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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)

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Axle Stands

Appropriate Legislation - PUWER
Block (Electric)

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Block (Pneumatic)

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Blocks and Winches (Manual)

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Boat Mover and Boat Hoist

Appropriate Legislation - PUWER
Breakdown Crane

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Builders Platform Hoist

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Cantilever Crane

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Container Transporter Crane

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Crawler Crane (Diesel)

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Derrick Type Tower Crane

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Dragline Excavator (Diesel)

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Dumper Truck (Small)

Appropriate Legislation - PUWER
Dumper Truck (Large)

Appropriate Legislation - PUWER
Electric Magnet

Appropriate Legislation - PUWER
Engine Crane

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Escalator

Appropriate Legislation - The Workplace (Health, Safety & Welfare) Regulations 1992
Floating Crane

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Fork Lift Truck (Reach)

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Fork Lift Truck (Rough Terrain)

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Fork Lift Truck (Sideloader)

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Fork Lift Truck (Counterbalanced)

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Goliath Crane (Goliath)

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Goliath Cranes (Semi-Goliath)

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Grabbing Crane

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Hydraulic Scissor Lift

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Hydraulic Excavator (360 Degree)

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Inclined Hoist

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Loading Shovel with Back Actor

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Loading Shovel

Appropriate Legislation - PUWER
Lorry Loading Crane

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Man Basket

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Manual Platform Lift Truck

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Manual Gantry Crane

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Mobile Elevating Work Platforms

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Mobile Crane

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Mobile Crane with Grab

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Motor Vehicle Lifting Table - Four Post

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Motor Vehicle Lifting Table - Two Post

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Order Picker

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Overhead Travelling Crane (Electric)

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Overhead Travelling Crane (Manual)

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Pallet Truck

Appropriate Legislation - PUWER
Passenger Lift

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

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Pedestal Crane (Electric)

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Portal Crane

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Rope Blocks

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Runway Track

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Scaffold Jib Crane

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Sheer Legs

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Ship-Shore Container Crane

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Shower Trolley

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Straddle Carrier

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Suspended Access Equipment

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

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Telehandler

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Tool Balancer

Appropriate Legislation - PUWER
Tower Crane (Luffing)

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Tower Crane (Saddle Jib)

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Tower Crane (Self Erecting)

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Vehicle Tailboard Lifts

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Wheelchair Lift

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Winch (Powered or Manual)

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER
Workhandler

Appropriate Legislation - LOLER