I have found this quote: "Thorough examinations should be conducted at certian periods throughout the lift life - for example yearly inspection five yearly and ten yearly inspection (these were formally known as LG1, LG5 and LG10 inspections). Question - what are the inspections above called now and do they still cover the same time frames. Our lift company provides maintenance cover based on 4 visits a year. They have supplied me with a copy of the last SAFed LG1 yearly inspection carried out on during October 2006. There are no other records which indicates to me that no yearly inspections LG1 have been carried out for nearly 8 years, no LG5 inspections have ever been carried out and neither a LG10 inspection. Suddenly out of the blue I receive a letter from the lift company stating that from their records the 10 year lift inspection is overdue. They further state that the 10 year inspection was determined by my company's nominated competent person and is in addition to the normal annual test and 5 year test which have been carried out in the past. They have no record of the 5 yearly tests. They further state they do not know who the competent person was who made this 10 inspection recommendation. As I am new in this job I am totally flummoxed. The lift is so old that other lift companies have refused to take on the contract hence we are stuck with this company. What can I do? Rich

In addition to the above I would go further by saying that the company / person performing a statutory inspection (LOLER compliance) should be materially independant of the company / person undertaking maintenance - to avoid conflicts of interest (not just the upselling of remedial work). Look it as a car, it has a service schedule and it has an MOT, the 2 are absolutely separate. For passenger lifts LOLER requries these to be inspected every 6 months, this is separate to any maintenance (PPM/condition based/reactive) that may be undertake on the lift.

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