Peter Richardson
10 May 2017 · Coroner Simon Wickens · Surrey
The coroner's concerns
1. unsafe tolerance of safety critical elements of two-post lifts
“No formal guidance exists as to safe tolerances of safety critical elements of two-post lifts”
2. absence of torque guidance for safety critical elements
“The supplier of the Bendpak Lift in the UK, Liftmaster, do not supply guidance as to the required torque for safety critical 2 RT4563 elements of their two-post”
3. insufficient training and lack of periodic retraining
“Mr [name redacted] who operated the lift only received training on the specific lift at the point it was installed in 2012”
4. use of foreign objects between lift pads and vehicle
“It is a known practice for a variety of different objects (for example a piece of wood) to be placed on top of the lift pads between the pad and the vehicle”
Responses
2017-0162-Response-by-HSE.pdf ↗· Health and Safety Executive
Stated action
“The HSE intends to issue additional guidance concerning the inspection of two post ramps by thorough examiners to highlight the risks in relation to this type of lifting equipment. This will be covered in HSE Operational Guidance, which will be brought to the attention of the various stakeholder groups, namely the inspection industry and will also be publically available on the HSE website.”
Peter-Richardson-Response.pdf ↗· West End Garage
Stated action · 3 May 2017
“issued a technical document on the 3 May 2017 to its engineering surveyors which instructed them to record the pad wear (tolerance) on the report of thorough examination for two post vehicle lifting tables”