OSHA 1910.68 daily for vertical personnel/material hoists on construction sites. The governor + safety check is the load-bearing item; door interlocks prevent the worst class of incident.
Sections
5
Fields
30
Equipment
Man Lift
FREE PRINTABLE SAMPLE · NO EMAIL · THE FULL, CUSTOMIZABLE INSPECTION RUNS IN-APP
WHAT IT IS
The man lift / personnel hoist inspection checklist is the daily man lift inspection built to OSHA 1910.68. It runs 5 sections and roughly 30 pass / fail / N A checkpoints — covering Car / Cage Condition, Doors & Interlocks, Governor & Safeties, Cable & Sheaves, and Communications. 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, 30-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 5 sections totaling roughly 30 Pass / Fail / N/A items. Clone it and tune fields to match your exact equipment configuration.
AUTHORITATIVE · STANDARD
OSHA 1910.68
Car / Cage Condition
SECTION · 01 · OF · 5
Doors & Interlocks
SECTION · 02 · OF · 5
Governor & Safeties
SECTION · 03 · OF · 5
Cable & Sheaves
SECTION · 04 · OF · 5
Communications
SECTION · 05 · OF · 5
CREW · WHO RUNS THIS
High-rise GCs running Alimak, Stros, GEDA, or Climbing-Form Stros buck hoists up the side of the building. Concrete contractors, MEPs, finishers — every trade riding the hoist needs to know the daily was completed and signed. The hoist operator (or attendant) runs the check before the first 7 AM trip.
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.
Cage door interlock bypassed with a jumper, allowing the car to move with door open
Overspeed governor not tripped-tested per manufacturer's schedule
Mast-section tie-back bolts torqued but witness lines show movement since last climb
Emergency-stop button bound by debris in the operator's hand-control box
Communications between cage and ground intermittent — radio battery, not the wired system
OSHA · ENFORCEMENT
OSHA Serious: up to $16,131 per violation (2026 maxima). Willful or Repeat: up to $161,323. Hoist incidents have a high fatal-incident rate because riders fall from height when interlocks fail. The 1910.68 governor inspection is the single most-cited subsection after a fall.
Read OSHA 1910.68 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 man lift / personnel hoistinspection 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 ~30 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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RELATED · CHECKLISTS
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Quarterly/periodic aerial lift — hydraulic system, structural welds, controls calibration.
Crane-suspended personnel basket — 50% capacity derating, trial lift, anti-two-block, attachments.
FREQUENTLY · ASKED
Trained workers only, briefed on the hoist's operating limits and emergency procedures. The operator must verify rider count vs. car capacity before each trip and confirm doors are closed and latched. Riders don't need certification but do need site-specific orientation.
Periodic drop-test per manufacturer (typically annual). The daily checks the governor for free rotation and proper engagement on lever-trip — not a full drop. A failed drop-test takes the hoist out of service until the governor is replaced or rebuilt to manufacturer spec.
Only if it's rated dual-use and the load is verified per the configuration. Combined personnel-and-material trips require the operator to confirm total weight is within capacity and that materials are secured. Some sites prohibit mixed trips entirely as a policy regardless of rating.
Same machine. 'Buck hoist' is the trade name for a temporary construction personnel hoist mounted to the building side. Permanent elevators ride internal shafts; buck hoists ride external mast sections that climb with the building.
Most buck hoists operate up to 35 mph sustained wind; beyond that, the operator parks the car and ties off the mast. Daily includes confirmation the operator knows the wind limit and that the anemometer at the controls reads correctly.
READY · TO USE
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