Lifting equipment safe-working-load marking checklist
- Version
- v1
- Updated
- 7 October 2026
- Reviewed
- 7 October 2026
- Who this checklist is for
- Staff or contractors appointed by a maintained or academy primary or secondary school in England to inspect or control lifting equipment or lifting accessories.
- Jurisdiction
- england
13 checklist steps
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Confirm applicability
Use the remaining steps only where the school uses or controls lifting equipment or lifting accessories, such as hoists, lifting accessories or other machinery for lifting loads.
Identify the equipment
Response required
Record the equipment or accessory identifier, location and equipment type being checked.
Identifier; location; equipment or accessory type
Check for safe-working-load information
Check the lifting machinery or accessory and its accompanying information for an indication of its safe working load.
- Yes
- No
- Not applicable
Notes
Record the marking status
Select the status that matches the information found during the check.
Choose one
- Safe-working-load information is clear and legible
- Information is present but illegible or unclear
- Information is missing
- Another form of safe-working-load indication is provided
- Not applicable to this equipment or accessory
Check configuration-specific capacity
Where the safe working load depends on the configuration of the machinery, check that the safe working load for each configuration is marked or that the relevant information is kept with the machinery.
- Yes
- No
- Not applicable
Notes
Record configuration information
If configuration affects capacity, record the configurations checked and where the corresponding safe-working-load information is located.
Configurations checked and location of corresponding information
Check chain and wire sling markings
Where the equipment is a chain or wire sling, check that the safe working load is marked legibly and indelibly on a durable tag or label attached to the sling, or on the ferrule or master link.
- Yes
- No
- Not applicable
Notes
Record the marking method
Record how the safe-working-load information is provided, including any surrogate marking or additional colour coding used.
Tag, label, ferrule, master link, equipment marking, accompanying information or other method
Check reliance on colour coding
If colour coding is used, check whether safe-working-load information is also provided by an appropriate marking or other indication; do not treat colour coding alone as the safe-working-load indication unless the equipment-specific circumstances support that use.
- Yes
- No
- Not applicable
Notes
Check equipment assemblies
Where lifting accessories remain assembled as part of a specific item of lifting equipment, check the lifting equipment marking and confirm that its safe-working-load rating is suitable for all items in the assembly.
- Yes
- No
- Not applicable
Notes
Record the equipment status
Select the action status resulting from this check.
Choose one
- Available for use subject to local controls
- Correction or further information required
- Withdrawn from use pending correction or confirmation
- Not applicable
Record correction or withdrawal
Where information is missing or illegible, record the correction required or the withdrawal from use, including the person or organisation responsible and any reference used to track completion.
Defect; correction required; withdrawal details; responsible person or organisation; tracking reference
Record evidence and date
Response required
Record the date of the check, the name or role of the person completing it, and any supporting evidence or observations.
Date; person or role; observations; evidence reference