Lifting gear inspection

Inspection log

What was found on each sling, shackle or hoist, and what came out of use.

What was found, item by item

Wear, deformation, corrosion, fittings and mechanism — the things a person can see and feel — recorded per item, with an action on anything found.

Deliberately no numbers of its own

Every figure that would make this look like an engineering document is absent. Ratings are the manufacturer's, examination intervals are the regulator's, and the lift plan is a competent person's.

Around it

Fall protection equipment is the fall protection inspection log. What is on hire is the equipment hire register.

A record of your own look over lifting gear. It publishes no working load limit, no derating and no examination interval, and makes no determination that any item is suitable for any lift. Everything runs on your device.

Questions people ask

Does it hold working load limits?
No. There is no working load limit table, no capacity figure, no derating and no sling-angle or leg-tension calculation anywhere in it. A rating lives on the manufacturer's marking, and the item's markings are recorded here exactly as they were read.
Is this a thorough examination record?
No. Thorough examination is work carried out by a competent person under the rules that apply where you are, and it produces its own certificate. This is your own pre-use and periodic look, written down.
Does it say whether gear is suitable for a lift?
No. Planning a lift — the load, the angles, the gear, the method — is a competent person's job. Nothing here makes any determination about suitability.
Where does the certificate go?
It stays wherever you keep it. There is a field to note where that is, so a person looking at the log can find the paperwork. Nothing here reads, checks or issues a certificate.