LOLER Inspections Leeds
Lifting Equipment Inspections
Due a LOLER inspection in Leeds? If your certificate has lapsed or is about to, fill out the form and get a quote.
GSB Inspections carries out LOLER thorough examinations across Leeds and the wider West Yorkshire area. Our engineers are competent persons under Regulation 9 of LOLER 1998. SAFed Associate Member. 5.0 Google rating.
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LOLER Inspections Leeds
Lifting Equipment Inspections
Due a LOLER inspection in Leeds? If your certificate has lapsed or your previous provider has gone quiet, fill out the form. GSB Inspections carries out LOLER thorough examinations across Leeds and the wider West Yorkshire area. Our engineers are competent persons under Regulation 9 of LOLER 1998. SAFed Associate Member. 5.0 Google rating.
Send us your location and equipment list and we will reply within 48 hours. No broker chain. No call centre. No being passed between departments.
When your LOLER examination date is coming due or has passed
Leeds businesses come to us at a small number of predictable moments. The pattern repeats across the sectors we serve here.
- The Report of Thorough Examination is about to lapse. The equipment is still in daily use — a patient hoist in a care corridor, a passenger lift serving upper-floor residents, a tail lift on the facilities van. You have just noticed it.
- A site has changed hands. A lease transfer, a managing-agent change, or a care home acquisition has left the lifting equipment register either missing or clearly incomplete. Nobody is certain when the hoist was last examined, or whether the report was ever issued properly.
- A previous inspection provider has become unreliable — absorbed into a larger group, slower to respond, or pushing prices up without notice. The relationship is effectively over and you need to restart with someone who can answer a direct question.
- New lifting equipment has been commissioned on site. Before first use, a thorough examination is required under LOLER — unless the equipment came with a Declaration of Conformity issued within the previous 12 months and was not assembled on site.
- An estate-wide compliance review has been triggered: an insurance renewal, an audit finding, or a near-miss elsewhere in the portfolio that has prompted a check of every site.
- A multi-site operator manages properties across Leeds and needs a single inspection programme rather than a separate provider relationship at every location.
If any of those describe your situation, you are on the right page.
Lifting equipment we examine across Leeds
Leeds covers a wide geography and an even wider range of workplace types. The lifting equipment we examine here reflects that spread.
- City centre and LS1-LS2 commercial core: Passenger lifts in office towers and mixed-use developments at South Bank and Wellington Place, goods lifts in hotels and restaurants, dumbwaiters, building maintenance units, window-cleaning cradles, mortuary lifts in healthcare facilities.
- Hunslet, Stourton and the southern industrial corridor (LS10, LS26): Forklifts and pallet trucks, overhead cranes and runway beams, jib cranes in engineering and fabrication workshops, tail lifts on distribution vehicles, dock levellers. Cross Green Industrial Estate and Leeds Valley Park sit within this envelope.
- Kirkstall, Armley and the A65 corridor (LS12, LS5): Patient hoists and ceiling track hoists in care homes and supported-living facilities, vehicle lifts in commercial garages and MOT stations, workshop jib cranes.
- Gelderd Road and the M621 corridor (LS11, LS27): Warehousing and logistics equipment — counterbalance and reach forklifts, MEWPs for racking maintenance, tail lifts on last-mile delivery vehicles.
- Leeds Bradford corridor and outer north-west (LS16, LS18, LS19): Passenger lifts in residential apartment blocks and sheltered housing, accessibility platform lifts in schools and community buildings.
- Care and hospice sector across Leeds: Patient hoists, mobile hoists, bath hoists and ceiling track systems. Six-monthly examinations apply to all equipment that lifts people — a cycle that catches some operators out when it differs from the 12-monthly interval they expect.
If your equipment type is not listed or you are unsure whether it falls under LOLER, send us a short description. We will give you a straight answer rather than quote blind against a register you have not had time to review.
What happens on the day of your inspection
Most buyers want to know what to expect operationally, not just what the regulation requires. A typical inspection visit runs as follows.
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On site.
