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HS&E LAEE practice question: Thorough examination of lifts (3 of 6)

E. Specialist: Lifts and escalators A free question from our original HS&E LAEE practice exam. Try it, then open the answer to see why each option is right or wrong.

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Your firm services a lift every month, and its thorough examination is due.

Should your service engineer do the examination?

Choose one answer.

  1. A. Yes, as they know the lift best
  2. B. Yes, if they sign the report twice to show they checked
  3. C. Yes, if the client agrees to it
  4. D. No, they'd be checking their own work
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Answer: D

  • A. Wrong: Wrong. The examiner should be independent of the maintenance.
  • B. Wrong: Wrong. They should not examine their own work.
  • C. Wrong: Wrong. The examiner needs to be independent and impartial.
  • D. Right: Right. HSE says the examiner should not be the person who routinely maintains the equipment, as they would be assessing their own work.

Explanation

The competent person doing a thorough examination should be independent of the routine maintenance.

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