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goodtogosafety
Fife, United Kingdom

I wanted to know what system you have in place to ensure your drivers carry out a pre-use inspection of their FLT? How do you know it has been carried out and how do you know it is done pre-use (rather than backdated in a batch when an audit is due)?

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Posted 23 Oct 2009 08:54 PM

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dan_m
Ontario, Canada

When doing th circle checks, do it carbonless, making 2 copies. 1 to the supervisor and the second stays on the truck for the day. That way, everybody who runs that truck will appreciate that the check has been completed!

Posted 24 Oct 2009 04:04 AM

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TradeShowDave
California, United States

Daily check sheets turned in in am. and checked off with the sign-in-sheet. Info on check sheets is not specified by all, the same. At my company (corporate) they don't ask about motor oil.....Duh. But they do ask you to sign it...

Posted 25 Oct 2009 01:31 PM

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goodtogosafety
Fife, United Kingdom

Do you have multiple users of the same truck? If so, does each user complete a check before using it, or do they assume that the guy before them did it? Is there anything that visually inidcates that the first user completed the inspection?

Posted 26 Oct 2009 06:15 PM

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dan_m
Ontario, Canada

I am a professional trainer. The pre-shift inspections are just that. Pre-shift. One shift per day...1 inspection per day.

If multiple users are on the same truck daily, let's say, then one is assigned to do the inspection that day, and each subsequent driver, does not. By leaving a copy of the check sheet on the truck, all the users know that it has been completed. Unless the supervisor is strict enough to expect the pre shift inspection on time, no excuses, then everyone knows for sure that it has been done.

Posted 26 Oct 2009 08:39 PM

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MaxaM60
Bristol, United Kingdom

In the UK the awarding bodies were very specific when the term "pre shift" check was changed to "pre use check". Each check by each person has to be recorded.
Certainly in the UK you can not rely on someone else checking a machine for your safety - each user is responsible for their own safety.

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Posted 2 Nov 2009 07:22 PM

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dan_m
Ontario, Canada

Interesting!

Posted 2 Nov 2009 09:35 PM

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