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Every machine on a site gets the same five minutes before the key turns: a walk all the way around, a look under it, a look inside the cab, and a sound check of the horn and the alarms. Pick your machine below and run today’s walk-around check item by item. It stays on your phone, and you can copy the result to send to your supervisor.
What a walk-around check is
A walk-around check is the slow lap you take around the machine before you start it, with the engine off, the machine parked on level ground and the attachment on the ground. You are looking for anything that changed since yesterday: a fresh drip under the engine, a crack in a weld, a pin working its way out, a cut in a tire or a loose track, a frayed seat belt. Then you climb in and check that the horn, the backup alarm and the lights work. It takes five to ten minutes. The routine is the same on an excavator, a backhoe loader, a forklift and a wheel loader; only the parts you look at change.
The list on this page comes from public sources. For forklifts, the OSHA standard for powered industrial trucks, 29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7), describes an examination before the truck is placed in service, at least daily, and (p)(1) describes taking a truck that needs repair out of service. For earthmoving machines, OSHA 1926.602 lists the equipment the machine carries, such as seat belts, brakes that stop and hold, a horn and a backup alarm, and ISO 20474-1 sets general safety requirements for earthmoving machines. The rest comes from generic walk-around guides with no brand. This page is a study aid. The checklist your site uses and the machine's own manual come first.
The four groups
Every machine goes through the same four groups, in this order:
- Around the machine: tracks or tires, boom, arm and bucket or forks, hoses you can see, steps and handholds;
- Fluids and leaks: engine oil, hydraulic oil, coolant and fuel, plus any puddle or wet spot under the machine;
- Cab and controls: glass and mirrors, seat belt, gauges and warning lights, and brakes and steering on the first slow move;
- Safety devices: horn, backup alarm, lights and the fire extinguisher, if the machine carries one.
How the check works on this page
Pick the machine and the checklist opens on the next page. Each item changes state with one touch: the first marks it OK, the second marks it Issue, the third marks it N/A for parts your machine does not have. An Issue opens a short note field, for something like "left stabilizer pad cracked". The bar at the top moves as you go. At the end you see a summary such as "14 of 16 OK, 2 issues", and Copy today's check turns it into plain text you can paste into a message. The check stays only on your phone. If you close the page and come back the same day, it picks up where you left off; the next day it starts clean.
This is a memory aid for the operator, not a record for anyone else and not a substitute for the inspection form your site uses. Running a machine is learned in the machine, with an experienced operator beside you.
