LOLER inspections are a legal requirement for lifting equipment and accessories. Regular inspections help to ensure that your lifting gear is fit for purpose and safe to use.

Here at Safety Liftin Gear, we offer a comprehensive LOLER inspection service that takes the hassle out of LOLER compliance. Our experienced team can manage your inspections, provide detailed reports, and recommend action where necessary.

This week (18th – 22nd May 2026) is the third No Falls Week. Launched in 2024 by the No Falls Foundation, this yearly awareness campaign aims to shine a spotlight on the risks associated with working at height while helping employers and workers to build safer habits and prevent avoidable accidents.

The TILE principle is a health and safety framework that's used to assess risks during manual handling tasks. TILE stands for Task, Individual, Load and Environment – four key areas that you should consider carefully before commencing any manual handling job.

MEWPs (mobile elevated working platforms), also known as powered access platforms, are essential tools for working at height, commonly used in industries like construction, cleaning and maintenance. They provide a secure, elevated working platform that is more mobile and stable than traditional ladders or scaffolding.

When you work at height, “load” can mean two very different things. It might be the weight you’re lifting into position (plant, steelwork, truss, pallets). Or it might be the forces your safety system must withstand if something goes wrong.

While load restraint may seem simple enough – after all, all you need to do is keep your loads secure while transporting them from A to B - we still see far too many instances of half-hearted load restraint, which all too often results in a scene like this:

Hard hats, also known as safety helmets, are more than just important, they are crucial for protecting workers from severe head injuries and even death while working on site. At construction sites, head injuries can occur in a range of ways, but by wearing the right kind of safety helmet, workers can prevent or reduce the severity of these injuries. Keep reading this blog for more reasons why hard hats are important.