Yorkshire Elevators Limited are an independent local elevator service company who specialise in Maintenance, Repairs, Modernisations, Emergency Breakdowns on various types of lifts in both commercial & residential establishments.
These include: – Passenger Lifts, Goods Lifts, Platform Lifts, Stair lifts, Dumb-Waiters, Conveyors, Scissor Lifts, Dock levellers, Home Lifts and Evac Chairs.
Lift routine maintenance
The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 states that your lift needs to be in safe working order.
At Yorkshire Elevators Ltd, our service checks will help ensure the major safety features of the lift are checked on a routine basis.
Routine lift maintenance can also help improve the reliability of the lift and increase the life-expectancy of the lift components.
What services are carried out on a maintenance visit?
At Yorkshire Elevators Ltd, our engineers will attend to the lift on a routine service visit basis, which will be pre-booked.
- The lift fluid levels will be checked and replenished where required,
- The lift safety devices will be checked, tested.
- The engineer will advise of any priority defects and will answer any questions you may have regarding the lift.
- A report on the lift will be completed and issued.
Do I have any other obligations?
If you are a lift owner or someone responsible for the safe operation of a lift used at work, such as a facilities manager or supervisor, you are a ‘duty holder’ and under LOLER.
So, what does this mean to you? You have a legal responsibility to ensure that the lift is thoroughly examined and that it is safe to use. (If you are the owner of a lift used primarily by members of the public, you may also find this guidance helps you to comply with more general health and safety legal duties under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.)
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg339.pdf
What is a LOLER examination?
A thorough examination is a systematic and detailed examination of the lift and all its associated equipment by a competent person. Its aim is to detect any defects which are, or might become, dangerous, and for the competent person to report them to the duty holder and, if appropriate, the enforcing authority (the Health and Safety Executive or local authority) so that appropriate remedial action can be taken.
