OSHA 1926.1412(e) requires a more thorough monthly documented inspection on top of the daily. Same competent-person standard, but with deeper component-level checks the daily skips for time.
Sections
5
Fields
25
Equipment
Mobile Crane
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WHAT IT IS
The mobile crane monthly inspection checklist is the monthly mobile crane inspection built to OSHA 1926.1412(e). It runs 5 sections and roughly 25 pass / fail / N A checkpoints — covering Wire Rope & Sheaves (Detailed), Hydraulic System & Hoses, Structural Components, Boom Sections & Pins, and Documentation Sign-Off. 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, 25-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 25 Pass / Fail / N/A items. Clone it and tune fields to match your exact equipment configuration.
AUTHORITATIVE · STANDARD
OSHA 1926.1412(e)
Wire Rope & Sheaves (Detailed)
SECTION · 01 · OF · 5
Hydraulic System & Hoses
SECTION · 02 · OF · 5
Structural Components
SECTION · 03 · OF · 5
Boom Sections & Pins
SECTION · 04 · OF · 5
Documentation Sign-Off
SECTION · 05 · OF · 5
CREW · WHO RUNS THIS
Every contractor running a hydraulic mobile crane under OSHA 1926 Subpart CC — riggers, steel erectors, concrete tilt-up crews, refinery turnaround teams, anyone with a self-propelled boom truck or hydraulic truck crane on site. The monthly inspection is on top of, not instead of, the daily 1926.1412(d) shift check.
FIELD · INTEL
Pulled from competent-person write-ups in the field — not from a regulation digest. These are the items that fail the monthly check more than any others.
Hydraulic hose seepage at boom hoist cylinder — most-cited monthly finding
Wire rope broken-wire count exceeding 6 in one lay or 3 in one strand (ASME B30.5-3.2.1)
Sheave groove wear past 5% of original radius, gauged with a sheave gauge
Cracked or deformed boom-nose welds visible only with the boom on the ground
Outrigger pad cylinder drift over 1 inch in 24 hours — flagged as leaking down overnight
OSHA · ENFORCEMENT
OSHA Serious citation: up to $16,131 per violation (2026 maxima). Failure-to-correct: up to $16,131 per day. Willful or Repeat: up to $161,323. The 1926.1412 family is one of the most-cited construction crane standards in OSHA's annual top-20 enforcement data.
Read OSHA 1926.1412(e) 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 mobile crane monthlyinspection 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 ~25 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
Each-shift pre-operation inspection by a competent person — boom, outriggers, hydraulics, anti-two-block, load chart.
Lattice boom crawler daily — undercarriage, swing system, boom sections, wire rope, structural welds.
Flat-top tower crane daily — slewing ring, trolley, cathead, climbing collar, hoist drum.
Luffing-jib tower daily — load moment indicator, anti-two-block, jib geometry, A-frame.
Bridge crane daily — bridge/trolley travel, hoist, festoon, limit switches.
Rough terrain pre-operation — tires, axles, outrigger pads, boom, swing brake.
FREQUENTLY · ASKED
The daily (1926.1412(d)) is a competent-person walk-around at the start of every shift the crane is used. The monthly (1926.1412(e)) is a more thorough documented inspection covering wear-item measurements the daily skips for time — broken-wire counts, sheave groove gauging, hydraulic pressure verification, structural-weld crack inspection.
Every calendar month the crane is in service. If the crane sits idle for a full month, you can defer; the next monthly is due before the next shift. Most fleets just calendar it to the first of the month.
A competent person — defined by OSHA as someone capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards and authorized to take corrective action. In practice, the same lead operator or maintenance lead who runs the daily. The annual 1412(f) inspection is the one that requires a qualified person, typically a third-party inspector.
1926.1412(g)(4) requires monthly inspection records to be retained for at least 3 months. DigiDocs keeps every monthly inspection PDF indefinitely and surfaces them in the equipment timeline, so an OSHA inspector or insurance auditor can pull them in seconds.
Hydraulic hose seepage at the boom hoist cylinder. It's a slow drip the daily walk-around misses because the crane is usually parked level overnight; the monthly catches it when the inspector wipes the hose clean and rechecks ten minutes later.
READY · TO USE
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