Lifting Equipment Inspection Register
Keep track of what lifting gear you hold, what each item is marked at, and when each was last examined.
SI-09 1 page
Professional drivers · PD-36
Lorry Loader Crane Pre-Use Check Sheet
A free printable lorry loader crane check sheet: a week of pre-use checks on the crane and its slings, chains and shackles, each day ending safe or not safe.
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What this sheet is for
Record the check made before the first lift each day, crane and accessories together. A day ends in a plain safe or not safe, so nobody has to guess from a row of ticks.
Who it is for
Lorry loader crane operators, drivers of crane-fitted vehicles and the managers who hold the examination records.
How to use it
- Copy the thorough examination dates for the crane and the lifting accessories into the boxes at the top.
- Each day, before the first lift, unfold the crane and work down the column: tick, or X for anything not right.
- Write safe or not safe at the foot of the column and initial it.
- Put any defect, or the reason it is not safe, in the table below with who you told, and do not lift until it is put right.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: One week of checks on one lorry loader crane and its lifting accessories, made before the first lift of each day.
The chart and the reports set the figures. No capacity, test load or examination interval is printed: the crane's rated capacity chart gives its limits and the examination reports give the dates. Do not lift with a crane or accessory that is not safe to use.
Write-on lines: Vehicle registration · Crane make and model · Crane serial no. · Week beginning · Crane: last thorough exam · Next due · Accessories: last thorough exam · Next due
Daily checks — walk round with the crane unfolded; tick, or X; a dash for a day it is not used
Also printed: Check · Mon · Tue · Wed · Thu · Fri · Sat · Sun · Structure: no cracks, bends or loose fixings · No oil leaks at rams, valves or pump · Hoses and fittings not chafed or weeping · Stabiliser legs, locks and pads sound · Controls marked, return to neutral · Emergency stops tested · Overload protection tested · Limit switches working · Rated capacity chart present, legible · Hook and safety catch sound · Remote control and its stop work · Slings, chains and shackles inspected · Safe to use? Y / N · Initials
Defects and reasons not safe — reported to management the same day
Table, 2 rows: Day · Defect, or reason not safe · Reported to · When · Put right on · By
Questions
Why is there no capacity or test load on the sheet?
The crane's rated capacity chart gives its limits for that crane and that set-up, and a printed figure could only be wrong for yours. The sheet asks you to check that the chart is there and legible instead.
Where do slings and shackles get their own record?
The daily look is on this sheet. For each accessory's identity mark and its thorough examination history, use a lifting equipment register alongside it.
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