even though its true, the OSHA documentation does not specifically say you have to keep the records you do on daily shift inspections, its only common sense that you would keep such records in the case of an incident that required OSHA to get involved.
I'm sure that was an oversight they made when implementing the rules for industrial truck daily shift inspections into thier documentation. EVERY lifttruck training class i've ever seen they tell you to inspect the truck before use and we routinely instruct the customers to do regular daily inspections (before each shift if they run multiple shifts). And in alot of cases provide them with an inspection sheet or an outline of one they can use.
We dont tell them to do this for nothing :o)

Think about it for a second, IF your company had an incident where injury was the case involving an industrial truck and OSHA was called to the scene for investigation... "one" of the many things they will do is ask for the maintenance and inspection records of the lift in question. Also for records of the operators training and work history at that company.

I'm sure there will be a revision in the future that will physically include those terms in the documentation. Theres always some schmuck lawyer somewhere that will find that loophole to help get some weasle out of trouble.... doh!