Safety and Maintenance Checklist for Dingos / Mini Diggers

Mini diggers are smaller than their full-sized cousins, but they’re every bit as capable. What’s more, compact excavators are susceptible to fully-grown risk factors, just like any other piece of large-plant equipment. No worries, though. As long as an operator follows a checklist, one that’s based on good old-fashioned horse sense, plus a healthy measure of engineering know-how, a safety-assured operator experience is certain from the get-go.

Compiling a Safety Checklist 

Before starting the engine, follow these recommendations until a tick fills every checkbox. Is the operator competent? Free of concentration-eroding substances and health problems, the driver must be in a fit condition to run a dingo or mini digger. What about the land? Is it level, dry, and free of obstacles? Unconditional affirmatives are preferred, but conditional check marks are acceptable as long as the job foreman has issued his approval. Safety boots, a hard helmet, and coveralls, adherence to this dress code also occupies at least one line on the safety checklist. Next, let’s move on to the document’s maintenance section.

A Mini Digger Maintenance Roll Call 

Clipboard in hand, the excavation equipment’s driver walks all the way around the dingo, with a pen firmly gripped between his teeth. Taking the chewed pen in-hand, a tick in the first box indicates the compact digger’s overall condition. A second check mark tells the machine operator the manuals are stored. From here, he’s looking for obvious signs of damage. Then, bending down low, a tap with the pen contacts the fuel and fluids gauges. The hydraulics gauge and lubricants levels are high, and the engine has plenty of fuel, enough to get through the entire day.

Pre-Work Checklists 

Turning in a full circle, the competent person on the scene is about to fill in the rest of the checklist. He looks up, perhaps to see if there are any overhead cables in range. Looking down, in his hand, he has a cable and pipe inspection docket. An electrician has marked out the cables, a plumber has turned off the water, and the road forward is clear. Maintenance wise, the dingo has new filters and its instrumentation panel is working properly, plus the mini digger’s attachments have recently passed their own maintenance checklist. A final tick, a dated signature at the bottom of the document, and the work commences.

And that’s how this sobering issue concludes. The area is safe, the operator is competent, and the mini digger is in fine shape, with its fluids, mechanisms and attachments ready for any level of difficult excavation work. Thanks to a hard copy checklist, the same procedural approach is observed every time the equipment is put to work.

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