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Integrity Lift Compliance

Chatham & Chatham Maritime

LOLER Inspections in Chatham

Independent statutory examinations across Chatham — a Medway town whose lifting equipment spans the historic dockyard and Chatham Maritime waterfront, a university campus, the Pentagon retail centre and the industrial units behind them. A single site here can hold passenger lifts, goods lifts and mobile plant on different statutory intervals.

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Local Industries

Lifting compliance across Chatham

Chatham's commercial base takes in the Historic Dockyard and Chatham Maritime waterfront, the Universities at Medway campus, the Pentagon and Dockside retail centres, and light industrial and storage units across the town, including the trade and industrial estates at Lordswood and Walderslade. We inspect passenger and goods lifts, platform lifts serving accessible routes, forklift and warehouse plant, and the lifting accessories that go with them.

Every inspection is carried out by an engineer with hands-on experience of the plant being examined, so duty-holders in Chatham receive inspections that match their fleet and risk profile.

Towns & Districts Covered

Chatham MaritimeHistoric DockyardPentagon CentreLutonWaldersladeBromptonChatham WatersPrinces ParkLordswood

Nearby Areas We Also Cover

Gillingham, KentRochesterStroodMedway

Services Available in Chatham

LOLER & PUWER Inspection Services

More equipment we inspect in Chatham

Passenger Lift Inspections Chatham
Passenger lifts are six-monthly rather than twelve. This page covers the passenger-lift stock in Chatham specifically, and what the examination finds on it.

Compliance guidance for Chatham duty-holders

Who Examines Hired or Leased Lifting Equipment?
The common assumption is that hired plant is the hire company's problem. It is partly theirs and partly yours, and the part that is yours is the part that gets missed. LOLER places duties on whoever has control of the equipment, which on a hire site includes you.
Does LOLER Apply to a Stairlift in a Private Home?
For most householders the answer is no, and nobody tells them so. LOLER covers lifting equipment provided for use at work. A stairlift a homeowner installed and uses themselves is not work equipment. The moment someone's employee relies on it to do their job, the position changes.
Who Is the LOLER Duty-Holder?
Everyone in the industry says duty-holder, including us. The regulations do not use the term at all. What LOLER actually does is place duties on employers, on the self-employed, and on anyone who has control of lifting equipment — to the extent of their control. That phrase is where most of the confusion lives.

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Defects graded A, B or C to the published SAFed severity scale — a grading standard we follow, not a membership we hold
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NHS Trust Endorsement
“Exceptional response times and thorough documentation. Managing compliance across multiple critical medical estates is complex, but their team makes statutory lift auditing seamless.”
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Common Questions

LOLER Inspection FAQs (Chatham)

How quickly can you carry out a LOLER inspection in Chatham?

We typically arrange inspections in Chatham within the same week of enquiry, with emergency response available for overdue or lapsed certificates. The visit is planned around your equipment and site, not just the next free slot.

What equipment do you inspect in Chatham?

Chatham's commercial base takes in the Historic Dockyard and Chatham Maritime waterfront, the Universities at Medway campus, the Pentagon and Dockside retail centres, and light industrial and storage units across the town, including the trade and industrial estates at Lordswood and Walderslade. We inspect passenger and goods lifts, platform lifts serving accessible routes, forklift and warehouse plant, and the lifting accessories that go with them. We cover the whole area, including Chatham Maritime, the Historic Dockyard and the Pentagon Centre.

Do I get a LOLER certificate?

You get a Report of Thorough Examination, which is what LOLER 1998 actually requires — the regulations call it a report, never a certificate. It is the document an HSE or local authority inspector, or an insurer, will ask for, and unlike a certificate it records the condition of the equipment as found, including any defect and the timescale to put it right. People also call this LOLER testing; a thorough examination is the broader assessment, and any load or functional test forms part of it where one is warranted.

How often do we need a LOLER inspection?

Six months for equipment that lifts people (passenger lifts, MEWPs, patient hoists) and for lifting accessories, and twelve months for all other lifting equipment — unless a written examination scheme drawn up by a competent person sets different intervals.

What is included in the Report of Thorough Examination?

A description of the equipment, the examination performed, identification of defects with severity classification, recommended timescales for repair, and the date of the next examination. The report is signed by the competent person who carried out the examination.

How quickly can a lapsed inspection be arranged?

Usually within the same working week in Chatham, with an overdue passenger lift treated as a priority. Out-of-hours and weekend slots are subject to plant access and risk-assessment review.

Do you inspect plant that is not maintained by you?

Yes — independent inspection is the standard model. We deliberately take on no maintenance or repair work, so there is no conflict of interest.

What happens if a defect is found?

The competent person classifies the defect by severity, and any defect that is or could become a danger to people is reported to you straight away rather than held for the report. If it is a danger now, the equipment must not be used until it is put right, and where it involves an existing or imminent risk of serious personal injury a copy of the report also goes to the enforcing authority (HSE or the local authority, depending on the premises) under LOLER Regulation 10. A defect that could become dangerous is given a date by which it must be fixed, and the equipment must not be used after that date until it is.

Are reports issued electronically?

Yes, on the same day as the examination. Digital Reports of Thorough Examination include photographs of what was examined and any defect, can be supplied to insurer portals or FM platforms on request, and we remind you before the next examination is due.

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