There's no OSHA requirement for written documentation of a forklift inspection. If you keep written copies on file you're only providing the OSHA CO with a place to go fishing. Suggest you require the operator to orally notify the supervisor of any problems. The supervisor will then deadline the truck and create a work order to have it fixed. The mechanic will endorse the work order when the truck is repaired. Keep this single document for a specific period of time (30 days) and then deep six it. Draft a documentation standard procedure for keeping and destroying documents and follow it. N. B. Follow all OSHA instructions to the letter and spirit; just don't provide a stack of documentation that might be open to misinterpretation. DIRTFT