Engineering Plant Guide
LIFT AND CRANE
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Dock Levellers
- Description
- This type of equipment is used in a variety of industrial and commercial environments. Typically, dock levellers are used for the loading and unloading of goods in locations such as factories, warehouses and distribution outlets.
Such equipment comprises of platforms, hydraulic levelling assemblies and guarding devices.
- Applicable Legislation
- PUWER
- Periodicity of Inspection
- 12 months
- Why Inspect It
- The main hazards associated with this equipment are the entrapment of limbs in the moving elements, malfunction of drive assemblies and platform free fall.
The mechanical failure of critical load bearing components and excessive wear in elements of the equipment can all compromise safety to persons using the equipment.
