Delivery Damage Check
Use before signing for visibly damaged equipment/material.
Equipment or material arrives damaged and delivery paperwork is still in play.
Watch out
- Do not treat a checklist as approval.
- Do not skip foreman/PM direction when scope, safety, cost, or inspection is affected.
Check
- Wide location photo
- Close-up of issue
- Label/tag/drawing reference
- Punch/list note
Steps
- Document before anyone signs clean.
- Keep as-found condition.
- Photo damage, label, packaging, and delivery paperwork if allowed.
- Call foreman before signing.
- Note damage on paperwork only as directed.
- Hold from install until direction.
Say this to your foreman
This equipment arrived damaged at . Do you want me to note it on the delivery ticket and hold it before anyone signs?
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