Overhead crane inspection checklist on a phone
Pick the crane, tick hook and rope or chain, record the result and add a photo for anything wrong. Periodic, frequent, load test, initial and post-repair inspections all sit on the crane's record.
For overhead crane and hoist service companies
Crane inspection software for the shop that inspects everyone's cranes
HoistDue is a crane inspection app for overhead crane and hoist service companies that keeps every customer plant's crane list, shows which periodic and frequent inspections are due, and follows each deficiency through quote, repair and re-check.
From $29 a month for the whole company. No card to start.
Periodic inspection
C-4 · 10 t top running bridge
Plant 2, Acme Steel · Bay 3
- HookChecked
- Wire ropeChecked
- Hook throat openingRepair soon
- Pendant label wornMonitor
Next periodic due Nov 14, 2027 · Next frequent Dec 14, 2026
Where the repair work goes missing
The worn hook you found in March shouldn't still be open at the next annual
Deficiencies written into a PDF report are rarely followed up, and the quoted repair goes to whoever calls the plant first. In HoistDue each one has a status, and it moves.
- 1Open
Hook throat opening 6% past new. Photo attached, crane C-4 restricted.
- 2Quoted
Office adds the $1,480 hook block replacement and sends it to the plant.
- 3Approved
Plant maintenance manager approves it in the portal, with a PO number.
- 4Repaired
Repair visit marked done; the deficiency moves to repaired on its own.
- 5Verified
Post-repair inspection passes. C-4 goes back in service on the dashboard.
On site and in the office
Overhead crane inspection software that works from the runway
Every hoist, every capacity
Bridge, gantry, jib and monorail cranes and hoist-only units, with capacity, serial, bay and CMAA service class.
Intervals per crane
Periodic every 1 to 12 months and frequent daily, weekly or monthly, the way OSHA 1910.179 and ASME B30.2 set them.
Your crane inspection report template, retired
Your company details and footer on every report. Print it, save it as a PDF, or send the customer a read-only link.
Replacing the crane list in Excel
What changes when the list knows the due dates
| Job | Spreadsheet and paper | HoistDue |
|---|---|---|
| Next annual inspection | A due-date column someone forgets to update | Worked out from each crane's own interval and moved forward when the inspection is completed |
| Monthly hook and rope checks | Paper tags at the plant | Frequent inspections logged by your inspector or the plant's own maintenance lead |
| The report | Retyped from the clipboard into a Word template at night | Ready when the inspection is: crane details, result, deficiencies with photos, next due |
| Repair quotes | Buried in an email thread | Each deficiency carries its quote, the customer's answer and the repair visit |
| Tagged-out cranes | Whoever remembers | Listed on the dashboard until a repair is verified |
Company plan
A portal for the plant's maintenance manager
- Sees only their plant: every crane with its next periodic and frequent due date.
- Opens past inspection reports and prints them for the safety file.
- Approves or declines a quoted repair with a note, so you schedule the work the same day.
- Logs the plant's own monthly hook and rope inspections, which move the frequent due date.
Prices
Priced for a three-truck crane service shop
One price for the company, not per inspector. Every plan starts with a 30-day free trial; pay yearly and get two months free.
Solo
$29 / month
or $290 a year
- Cranes and hoists: Up to 150
- Logins: Just you
- Reports, deficiency tracking, CSV import and export: Yes
Crew
$69 / month
or $690 a year
- Cranes and hoists: Up to 1,000
- Logins: Up to 8
- Office manager and inspector logins: Yes
- Reports, deficiency tracking, CSV import and export: Yes
Company
$129 / month
or $1,290 a year
- Cranes and hoists: Up to 5,000
- Logins: Up to 25
- Office manager and inspector logins: Yes
- Customer plant portal: Yes
- Reports, deficiency tracking, CSV import and export: Yes
Questions buyers ask
Hoist and crane inspection requirements, and how HoistDue fits
- What is crane inspection software?
- It replaces the Excel crane list and the paper checklist: every customer's cranes and hoists with their next inspection dates, inspection records made on site, the report, and the follow-up on deficiencies. HoistDue is built for the companies that inspect and repair overhead cranes for many customer plants.
- What are OSHA's overhead crane and hoist inspection requirements?
- OSHA 1910.179 calls for frequent inspections at daily to monthly intervals and periodic inspections at 1 to 12 month intervals, depending on service, plus a monthly hook and rope inspection with a dated, signed record. HoistDue tracks both intervals per crane and keeps every inspection on file.
- What does the overhead crane inspection checklist cover?
- Each inspection records the type, date, inspector, result, whether the hook and the rope or chain were checked, a load test percentage when there is one, a summary, and the deficiencies found: component (hook, wire rope, load chain, brake, limit switch, pendant, runway, end trucks, festoon, capacity markings, structure), severity and a photo.
- Can I bring in my existing crane lists?
- Yes. Paste each customer's crane list from Excel or Google Sheets, header row included, and HoistDue adds the cranes with their unit IDs, capacities, serials and next due dates. Plants import the same way, and both export to CSV.
- Can my customers see their own cranes?
- On the Company plan, each plant's maintenance or safety lead gets a login that shows only their plant: cranes and due dates, past reports, tagged-out cranes and repair quotes to approve or decline. They can also log their own monthly hook and rope checks.
- Is there a free trial?
- Yes, 30 days with everything on the Solo plan and no card. After that your records stay readable until you pick a plan.
Put next year's annual inspections on a list today
Paste one customer's crane list and see what's due in ten minutes.
Start your free trialUpdated October 15, 2026