Truck - Rough Terrain
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Fork Lift Truck (Sideloader)

Vector Image: Fork Lift Truck (Sideloader)
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Fork Lift Truck (Counterbalanced)

Vector Image: Fork Lift Truck (Counterbalanced)
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Goliath Crane (Goliath)

Vector Image: Goliath Crane (Goliath)
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Goliath Cranes (Semi-Goliath)

Vector Image: Goliath Crane (Semi Goliath)
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Grabbing Crane

Vector Image: Grabbing Crane
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Grabs

Vector Image: Grabs
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Hydraulic Scissor Lift

Vector Image: Hydraulic Scissor Lift
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Hydraulic Excavator (360 Degree)

Vector Image: Hydraulic Excavator (360 Degree)
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Inclined Hoist

Vector Image: Inclined Hoist
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Jack

Vector Image: Jack
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Loading Shovel with Back Actor

Vector image: Loading Shovel with Back Actor
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Loading Shovel

Vector Image: Loading Shovel
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Appropriate Legislation - PUWER

Lorry Loading Crane

Vector image: Lorry Loading Crane
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Man Basket

Vector Image: Man Basket
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Manual Platform Lift Truck

Vector Image: Manual Platform Lift Truck
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Manual Gantry Crane

Vector Image: Manual Gantry Crane
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Mobile Elevating Work Platforms

Vector Image: Mobile Elevating Working Platform
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Mobile Crane

Vector Image: Mobile Crane
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Mobile Crane with Grab

Vector Image: Mobile Crane with Grab
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Motor Vehicle Lifting Table - Four Post

Vector Image: Motor Vehicle Lifting Table (Four Post)
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Motor Vehicle Lifting Table - Two Post

Vector Image: Motor Vehicle Lifting Table (Two Post)
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Order Picker

Vector Image: Order Picker
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Overhead Travelling Crane (Electric)

Vector Image: Overhead Travelling Crane (Electric)
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Overhead Travelling Crane (Manual)

Vector Image: Overhead Travelling Crane (Manual)
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Pallet Truck

Vector Image: Pallet Truck
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Appropriate Legislation - PUWER

Passenger Lift

Vector Image: Passenger Lift
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Types of lifts can include:

  • Electric goods and passenger lift (usually of larger capacity and not usually computer controlled)
  • Electric goods lift (intended for goods only and without the in car controls)
  • Home lift (found in homes for domestic use. Also found in some residential care homes and occasionally small hotels)
  • Service lift (electrically powered or manually operated by the use of a continuous rope, they are used in hotels and factory stores for transporting food/small parts between floors)
  • Hydraulic goods and passenger lift (similar in use to the electric, version but powered by a hydraulic ram)
  • Hydraulic passenger lift (similar in use to the electric version, but powered by a hydraulic ram which can be directly mounted or indirectly via a system of ropes or chains)

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Patient Hoists

Vector Image: Patient Hoist
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Pedestal Crane (Electric)

Vector Image: Pedestal Crane (Electric)
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Portal Crane

Vector Image: Portal Crane
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Rope Blocks

Vector Image: Rope Blocks
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Runway Track

Vector Image: Runway Track
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Scaffold Jib Crane

Vector Image: Scaffold Jib Crane
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Sheer Legs

Vector Image: Sheer Legs
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Ship-Shore Container Crane

Vector Image: Ship Shore Container Crane
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Shower Trolley

Vector Image: Shower Trolley
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Stairlift

Vector image: Stairlift
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Straddle Carrier

Vector image: Straddle Carrier
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Suspended Access Equipment

Vector image: Suspended Access Equipment
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Swing Jib Crane (Pillar/Wall)

Vector image: Swing Jib Crane (Pillar/Wall)
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Telehandler

Vector Image: Telehandler
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Tool Balancer

Vector image: Tool Balancer
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Appropriate Legislation - PUWER

Tower Crane (Luffing)

Vector image: Tower Crane (Luffing)
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Tower Crane (Saddle Jib)

Vector image: Tower Crane (Saddle Jib)
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Tower Crane (Self Erecting)

Vector image: Tower Crane (Self Erecting)
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Travelling Chain Block (Manual)

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Vector image: Travelling Chain Block (Manual)
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Trolley

Vector image: Trolley
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Vehicle Tailboard Lifts

Vector image: Vehicle Tailboard Lifts
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Wheelchair Lift

Vector image: Wheelchair Lift
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Winch (Powered or Manual)

Vector Image: Winch - Powered (Petrol)
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Workhandler

Vector image: Workhandler
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Appropriate Legislation - LOLER

Wheelchair Lift

Vector Image: Wheelchair Lift

Winch (Powered or Manual)

Vector Image: Winch (Powered or Manual)

Workhandler

Vector Image: Workhandler
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