The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has proposed a rule change to reduce the documentation required for commercial vehicle inspections.
Anyone tasked with maintenance responsibility at a company should be championing equipment inspections as hard as they can. That’s because equipment inspections, when done regularly and properly,...
When asked about safety, almost every company will say, “Yeah, for sure, we’re safe.” But anyone who’s been around actual equipment operations in the field knows that’s not always the reality.
Commercial equipment isn’t the only type of equipment that needs inspecting. Anyone who lives where inspections of personal vehicles are mandatory can attest to that.
At many companies, the primary reason for doing equipment inspections is because they’re legally required, as is the case for commercial vehicle inspections. And since compliance is the motivation,...
When we’re demonstrating The Checker at trade shows, we like to ask safety, maintenance, and operations managers about their organization’s attitude toward commercial equipment inspections.
If your company’s attitude toward inspecting equipment is that it’s a necessary evil, then your inspections probably are a waste of time, other than providing documentation to cover legal and...
An inspection checklist, when used properly, is an assurance that a particular piece of equipment has been inspected. As each item on the checklist is ticked off, the person doing the inspection is...
Learn how inspections can increase productivity, reduce costs, and improve safety in a systematic way that can be sustained as a competitive advantage.
