ASME B30.2 daily check for top-running and under-running overhead and gantry cranes. Compact 3-section template because bridge cranes have fewer movable structural elements than mobiles or towers — the action is in the hoist and limit-switch verification.
Sections
3
Fields
15
Equipment
Overhead Crane
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WHAT IT IS
The overhead / gantry crane inspection checklist is the daily overhead crane inspection built to ASME B30.2. It runs 3 sections and roughly 15 pass / fail / N A checkpoints — covering Bridge & Trolley Travel, Hoist & Limit Switches, and Operator & Controls. 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, 15-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 3 sections totaling roughly 15 Pass / Fail / N/A items. Clone it and tune fields to match your exact equipment configuration.
AUTHORITATIVE · STANDARD
ASME B30.2
Bridge & Trolley Travel
SECTION · 01 · OF · 3
Hoist & Limit Switches
SECTION · 02 · OF · 3
Operator & Controls
SECTION · 03 · OF · 3
CREW · WHO RUNS THIS
Manufacturing, steel-fabrication shops, precast yards, paper mills, metal-service centers, rail-car shops — anywhere a top-running bridge crane or under-running monorail moves loads inside a building. Outdoor gantry cranes at scrap yards and shipyards run the same daily even though they're not enclosed.
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.
Upper-limit switch sticking or not actuating — hoist runs into the drum stops
Festoon cable abrasion at a sharp turn in the runway
End-truck wheel flange wear creating skewed bridge travel
Hook latch missing or sprung open from impact
Pendant-station cable strain relief pulling out at the molded grip
OSHA · ENFORCEMENT
ASME B30.2 is incorporated into OSHA 1910.179 (general industry overhead cranes). Serious: up to $16,131 (2026); Willful or Repeat: up to $161,323. Overhead-crane incidents draw OSHA general-duty citations when the cause traces to skipped daily inspections — drop incidents are the most common write-up category.
Read ASME B30.2 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 overhead / gantry craneinspection 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 ~15 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.
Rough terrain pre-operation — tires, axles, outrigger pads, boom, swing brake.
Monthly documented mobile crane inspection per OSHA 1926.1412(e).
FREQUENTLY · ASKED
Overhead cranes run on rails attached to building structure (columns, roof trusses). Gantry cranes carry their own legs — rails are on the floor and the structure rolls along. Otherwise they're mechanically the same and inspect the same way.
Functional verification, yes — typically by running the hoist up to actuation with no load and watching for shutdown. Full calibration testing is monthly/quarterly. The daily catches the gross failures (stuck, bypassed, miswired); periodic catches the drift.
The trained operator. ASME B30.2 doesn't require a separate inspector for the daily. OSHA 1910.179 requires the operator be 'qualified by training and experience' — companies typically document training internally with sign-off, not a third-party certification.
Missing hook latches. The latch keeps a sling from jumping out of the throat under wrap angle change — when it's gone, every lift is a dropped-load risk. The daily catches it; replacement is a 30-second swap with a manufacturer-spec part.
Same broken-wire criteria as mobile cranes (ASME criteria: 6 in one rope-lay or 3 in one strand). Overhead cranes in clean-shop environments often run wire rope 5-10 years; outdoor gantries see faster wear from corrosion. The daily inspects; the periodic measures.
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