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Excavator pre-use check
Checklist · Every day before use
The operator's daily check of an excavator: the bucket and quick hitch, tracks, hydraulics, safety devices and the cab.
Use it in Sitro: add it to a project and fill it on a phone, free for 14 days.
The law and guidance behind it
- Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER), Regulations 4, 5 and 6 (suitability, maintenance, inspection)
- The manufacturer's instructions
The questions
The machine
- Make, model and fleet number
- Operator
- Hour meter
Walk round
- No fluid leaks; oil, coolant and hydraulic levels right
- Tyres or tracks sound, wheel nuts tight
- No damage to the body, cab, guards or steps
- Glass, mirrors and cameras clean and unbroken
This machine
- Quick hitch locked, its safety pin or lock in place, and the operator has checked it
- Bucket teeth and pins sound
- Tracks tensioned and undamaged
- Hydraulic isolator (safety lever) works
- Seat belt worn and works
Started up
- Lights, beacon and horn work
- Reversing alarm or warning device works
- Brakes and parking brake work
- Controls work and return to neutral
- Result
Sign-off
- Checked by the operator
- Date and time
- Signature
A template to adapt to your site, not legal advice.
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