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6 Common Issues & Solutions in Equipment-Based Lifting Operations

Lifting equipment like cranes, hoists, and slings are vital across industries, but improper use can cause serious accidents, usually due to poor planning, misuse, or lack of awareness rather than equipment failure. Read this article for six common lifting issues and how to address them.

22 Apr 2026

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Lifting Gear UK
Unit 1D Maple Court
White Moss Business Park
Skelmersdale
WN8 9TW
England

0330 3322 350
nationalonecall@lg-uk.com

About Lifting Gear UK

Whether your requirement is equipment hire, sales, on or off site testing, repairs, LOLER inspections or bespoke fabrications, Lifting Gear UK has both the expertise and equipment to get the job done.

Our products range from heavy lifting and jacking equipment with capacities up to 900 tonnes, through to general site and manual handling equipment to lift just a few kilo’s and can often be delivered to you anywhere in the UK on either a same day or next day basis. In addition we also offer, for both sale and hire, a full range of height safety equipment and solutions for most eventualities.

Lifting Gear UK is proud to be an active part of the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association and has staff who are long standing members of it’s technical committee in addition to a team of qualified technicians & engineers. This means that when you work with us you get the assurance that your job is being handled by a reputable professionally recognised organisation.