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Statutory inspection period, criteria and standards for 81 types of work equipment.
| Equipment | Period | Standards | Inspection criteria |
|---|
Where the regulation leaves the period to the standard, the regulation's own wording is shown. Source:
United Kingdom — a different structure
The UK has no equipment-by-equipment period table. The rule is principle-based: lifting equipment that lifts people is examined at least every 6 months, other lifting equipment at least every 12 months, or under a written examination scheme. PUWER sets no fixed period at all.
Germany — the employer sets the interval, capped by the annex
In Germany there is no fixed period per equipment type either. The employer determines the interval from the risk assessment and may not exceed the maximum periods named in Annexes 2 and 3.
Legal basis
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Legal basis — Türkiye
| Obligation | Legal basis | How the tool covers it |
|---|---|---|
| The equipment and equipment groups listed in the ANNEX III tables are subject to periodic inspection; the inspections are carried out by persons authorised to do so and the rules on the resulting documents are set out in ANNEX III. | Regulation on Health and Safety Conditions in the Use of Work Equipment, Art. 7(1) | The equipment, interval and standards columns of the table; all 81 equipment types come from ANNEX III. |
| For equipment within a group that has no standard listed in the relevant table, the periodic inspection follows the hierarchy in items 1.1 and 1.4 of ANNEX III. | Regulation on Health and Safety Conditions in the Use of Work Equipment, Art. 7(1) | The caption under the table: where the interval is left to a standard, the wording of the regulation itself is printed. |
| Periodic inspections are carried out after installation and before first use where safety depends on the installation conditions, after major maintenance and repair, at every change of location for non-mobile equipment, and after first erection and after any raising or alteration for scaffolds, mast climbing work platforms and tower cranes. | Regulation on Health and Safety Conditions in the Use of Work Equipment, Art. 7(2)(a) | The inspection criteria column of the table; the events that trigger an inspection outside the interval appear in that column. |
| Work equipment exposed to conditions liable to cause deterioration must also be inspected after changes in the way it is used, accidents, natural phenomena or long periods of disuse. | Regulation on Health and Safety Conditions in the Use of Work Equipment, Art. 7(2)(b) | The inspection criteria column of the table. |
| The results of the periodic inspection are recorded with a wet signature and kept so that they can be shown to the authorities on request; a secure electronic signature under Law No. 5070 is also accepted. | Regulation on Health and Safety Conditions in the Use of Work Equipment, Art. 7(2)(c) | The source line under the table; the intervals are tied to the published text of the regulation. |
Türkiye is one of the few jurisdictions that ties periodic inspection intervals to a table item by item: the intervals sit in the ANNEX III tables of the Regulation on Health and Safety Conditions in the Use of Work Equipment.
Legal basis — European Union
| Obligation | Legal basis | How the tool covers it |
|---|---|---|
| Where the safety of work equipment depends on the installation conditions it shall be subject to an initial inspection after installation and before first being put into service, and to an inspection after assembly at a new site or in a new location, by competent persons. | Directive 2009/104/EC, Art. 5(1) | The first installation and relocation triggers in the inspection criteria column. |
| Work equipment exposed to conditions causing deterioration shall be subject to periodic inspections and, where appropriate, testing by competent persons. | Directive 2009/104/EC, Art. 5(2)(a) | The interval column of the table; on the directive side the figure in that column comes from the law of the Member State. |
| Special inspections by competent persons shall be carried out each time exceptional circumstances liable to jeopardise the safety of the work equipment have occurred, such as modification work, accidents, natural phenomena or prolonged periods of inactivity. | Directive 2009/104/EC, Art. 5(2)(b) | The event triggers in the inspection criteria column. |
| The results of inspections shall be recorded and kept at the disposal of the authorities concerned for a suitable period; when work equipment is used outside the undertaking it shall be accompanied by physical evidence that the last inspection has been carried out. | Directive 2009/104/EC, Art. 5(3) | The record and document note under the table. |
The directive does not give an inspection interval in figures: it binds the initial inspection, the periodic inspection, the special inspection and the keeping of records, and leaves the interval and the definition of a competent person to national law.
Legal basis — United Kingdom
| Obligation | Legal basis | How the tool covers it |
|---|---|---|
| Where the safety of work equipment depends on the installation conditions it must be inspected after installation and before being put into service for the first time, or after assembly at a new site or in a new location. | Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, reg. 6(1) | The page's "United Kingdom — a different structure" box and the inspection criteria column of the table. |
| Work equipment exposed to conditions causing deterioration liable to result in dangerous situations must be inspected at suitable intervals and each time exceptional circumstances liable to jeopardise its safety have occurred. | Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, reg. 6(2) | The page's own wording that PUWER sets no fixed interval; a principle stands in place of an interval. |
| The result of an inspection must be recorded and kept until the next inspection under the regulation is recorded. | Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, reg. 6(3) | The record note under the table. |
| Lifting equipment exposed to deterioration must be thoroughly examined at least every 6 months in the case of lifting equipment for lifting persons or an accessory for lifting, at least every 12 months in the case of other lifting equipment, or in accordance with an examination scheme. | Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998, reg. 9(3)(a)(i)-(iii) | The 6-month and 12-month split in the page's United Kingdom box. |
| Where the safety of lifting equipment depends on the installation conditions it must be thoroughly examined after installation and before being put into service for the first time and after assembly at a new site or in a new location. | Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998, reg. 9(2) | The installation trigger in the inspection criteria column. |
There is no item-by-item interval table in Great Britain: PUWER sets no fixed interval at all, while LOLER gives only two intervals, 6 and 12 months, for lifting equipment, or leaves it to a written examination scheme.
Legal basis — United States
| Obligation | Legal basis | How the tool covers it |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial trucks shall be examined before being placed in service and shall not be placed in service if the examination shows any condition adversely affecting the safety of the vehicle; such examination shall be made at least daily, and after each shift where trucks are used round the clock. | 29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7) | The United States counterpart of the forklift row in the interval column; the Turkish table gives an annual interval for the same equipment. |
| Prior to initial use all new and altered cranes shall be inspected to insure compliance with the provisions of this section. | 29 CFR 1910.179(j)(1)(i) | The first-use trigger in the inspection criteria column. |
| For cranes in regular service the inspection procedure is divided into two classes: frequent inspection at daily to monthly intervals and periodic inspection at 1 to 12-month intervals. | 29 CFR 1910.179(j)(1)(ii) | The United States counterpart of the crane rows in the interval column; the United States side gives a band rather than a single figure. |
| Hooks are visually inspected daily and inspected monthly with a certification record that includes the date of inspection, the signature of the person who performed it and the serial number of the hook. | 29 CFR 1910.179(j)(2)(iii) | The inspection criteria column; on the United States side the record duty goes down to component level. |
In the United States the interval is not in a single table but in the 29 CFR provision the equipment falls under; in one workplace a forklift is examined daily while a crane runs on two separate classes, daily-to-monthly and one-to-twelve months.