Safety Knights

Is this for the daily or the annuals?

I had a system integrated into the startup of the devices. They couldn't start the machine if it hadn't been inspected.

I currently do written...I prefer software. During an internship I did we used Crown Forklifts. Like Branden mentioned these were integrated into startup. Each employee had to scan in to start the forklift and had 5-10 minutes to complete their inspection, otherwise it would shut down and lock them out till they completed it.

There was a ton of functionality besides the inspections too. Highly recommend checking them out.

Written on forms. Software would be better. But at least its physical documentation!

I took a forklift train the trainer course and the instructor told everyone that daily inspection documentation is not required. Its the training of how to do an inspection that is required. So you can get by with visual inspections as long as the operator can demonstrate how to do an inspection if he is asked. Is that true?

One of my customers has a really neat system, I think. He has 12 PIT's. 4- Class 1s, 4 - Class 4s, 1-Class 5, 2-Class 2s, and 1-Class 3. He struggled with a paper system and compliance for years and years! His management would not spring for software! They even got an OSHA Serious Citation on the lack of PIT checklists. His management told him, "No software, just FIX IT!" Got no help from Supervisor and OPs! So he did this:
#1 Assigned all the PITS to specific parking areas. Each PIT had to be in its specified parking space at the end of the shift.
#2 Along side each parking space a large grease board was hung on the wall.
#3 On the grease board were PIT Checklists prepared in permanent ink and decals.
#4 Before a PIT left the parking space a completed Checklist had to be completed by the operator on the wall using erasable ink marker. Also on the checklist was the operators printed name, date and shift. No PIT could leave its parking space with the wall checklist completed.
#5 About an hour into the shift the Shipping Coordinator, or their designee would come by with an I-Pad and take a picture of each checklist.
#6 Each picture was downloaded to a electronic file with the Date and shift and stored in a cloud.

Passed an OSHA audit. No paper. It was work making the boards but the system worked well and no paper!

In mining there has to be a pre operation inspection of each mobile equipment being used. This year we went with AMOS Mobile Solutions app. We were able to set up each inspection checklist for different piece of equipment.
We also use the app for our work place inspections.