Engineering Plant Guide
LIFT AND CRANE
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Motor Vehicle Lifting Tables
- Description
- This type of equipment is used in vehicle garages and repair workshop facilities. Typically, motor vehicle lifting tables are used for the raising and lowering of vehicles for access by repair personnel.
Such equipment comprises of platforms, hoist drive assemblies, ropes, load nut assemblies, guards and personnel safety devices.
- Periodicity of Inspection
- 6 months (as per industry guidance)
- 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.
