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A daily pre-use inspection for vehicles and heavy equipment — fluids, tires/tracks, brakes, lights, safety devices, and attachments, with out-of-service and work-order tracking.
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OSHA requires operators to inspect equipment before use (e.g., 1926.601 for vehicles, 1926.1412 for cranes). A documented daily check catches defects before they cause a failure or injury, and creates the maintenance record that protects you.
Seven sections: fluid levels & leaks, tires/tracks/undercarriage, brakes & steering, lights & electrical, safety devices, attachments & structure, and operator area — each item marked OK or defect, with description, out-of-service flag, and work-order reference.
Mark it as a defect, note whether the unit is out of service, and reference the work order. Equipment with safety-critical defects should be tagged out until repaired — the out-of-service column makes that decision explicit.
Yes — it covers wheeled and tracked equipment (tire and track/undercarriage items both included) plus ROPS/FOPS, load charts for lifts/cranes, and the general vehicle items.
A daily pre-use inspection is both an OSHA requirement and the cheapest maintenance you'll ever do — five minutes that catches a hydraulic leak, a bad brake, or a missing backup alarm before it becomes a breakdown or an injury. This checklist walks the operator through fluids, tires or tracks, brakes and steering, lights and electrical, safety devices, attachments, and the cab.
Each item is marked OK or defect with a notes field, an out-of-service flag, and a work-order reference — so a safety-critical defect gets the unit tagged out instead of run until it fails, and every defect ties to a repair.
Paper inspection forms rarely make it back to the shop. Field PM's tool & equipment tracking schedules maintenance and calibration, logs damage reports, and keeps the service history attached to each asset.