MINING
Inspection and certification records for mining and quarrying operations, surface and underground
Equipment, competency and safety documentation in one system, with the LOLER and PUWER evidence ready on every site you run, surface or underground.
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Plant, lifting gear and PPE, each on its own schedule
Schedule Manager
Plant, lifting gear and PPE each run their own inspection schedule, whatever the mix on your site, with its own checklist, certificate and list of who's authorised to sign it off.
Checklist Editor
Manufacturer-approved checklists for the equipment you run, drawn from the 120+ brands in the Papertrail Product Directory, including PPE inspection records for harnesses, hard hats, gas detectors and fall-arrest equipment. Build your own for anything site-specific with the Checklist Editor on Expert and Enterprise.
Scanning (NFC/QR)
Tag equipment and pull up its full history in seconds, even offline in a synced account, useful wherever signal is patchy on a pit face or underground.
Analytics
One report across every site: inspection outcomes, open and closed tasks, inventory value and which staff qualifications have lapsed. Find the gaps before an auditor does.
Schedule Manager
Plant, lifting gear and PPE each run their own inspection schedule, whatever the mix on your site, with its own checklist, certificate and list of who's authorised to sign it off.
Checklist Editor
Manufacturer-approved checklists for the equipment you run, drawn from the 120+ brands in the Papertrail Product Directory, including PPE inspection records for harnesses, hard hats, gas detectors and fall-arrest equipment. Build your own for anything site-specific with the Checklist Editor on Expert and Enterprise.
Scanning (NFC/QR)
Tag equipment and pull up its full history in seconds, even offline in a synced account, useful wherever signal is patchy on a pit face or underground.
Analytics
One report across every site: inspection outcomes, open and closed tasks, inventory value and which staff qualifications have lapsed. Find the gaps before an auditor does.
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Checklist Editor
Inspect
Use manufacturer-approved checklists for any equipment type, from lifting gear to PPE inspection records. Build your own with the Checklist Editor on Expert and Enterprise.
Easy for the whole crew to pick up, on every site
Hogan Group runs quarrying, asphalt, concrete and roadworks operations, and printed roughly 150 checklists a week before switching to Papertrail. Papertrail built custom modules for each of those operations.
“Papertrail is exceptionally user-friendly and intuitive. The software requires minimal training for our diverse team members, ranging from 18 to 79 year olds. Its ease of use has optimised our processes and made it effortless for everyone, regardless of age or background.”
Jamie Hogan
Production Director, Hogan Group
Related modules
Inspection Management
Plant and general site equipment records, covering everything beyond lifting gear and PPE specifically.
Lifting & Anchor Bolt
Cranes, winches and lifting gear, each with its own LOLER thorough examination record.
Staff Competency
Training and competency records for site staff and contractors, tracked centrally so you can show who's signed off for what.
Share inspection records with contractors, hauliers and the site operator
PartnerHub connects your account to the organisations you work with, so they see the records you share, and every update to them, in their own workspace.
Invite
Invite an inspection contractor, a haulage or plant hire company, or the site operator overseeing a job into a PartnerHub partnership
See
They see the live record in their own workspace, with its full history from creation onwards, not a certificate emailed after the fact
Revoke
Revoke access and the record disappears from their view immediately, without ending the partnership
Built around the standards mining and quarrying teams are inspected against
Mining and quarrying sites run a mix of plant, lifting gear and PPE. Most of it falls under LOLER, which requires thorough examination of lifting equipment, or PUWER, which covers work equipment generally. Quarries also answer to the Quarries Regulations 1999, and mines to the Mines Regulations 2014. Papertrail can run each as its own schedule, with its own checklist, certificate and list of who's authorised to sign it off.
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Frequently asked questions
Will crews on site actually use it, not just the office?
Yes. An inspection is a scan, a checklist and a save, on a phone or tablet on site. It works offline in a synced account, so a patchy signal at the pit face or underground doesn't stop an inspection.
How fast can we get every site set up, not just one?
Your account does not start empty. Papertrail builds new accounts from industry-specific templates, so your account opens with the folder structure, inspection frequencies, equipment states and record blueprint suited to your operations, rather than a blank account you configure yourself. Bringing your existing equipment list and inspection history across is a separate step, and we help you do it.
Does Papertrail cover LOLER and PUWER separately, or do we need two systems?
One system. Lifting gear such as cranes, winches and hoists falls under LOLER; plant and other work equipment falls under PUWER. Papertrail runs each as its own schedule, with its own checklist, certificate and authorised signatories, on the same account.
Does this cover PPE and equipment like gas detectors and fall-arrest equipment, or only lifting gear?
Both, and everything in between. Checklists adapt to whatever equipment categories your site runs, from lifting gear to PPE such as gas detectors and fall-arrest equipment, each on its own schedule with its own certificate. Manufacturer-approved checklists cover the 120+ brands already in the Papertrail Product Directory, and the Checklist Editor, on Expert and Enterprise, covers anything site-specific beyond that.
One record for every piece of plant and PPE, on site or off
Book a demo and we'll walk through it with your own plant and equipment register, or start for free and set up your first site yourself.
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