LOLER and PUWER inspections in lincoln
PULO Compliance carries out independent LOLER thorough examinations and PUWER inspections for businesses, landlords and managing agents in Lincoln and across Lincolnshire. Passenger lifts and other equipment that lifts people need a LOLER examination every 6 months (Regulation 9(3).
Most other lifting equipment needs one every 12 months, unless it is examined under a written scheme. PUWER Regulation 6 adds inspection duties for work equipment, with results recorded.
Ryan Leavesley MSOE MBES leads the team on every examination. You get a clear written report and a fixed quote once the work is scoped.
Who enforces in lincoln?
Enforcement depends on the main activity at the premises. According to City of Lincoln Council, the council enforces in retail, retail and wholesale warehouses, offices, catering, hotels and residential care homes, and leisure and consumer services. The HSE covers factories, building sites, farms, fairgrounds, quarries, railways, hospitals, schools and colleges.
For you, the practical point is that your duties under LOLER and PUWER are the same either way. Who inspects you doesn’t change what the law asks you to do.
Why Lincoln is different
Lincoln mixes heritage buildings with a growing science and engineering base, and that affects what gets examined.
Science and technology sites
The Lincoln Science and Innovation Park on Ruston Way (LN6) brings together the Think Tank innovation centre, the University of Lincoln’s Joseph Banks Laboratories and the Boole Technology Centre. Sites like these typically have passenger lifts, goods lifts and laboratory or workshop equipment that all need their own examination cycle.
Heavy engineering
Siemens has long run gas turbine service and overhaul work at its Teal Park site on the edge of the city. Engineering sites of that kind rely on overhead cranes, hoists and lifting accessories, which sit on the 12-month cycle, or the 6-month cycle where they lift people.
Historic buildings
Many older buildings in the city centre and uphill area have had lifts and platform lifts fitted after the fact. Retrofitted lifts are still lifting equipment, and they still need a thorough examination.
Food and agricultural supply chains
Lincolnshire’s food and farming economy means forklifts, loading bay equipment and tail lifts are common on industrial estates around the city.
what we examine in lincoln
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Passenger lifts, goods lifts and platform lifts
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Hoists, patient hoists and slings
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Forklifts and telehandlers
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Overhead cranes, jib cranes and lifting accessories
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Vehicle lifts and tail lifts
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PUWER inspections of machinery and work equipment
how it works
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Tell us what you have: Send us a list of equipment and locations. We can work from an existing inspection report if you have one.
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Fixed quote: Once we know the scope, we quote a fixed price. It does not change after you accept.
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Independent examination: We examine on site. We don’t maintain your equipment, so there is nothing for us to protect.
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Report: You get a written report straight away. Anything urgent is flagged clearly.
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Reminders: We keep the next due date, so you aren’t chasing it.
For more on why independence matters, see our guide to same-company vs independent examiners, and our lift inspections page.
Where we cover
PULO Compliance is based in Nottingham and travels to sites across Lincolnshire. That includes Lincoln itself (LN1–LN6), North Hykeham, Saxilby, Gainsborough and Sleaford. If your site is further afield, get in touch and we’ll confirm. See our pages for Inspections in Nottingham and Inspections in Loughborough.