The engineer carries out the thorough examination in line with LOLER Schedule 1: visual examination, functional checks, and measurements of wear on safety-critical components. Where the equipment or its condition warrants it, non-destructive testing or load testing may be carried out. Some equipment requires partial disassembly to examine internal components properly.
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Defects.
If a defect is found that is, or could become, a danger to people, you are told verbally before the engineer leaves site. That verbal notification is followed by a written record in the formal report — both are required under Schedule 1. Where the defect requires immediate withdrawal from service, you will know on the day so you can act.
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Each examined item generates a Report of Thorough Examination containing the eleven items required by LOLER Schedule 1, including the next due date. Reports are delivered electronically to your email address.
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Records.
If you are managing a large equipment register across Leeds or multiple West Yorkshire sites, the administrative side matters as much as the engineering. Your reports arrive reliably, indexed by item and due date, so your team stays ahead of the renewal cycle rather than reacting to it.
Many operators in Leeds run compliance across multiple regulations — LOLER, PUWER, PSSR — across multiple sites. The value of a competent inspector is partly the examination itself and partly the fact that the report arrives correctly, on time, every time.
Who enforces LOLER in Leeds, and what that means for your reporting
Two enforcement bodies operate in Leeds, divided by the type of premises.
- The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) covers industrial premises: factories, workshops, construction sites, hospitals, and larger commercial operations. Cross Green, Stourton, and the M621 industrial corridor fall within the HSE envelope for the most part.
- Leeds City Council’s environmental health team covers around 18,000 commercial premises in the city — offices, retail, hospitality, leisure facilities, care homes, places of worship, hotels, and residential blocks. This is the enforcing authority for the majority of non-industrial sites where lifting equipment is still in daily use: the passenger lift in the apartment block, the patient hoist in the care home, the dumbwaiter in the restaurant kitchen.
The compliance requirement is identical in both cases — a thorough examination at the correct interval, carried out by a competent person, producing a Report of Thorough Examination that meets Schedule 1. What changes is which body investigates following an incident, and to which inspectorate the competent person’s notification travels when a danger defect is found.
For an operator managing sites across both categories — say, a logistics unit at Stourton alongside a residential portfolio in LS16, or a care group running premises in Armley and Horsforth — both fall under LOLER but the enforcement path differs. Understanding that is not just a regulatory technicality; it affects who you would be dealing with if anything went wrong.
Our Commitment To Your Safety
We Are A Proud Associate Member Of The Safety Assessment Federation (SAFed)
As an associate member of the Safety Assessment Federation (SAFed), GSB Inspections demonstrates our commitment to complying with industry competency standards and the code of practice set by SAFed. This affiliation emphasizes our dedication to maintaining the highest levels of professionalism, ensuring your safety and peace of mind.
LOLER inspections in Leeds
At GSB Inspections, we carry out LOLER thorough examinations in Leeds and across West Yorkshire. As per Regulation 9 of LOLER, it is mandatory to have a competent person conduct a thorough examination of lifting equipment at defined intervals.
Lifting equipment refers to work equipment designed for lifting or lowering loads, including the attachments used for anchoring, fixing or supporting it.
A thorough examination involves a systematic and detailed examination of lifting equipment to detect any defects that are, or could become, a safety hazard.
Standard inspection frequencies under LOLER 1998:
- Lifting equipment that lifts persons, and all lifting accessories — 6 monthly
- All other lifting equipment — 12 monthly
- Or as specified in an examination scheme drawn up under Regulation 9
If you need further information about lifting equipment inspection requirements for your Leeds sites, please contact us directly.
One call reaches the people who make the decision
The most consistent feedback from Leeds operators switching from a previous provider is the same: quotes took too long, scheduling was uncertain until the morning of the visit, and technical questions went unanswered.
- Call 01782 855481 and you reach senior staff directly. Two senior engineers/directors handle enquiries between them. They can answer technical questions on the call and discuss equipment types.
- Email info@gsbinspections.co.uk with your equipment list and you will receive a quote within 48 hours.
- We are a SAFed Associate Member and hold a 5.0 Google rating across our customer base.
- We are competent persons under Regulation 9 of LOLER — and for PUWER, PSSR and LEV if you need multi-regulation coverage across the same sites.
