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LOLER requires a documented lift plan for any lifting operation. The LMS check is the site's way of complying. On the bigger Tier 1 sites this is becoming universal and frankly after a number of high-profile telehandler incidents in recent years it's hard to argue against it. The half hour a day is annoying but the alternative is a fatality.
We moved to a digital LOLER checklist on our site and it went from 12 minutes to about 4. Worth raising with the SM as a process improvement. Frame it as efficiency not avoiding checks and you'll get a better reception.
Ask the site manager if they use any digital lift planning apps. A few of the bigger contractors use tablet-based systems that auto-populate the machine data and cut the time right down. If they're still on paper forms in 2024 that's a site-specific inefficiency.
Not arguing against the safety case, just wondering if there's a more efficient way to do it. The paper form takes forever.
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