Ladder, step and access equipment inspection
There is no sensor for a cracked stile. The interval is the law; the conversion is a tag on every ladder so the register knows which ones exist.
What does a ladder, step and access equipment inspection involve?
Ladder, step and access equipment inspection checks: rungs, stiles, feet and locking devices intact, tag in date, pre-use check done. Observed by visual pre-use check by the user; recorded inspection by a competent person. Recorded periodic inspection of ladders and access equipment is required under work-at-height law (Work at Height Regulations in the UK, WHS regulations in Australia, OSHA 1910.23 in the US), and scaffolds must be inspected at fixed intervals and after alteration or weather.
- Condition that replaces the interval
- None. Access equipment is inspected by eye and by a person before use; the periodic recorded inspection is a legal duty
- Reading that proves it
- Rungs, stiles, feet and locking devices intact, tag in date, pre-use check done
- Why the interval stays
- Recorded periodic inspection of ladders and access equipment is required under work-at-height law (Work at Height Regulations in the UK, WHS regulations in Australia, OSHA 1910.23 in the US), and scaffolds must be inspected at fixed intervals and after alteration or weather.
- Evidence an auditor accepts
- Inspection record per ladder or scaffold by tag number with the result and next date
- First move
- Tag and number every ladder on site; an unnumbered ladder has never been inspected as far as the record shows.
What it is evidence for
Clause references from the published standards text. A clause marked reference is named, not reproduced.
Statutory intervals that must stay on the calendar ISO 45001:2018 9.1.2 · ISO 45001:2018 6.1.2.1 · ISO 45001:2018 8.1.2 · ISO 45001:2018 8.1.4.2 · ISO 55001:2014 4.2 · ISO 55001:2014 8.1
ISO 45001:2018 9.1.2 Evaluation of complianceThe organization sets up, runs and keeps processes for evaluating whether it complies with legal and other requirements. It decides how often and by what methods compliance is evaluated, carries out the evaluation and acts where needed, keeps up its knowledge and understanding of where it stands on compliance, and reta...
ISO 45001:2018 6.1.2.1 Hazard identificationSet up, run and keep a hazard identification process that is continuous and looks ahead. The process shall take into account: social factors and the way work is organized; activities that are routine and those that are not; incidents that have happened before; possible emergencies; people, including workers, contractor...
ISO 45001:2018 8.1.2 Eliminating hazards and reducing OH&S risksThe organization sets up, runs and keeps processes for removing hazards and lowering OH&S risks by working down the hierarchy of controls: first remove the hazard; next replace it with processes, operations, materials or equipment that are less hazardous; then apply engineering controls and reorganize the work; then ap...
ISO 45001:2018 8.1.4.2 ContractorsThe organization aligns its procurement processes with its contractors so that hazards are identified and the OH&S risks are assessed and controlled where they come from three sources: contractor activities and operations that affect the organization; the organization's own activities and operations that affect contrac...
ISO 55001:2014 4.2 Understanding the needs and expectations of stakeholdersThe organization identifies which stakeholders are relevant to its system for managing assets, and what they require and expect from asset management; it sets the criteria it will use to make asset management decisions; and it identifies what stakeholders require in the way of recorded financial and non-financial infor...
ISO 55001:2014 8.1 Operational planning and controlThe organization plans, carries out and controls the processes needed to satisfy requirements and to deliver three things: the asset management plans set out under 6.2, the actions on risks and opportunities decided under 6.1, and the preventive and corrective actions decided under clauses 10.1 and 10.2. It does so by ...
Do this for your whole schedule
Paste your maintenance schedule or log and get this classification for every line at once, with the findings, the overdue items and the clauses the register is evidence for. First 15 items free, no account.
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