- We inspect and certify. We do not sell equipment, supply parts, or carry out maintenance — which means our examination findings are independent of any commercial interest in what we find.
If you also operate forklift trucks in Leeds or have pressure system requirements alongside your lifting equipment programme, we can coordinate all of it in a single visit schedule.
Useful Leeds compliance resources
Merrion House, 110 Merrion Centre, Leeds, LS2 8QB
Telephone: 0113 222 4406
The enforcing authority for LOLER at non-industrial premises in Leeds — offices, retail, hospitality, care homes, residential blocks, and places of worship. The environmental health team handles workplace health and safety enforcement for this category of premises across the city.
Rose Bowl, Portland Crescent, Leeds, LS1 3HB
Telephone: 0113 247 0000
Supports businesses across the Leeds City Region. Useful for operators looking at compliance peer networks and sector benchmarking across West Yorkshire.
The authoritative source for LOLER intervals, the competent person definition, and the reporting requirements of Schedule 1.
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Got Questions? (FAQs)
The equipment should not be used until a current Report of Thorough Examination is in place. Using lifting equipment outside its statutory examination interval is a breach of LOLER. Complete the contact form today with your equipment list and location and we will reply as quickly as we can to confirm whether we can prioritise the visit.
The standard intervals under LOLER 1998 are: six months for equipment that lifts people and for all lifting accessories; twelve months for all other lifting equipment. If an examination scheme has been drawn up under Regulation 9, those intervals apply instead. The six-monthly cycle catches some operators by surprise — patient hoists, passenger lifts, and mobile hoists all fall into this category.
Yes. Any equipment that lifts a person — mobile hoists, ceiling track hoists, bath hoists, evacuation chairs with a lifting function — is subject to LOLER and requires thorough examination every six months by a competent person. This applies in NHS settings, private care homes, supported-living facilities, and hospices alike.
The dutyholder under LOLER is typically the employer or the person who controls the use of the equipment. In a managed property context this can be the managing agent, the leaseholder, or the occupying business, depending on the terms of the lease and the type of equipment. If you are unsure who holds the duty for a particular piece of equipment on a site you manage, contact us and we can help you work through it.
A thorough examination under LOLER is a statutory safety inspection — its purpose is to identify defects that are or could become a danger. A service is preventative maintenance: replacing worn parts, lubricating, calibrating. They are different exercises, ideally carried out by different people, because the competent person should be sufficiently independent of the maintenance function to make objective findings. Many dutyholders run both programmes in parallel.
New equipment may be used without a prior LOLER examination if it carries a Declaration of Conformity less than 12 months old and was not assembled on site. In all other cases, a thorough examination is required before first use. If the equipment is second-hand, transferred from another site, or of unknown history, an examination is required before use regardless.
Yes. We routinely work with multi-site operators across Leeds and the wider region — a care group running several homes across the city, a property management company with residential blocks across multiple LS postcodes, or a facilities contractor with commercial clients from the city centre to the M62 corridor. We plan the visit programme to cover multiple sites in a single scheduling run wherever locations and volumes allow. If your sites extend into Sheffield or South Yorkshire, we cover those too.
Yes. The Report of Thorough Examination produced under Schedule 1 of LOLER covers everything insurers, internal auditors, and HSE inspectors require: equipment identification, the date and location of examination, any defects found and the action required, the next due date, and the competent person’s details. The format is standardised by the regulation, not by us.
Ideally, your last full Report of Thorough Examination for each item, your equipment register, and the dates of last examination. If those records are incomplete or unavailable, we can still work from a physical asset list — we will need more time on the initial visit to record everything from scratch. The handover does not need to be complicated.
Yes. A passenger lift serving office floors falls squarely within LOLER and must be examined at six-monthly intervals by a competent person. Office premises in Leeds are enforced by Leeds City Council’s environmental health team rather than HSE, but the examination requirement under the regulations is identical.
Yes. As an associate member of the Safety Assessment Federation (SAFed), GSB Inspections demonstrates our commitment to complying with industry competency standards and the code of practice set by SAFed. This affiliation emphasises our dedication to maintaining the highest levels of professionalism, ensuring your safety and peace of mind.
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