Periodic Regulatory Audits
Earthing
Presidential Decree No. 462 of 22 October 2001 lays down the obligation for any employer to carry out periodic checks on the earthing system of his business to protect the safety of people. Presidential Decree No. 462/2001 also specifies that partners, apprentices, trainees, students and any other person working in the above activity are treated as employees.
A note from the Ministry for Business and Made in Italy (prot. 10723 of 25/02/2005) also clarified that condominiums are to all intents and purposes subject to these checks even if they do not have employees. This check is carried out every two or five years, depending on the environment, by an inspection body authorised by the Ministry of Production Activities. Therefore, for the purposes of Presidential Decree 462/01, the checks carried out by professionals or installation companies are not valid.
The The Earthing division of Apave in Italy carries out verifications on low, medium and high voltage systems; on systems protected against atmospheric discharges and Atex environments.
Periodic and Extraordinary Inspections
In accordance with Presidential Decree 162/99, the property owner or their legal representative (e.g. the block of flats administrator) is obliged to have lifting equipment (lifts, goods lifts, lifting platforms and stairlifts) inspected at regular intervals by a Notified Body or the relevant ASL/ARPA.
Periodic Inspection (every 2 years)
The periodic inspection must be carried out every two years to ensure that the lift’s safety devices and components are functioning correctly and that maintenance has been carried out to the required standard.
Extraordinary Inspection
The extraordinary inspection is mandatory and is intended to restore the system to working order or bring it into compliance in the following situations:
- Substantial modifications: following major alterations or modifications to the lift system (not covered by routine maintenance).
- Significant incidents: following incidents occurring on the lift system.
- Failure of the periodic inspection: following a shutdown of the lift system due to a negative inspection report, once the sources of danger have been removed and the defects found have been repaired.
- Late application for a municipal registration number: where the notification of the installation’s commissioning to the relevant local authority/SUAP is submitted more than 60 days after the date of the EU Declaration of Conformity. In this case, the local authority will issue the registration number only upon presentation of a report on an extraordinary inspection certifying the safety and full operational efficiency of the installation.
Pressure lifting
Apave Italia CPM SRL is authorised by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies to carry out periodic inspections of work equipment, pursuant to Art. 71 paragraphs 11 and 12 and All.VII of Legislative Decree 81/2008 and Ministerial Decree of 11 April 2011 and subsequent amendments and additions.
Work equipment is divided into groups SC (lifting goods), SP (lifting persons) and GVR (gas, steam, heating) as detailed in All. II of Ministerial Decree 11 April 2011.
Competence matrix (italian version)SC GROUP - Non-hand-operated material hoisting appliances and centrifugal force washers
- Mobile material hoisting equipment with a lifting capacity exceeding 200 kg
- Transferable material hoisting equipment with a lifting capacity greater than 200 kg
- Stationary lifting equipment with a lifting capacity exceeding 200 kg
- Self-propelled telescopic boom trucks
- Hydro-extractors with centrifugal force
SP GROUP - Lifting of persons
- Aerial ladders with variable inclination
- Mobile bridges on motor-driven carriages
- Mobile bridges on hand-operated vertical carriages
- Suspended bridges and their winches
- Self-lifting work platforms on columns
- Construction site lifts and hoists
GVR GROUP - Gas, steam, heating
1. Pressure equipment:
- Containers containing fluids with pressure greater than 0,5 bar
- Water vapour generators
- Superheated water generators (to be treated as steam generators or heating systems according to art. 3 of D.M. 01.12.1975)
- Pipes containing gases, vapours and liquids
- Heat generators powered by solid, liquid or gaseous fuel for central heating systems using water under pressure with a water temperature not exceeding the boiling temperature at atmospheric pressure, having an overall capacity of the fireplaces exceeding 116 kW (central heating systems with heat generators must comply with the requirements of ISPESL Collection R)
- Furnaces for the chemical and allied industries
2. Assemblies: assemblies of equipment by a manufacturer, EC certified as assemblies according to Legislative Decree 93 of 25.02.2000.
Verification is carried out with the frequency envisaged in Annex VII of Legislative Decree 81/2008 and is aimed at ascertaining the conformity of the installation methods envisaged by the manufacturer in the instructions for use, the state of maintenance and conservation, the maintenance of the safety conditions originally envisaged by the manufacturer, the specifications of the work equipment and the efficiency of the safety and control devices.
The tariffs are established by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and are automatically updated every two years on the basis of the ISTAT indices of consumer prices for families of workers and employees for the month preceding the update.
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