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Overhead crane and hoist maintenance checklists
Overhead crane and hoist maintenance checklists for the quarterly and annual rounds: 2 free lists, 30 items and 27 photo requirements, each item naming what to look for and the photo evidence it needs. Work is commonly verified against ASME B30; the edition in force is the AHJ's call on each project.
The overhead crane and hoist rounds
Where each walk sits in the schedule
01quarterly
Overhead crane and hoist quarterly maintenance checklist
Every quarter as an interim observation between the qualified inspector's scheduled inspections, catching wear items so they can be referred, not certified, on this walk.
Run by: The maintenance mechanic or a designated operator recording an observational round. This is not the periodic or rated-load inspection, which a qualified or certified inspector performs.
02annual
Overhead crane and hoist annual maintenance checklist
Once a year, coordinated with the qualified inspector's periodic inspection. The site documents its own observations and confirms the inspector's findings are on file; it does not certify the crane.
Run by: Building maintenance recording a fuller observational pass; the periodic inspection and any rated-load test are performed and certified by a qualified or certified crane inspector, whose report governs.
What most often fails on an overhead crane and hoist
- Findings written up as a pass when the walk is only an observation, so a defect gets closed out without the qualified inspector ever seeing it.
- Hook throat opening and latch never actually looked at because the hook is parked high and no one lowered it to eye level.
- Limit switch assumed working because the hoist has never been run up far enough on a normal lift to reach it.
- Site record treated as the annual certification, so the qualified inspector's periodic inspection is skipped and the crane runs uncertified.
- Structural and rail items only viewed from the floor, so cracked welds or loosened rail clips high on the runway go unrecorded until the inspector finds them.
- Brake and limit behavior logged from the quarterly light-load habit, while the actual rated-load testing that would catch fade is left to no one.
Verified against
Families only, never clause numbers. Adoption varies by jurisdiction; confirm the edition your authority having jurisdiction enforces before you run a walk against it.
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Common questions
5 answers
- Which overhead crane and hoist maintenance rounds do these checklists cover?
- Overhead crane and hoist quarterly maintenance checklist (quarterly): Every quarter as an interim observation between the qualified inspector's scheduled inspections, catching wear items so they can be referred, not certified, on this walk. Overhead crane and hoist annual maintenance checklist (annual): Once a year, coordinated with the qualified inspector's periodic inspection. The site documents its own observations and confirms the inspector's findings are on file; it does not certify the crane.
- Who runs the overhead crane and hoist maintenance round?
- The maintenance mechanic or a designated operator recording an observational round. This is not the periodic or rated-load inspection, which a qualified or certified inspector performs. Building maintenance recording a fuller observational pass; the periodic inspection and any rated-load test are performed and certified by a qualified or certified crane inspector, whose report governs.
- What most often fails on an overhead crane and hoist?
- Findings written up as a pass when the walk is only an observation, so a defect gets closed out without the qualified inspector ever seeing it. Hook throat opening and latch never actually looked at because the hook is parked high and no one lowered it to eye level. Limit switch assumed working because the hoist has never been run up far enough on a normal lift to reach it. Site record treated as the annual certification, so the qualified inspector's periodic inspection is skipped and the crane runs uncertified.
- Which standards is overhead crane and hoist work verified against?
- ASME B30, published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Adoption varies by jurisdiction. Confirm the edition your authority having jurisdiction enforces before you run a walk against it.
- Can I run these checklists in RTI?
- Yes. Start a free RTI workspace and load any of the 2 lists (30 items in total). The Photo Gate holds the submit button until every mandatory item is answered and its photos are attached, and approved inspections roll into a branded turnover package with a tamper evident audit trail.
Run these lists with the Photo Gate.
Tag one area, scan it, and the submit stays locked until the photos exist.
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