Given the safety of the lifting equipment, it is necessary to register with the Technical Supervision Office (UDT). What is such supervision, and in what form is it conducted? Is the crane equipment equal in scope?

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The applicable legal acts in the field of technical supervision are: – Act on technical supervision from dn. 21.12.2000 (Dz. U. No. 122, p. 1321) – sets out the principles, scope and forms of technical supervision and the bodies competent to perform it.

Forms of technical supervision of lifting equipment

Lifting equipment shall be subject to technical supervision which may be carried out in the form of:

• full,
• limited,
• simplified.

Full supervision

With this type of supervision, UDT performs the following activities:

• In-service testing, i.e. testing of the device in working conditions,
• periodic technical examinations,
• ad hoc technical examinations,
• verify the qualification certificates of persons operating and maintaining technical equipment.

Device List cranes subject to full supervision:

• escalators and mobile walkways,
• storage systems,
• mobile mobile platforms,
• Hanging mobile platforms,
• Mobile masts,
• equipment for persons with disabilities,
• cabin circular conveyors,
• equipment made entirely or partially in the explosion-proof version,
• special-purpose cranes,
• Self-propelled cranes; tower cranes; fast-mounted mobile cranes,
• rail cranes, portable cranes with a load capacity exceeding 3,200 kg,
• special-purpose hoists and winches,
• general purpose cranes with non-manual drive,
• passenger lifts, including cranes designed to provide access to machinery,
• small and freight cranes without access to the cabin,
• construction cranes for goods and passengers,
• linotor levers,
• equipment for the movement of containers during handling operations,
• lift tables in which the entry of persons into the load-carrying element is provided during their operation, or
• being under this element,
• bogies with boom,
• carriages with a person carrying a load,
• other lift trucks with a mechanical platform lifting drive or with a seat for the servicer.

Limited surveillance

With this form of supervision, UDT performs:

• In-service testing, i.e. testing of the device in working conditions,
• ad hoc technical examinations,
• verify the qualification certificates of persons operating and maintaining technical equipment.

In addition: Full or limited surveillance equipment shall require a decision authorising its operation.

List of crane equipment subject to restricted surveillance:

• fixed cranes,
• freight extracts,
• fixed mobile platforms,
• mobile loading platforms,
• construction cranes,
• fixed and mobile cranes,
• portable cranes with a load capacity exceeding 2 tonnes,
• hand-operated overhead cranes,
• hand-operated cranes with a load capacity exceeding 2.000 kg,
• manually operated hoists and winches with a capacity above 2.000 kg,
• mechanical-powered hoists and winches of general purpose,
• Other portable cranes; mobile cranes other than fast-assembly,
• other lift trucks with a mechanical lifting drive operated and remotely controlled.

Simplified supervision

In this form of supervision, the UDT performs type tests and checks:

• whether the equipment is manufactured in accordance with the rights set out in the legislation.

In addition: The devices under simplified supervision shall not require a decision authorising their operation.

List of crane equipment subject to simplified supervision:

• portable lift tables with a load capacity of up to 2 tonnes.
• hand-operated cranes with a load capacity of up to 2,000 kg,
• hand-operated hoists and winches with a load capacity of up to 2,000 kg,
• single-phase electric hoists and winches up to 1.000 kg,