512 EM 385-1-1 Chapters 16-22

Sections

18-5. Inspection Requirements.

General Inspections

A Qualified Person (QP) must inspect, test, maintain, and repair all vehicles, machinery, and equipment regularly as per the manufacturer’s instructions.
A qualified mechanic must inspect all vehicles, machinery, and mechanized equipment before initial use and maintain a report of this one-time inspection at the work site.
Operators must conduct daily checks on vehicles, machinery, and mechanized equipment to ensure parts like brakes, steering, tires, and safety devices are in safe operating condition.

Machinery and Mechanized Equipment

A Competent Person (CP) must inspect machinery and mechanized equipment before use, document the inspection on a checklist, and correct any safety deficiencies noted.
Contractors must notify the KO or COR in advance of any equipment entry to the site for observation of inspection processes and potential spot checks.
Daily inspections of machinery and mechanized equipment in use must be conducted by a CP, documented, and provided to the USACE supervisor/KO or COR upon request.

Road and Shoulders

Conduct inspections or assessments of road and shoulder conditions and structures to ensure safe passage and placement of machinery and mechanized equipment.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

18-4. Who must conduct daily checks on vehicles, machinery, and mechanized equipment to ensure parts like brakes, steering, tires, and safety devices are in safe operating condition?

Competent Persons (CPs)

Qualified Persons (QPs)

Operators

Qualified Mechanics (QMs)

You forgot to answer the question!

EM 385-1-1 Paragraph 18-5.

18-5. Inspection Requirements.

a.  General Inspections.  (18-5.a)

(1)  Inspect, test, maintain, and repair all vehicles and machinery and equipment under a scheduled maintenance program according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Maintenance programs must be conducted by a QP.

(2)  A qualified mechanic (as required by the equipment manufacturer) must inspect all vehicles and machinery and mechanized equipment not otherwise inspected by state or local authorities before initial use. The items must be in a safe operating condition and in compliance with all required published vehicle safety standards. Maintain this one-time inspection report available at the work site.

(3)  Inspect dump trucks brought onto USACE job and project sites.  The dump trucks must be in compliance with the requirements of paragraph 18-8.h before they are placed in service and document this inspection.

(4)  Prior to each use, but not more often than once each day or each shift, vehicles and machinery and mechanized equipment must be checked by the operator to assure that the following parts, equipment, and accessories are in safe operating condition and free of apparent damage that could cause failure while in use:

(a)  Service brakes, including trailer brake connections.

(b)  Parking system (hand brake).

(d)  Tires.

(e)  Horns.

(f)  Steering mechanism.

(g)  Coupling devices.

(h)  Seat belts.

(i)  Operating controls.

(j)  Safety devices (for example, back-up alarms and lights, fire extinguishers, first- aid kits).

(k)  Accessories including lights, reflectors, windshield wipers, and defrosters where such equipment is necessary.

(5)  Maintain inspection, test, repair, and maintenance records at the site and make them available, on request, to the USACE supervisor/KO or COR.

b.  Machinery and Mechanized Equipment.  (18-5.b)

(1)  Prior to being placed into use, machinery and mechanized equipment must be inspected by a CP.  Inspections must be documented on either a manufacturer, government-supplied, or contractor generated checklist, and signed by the CP designating that the equipment meets the manufacturer’s recommendations and the requirements of this manual.

(a)  Submit the checklist to the USACE supervisor/KO or COR upon completion of an inspection and include it in the project file.

(b)  Correct all safety deficiencies noted during the inspection prior to placing the equipment back in service.

(c)  Conduct subsequent re-inspections at least annually.  Any time the machinery or mechanized equipment is removed and subsequently returned to the project (other than equipment removed for routine off-site operations as part of the project), it must be re-inspected and recertified prior to use.

(d)  Contractors must provide the KO or COR ample notice in advance of any equipment entering the site so that the contractor’s inspection process may be observed and spot checks may be conducted.

(2)  Inspect all machinery and mechanized equipment daily (when in use) to ensure safe operating conditions.  Inspections must be conducted by a CP and documented to include, the date, name of the inspector, specific items inspected, and a “PASS/FAIL” indication.  Provide copies of the inspections to the USACE supervisor/KO or COR upon request.

c.  Road and Shoulders.  Perform inspections or determinations of road and shoulder conditions and structures in advance to assure clearances and load capacities are safe for the passage or placing of any machinery and mechanized equipment.

512 EM385-1-1 Chapters 16-22

18-5. Inspection Requirements.

General Inspections

Machinery and Mechanized Equipment

Road and Shoulders

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

18-5. Inspection Requirements.