Some yards use colour so a date can be seen from a few metres away. Colour is your scheme. It is not, by itself, the thorough examination.
Titan does not carry out thorough examinations. A label shows the dates and wording you supply. It does not replace the written report.
What HSE says colour can be
HSE’s inspection of work equipment page says that when equipment leaves your undertaking, or is obtained from another, it should be accompanied by physical evidence of the last inspection. For smaller items, HSE gives examples of that evidence: an inspection report or some form of tagging, colour coding or labelling. That is evidence that an inspection happened. It is not a national colour code, and HSE does not publish a calendar of colours for forklift thorough examinations on that page.
The thorough examination report still has to carry the information in Schedule 1, including the examination date and the next due date. A coloured corner does not replace those words. If two contractors use different colours for the same quarter, a walk round the yard will mislead people. Agree one scheme, write it down, and print only that scheme.
Agree it in writing
Write down what each colour means and who is allowed to apply it. Give that note to the people who hand machines out. A colour that only one fitter remembers will be printed wrong on the next order. When the competent person changes the next date, change the label. Do not rely on the colour alone if the printed date is out of date. The report is still the record HSE describes, with the examination date and the next due date in the Schedule 1 information.
Ordering
Tell us the colour and the date wording you want. We do not issue a colour as proof that a thorough examination was done. If you do not have a scheme, a single-colour label with a clear next date is easier to read than a code nobody has written down. Catalogue labels in stock can dispatch the same day. Specified colours that are not on the shelf are quoted.
LOLER labels Colour on date labels