ANSI A92 daily pre-shift for both boom and scissor MEWPs (mobile elevating work platforms). Covers ground and platform controls, tilt sensors that prevent driving while elevated, and the emergency descent the operator needs to know works before stepping on.
Sections
6
Fields
28
Equipment
Aerial Lift
FREE PRINTABLE SAMPLE · NO EMAIL · THE FULL, CUSTOMIZABLE INSPECTION RUNS IN-APP
WHAT IT IS
The aerial lift (boom / scissor) inspection checklist is the daily aerial lift inspection built to ANSI A92. It runs 6 sections and roughly 28 pass / fail / N A checkpoints — covering Pre-Start Walk-Around, Hydraulic & Power System, Controls & Tilt Sensors, Platform & Guardrails, Emergency Descent, and Tires / Outriggers. Download the free printable sampleto put on a clipboard today — it's a basic quick-reference. The real power is running it in the DigiDocs app, where this becomes a fully customizable, 28-point digital inspection: every failure auto-creates a deficiency routed to your mechanic, photos attach on the spot, the operator e-signs, and each completed inspection becomes a signed, timestamped audit-trail record your auditor will accept without a fight.
CHECKLIST · STRUCTURE
This template is organized into 6 sections totaling roughly 28 Pass / Fail / N/A items. Clone it and tune fields to match your exact equipment configuration.
AUTHORITATIVE · STANDARD
ANSI A92
Pre-Start Walk-Around
SECTION · 01 · OF · 6
Hydraulic & Power System
SECTION · 02 · OF · 6
Controls & Tilt Sensors
SECTION · 03 · OF · 6
Platform & Guardrails
SECTION · 04 · OF · 6
Emergency Descent
SECTION · 05 · OF · 6
Tires / Outriggers
SECTION · 06 · OF · 6
CREW · WHO RUNS THIS
Electricians on commercial fit-outs, HVAC crews on rooftop units, sprayed-fireproofing teams, exterior painters, sign installers, roofers running edge work — anyone whose worksite uses a Genie, JLG, Skyjack, or Snorkel MEWP. ANSI A92 daily applies whether the lift is owned, rented, or shared between trades on a GC site.
FIELD · INTEL
Pulled from competent-person write-ups in the field — not from a regulation digest. These are the items that fail the daily check more than any others.
Tilt sensor bypassed or shimmed so the machine can drive elevated — fatal-class defect
Emergency-descent valve seized from disuse; never tested on the daily
Platform-control lockout disabled, allowing ground-control override during occupied use
Guardrail mid-rail loose at the welded socket — sprung from a previous strike
Tire pressure low on one corner of a scissor, causing tilt-sensor false positives that get bypassed
OSHA · ENFORCEMENT
OSHA enforces aerial-lift incidents primarily under 1926.453 and 1910.67 (which reference ANSI A92). Serious: up to $16,131 (2026); Willful or Repeat: up to $161,323. The 2018 ANSI A92 update added tilt-sensor and load-sensor requirements; lifts not retrofitted are still in service, and citations follow.
Read ANSI A92 on osha.govSERIOUS · MAX
$16,131
PER · VIOLATION · 2026
WILLFUL · OR · REPEAT
$161,323
THE PAPER SAMPLE VS · THE REAL THING
A printable checklist still relies on someone remembering to do it, store it, and find it when an auditor or insurer asks. The same aerial lift (boom / scissor)inspection in DigiDocs runs on the phone already in your operator's pocket — and turns a checkbox into a defensible compliance record the moment it's signed. Every field is yours to customize.
Every line item, not just sections
The full template carries all ~28 checkpoints with the OSHA / FMCSA / ASME citation on each — the sample only shows the section headers.
Photo proof on every failure
Operators attach a photo the instant something fails, so the defect is documented at the point of inspection — not reconstructed later.
Failures become mechanic work orders
Every Fail auto-creates a deficiency routed to your mechanic dashboard, with repair notes and auto-verify on the next inspection.
Red-tag / operability built in
Operator marks Operable / Non-Operable per OSHA 1926.1417; critical fails can lock the asset out of service automatically.
Signed, timestamped, permanent
Operator e-signature on submit; every completed inspection becomes an audit-trail PDF and a shareable, revocable customer link.
Make it yours
Rename fields, add sections, set conditional logic, schedule recurrences, and white-label it — no two fleets inspect exactly alike.
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FREQUENTLY · ASKED
ANSI A92.20 is the consensus design and operating standard for MEWPs. OSHA 1926.453 and 1910.67 reference earlier ANSI versions and enforce against them. New equipment is built to the current ANSI A92.20; older equipment in service is grandfathered to the version current at its manufacture date.
Inside a scissor lift with intact guardrails, no — the guardrails are the fall protection. In a boom lift, yes — A92.5 / A92.20 require a personal fall-arrest harness anchored to the platform anchor point at all times, even when the platform is at ground level.
Only if the manufacturer permits it, only at the slow-travel speed the manufacturer specifies, and only with the boom configured per manufacturer's elevated-travel rules. Most manufacturers prohibit any travel above 30 ft platform height; bypassing the tilt sensor to drive elevated is a routine OSHA top-find.
Yes. ANSI A92.24 requires familiarization on the specific make/model before use, even for trained operators. The familiarization covers controls, decals, manuals, intended use, and limitations. Most rental yards now run a five-minute video-plus-quiz at pickup to document this.
Five to seven minutes. Walk-around, hydraulic-system check, control-function test on the ground, raise/lower from platform controls to verify, guardrail check at platform height, drive-and-tilt check before any production work. The template orders these so the operator doesn't backtrack.
READY · TO USE
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