An operator and a maintenance lead kneeling to inspect the mast and forks of a forklift inside a warehouse
X3 EquipmentEquipment Safety & MaintenanceStep 03 · Control

Know What Is Ready.Catch What Needs Attention.

Forklifts, lifts, conveyors and the machines your people work around every shift. X3 Equipment keeps each asset's pre-use checks, reported defects, holds and return-to-service review in one trail, so the next operator knows whether it was cleared and by whom.

  • Asset Register
  • Pre-Use Checks
  • Defects
  • Holds
  • Maintenance Handoff
  • Return to Service
What X3 Equipment keeps on every asset
  • 1910.178(q)(7)Trucks examined before being placed in service
  • 1910.178(p)(1)Unsafe trucks removed from service
  • 1910.179(j)Overhead crane inspections
  • 1910.67Vehicle-mounted work platforms
  • 1910.219Power-transmission guarding
  • 1910.212Machine guarding
  • HOLDFL-07, horn inoperative, on hold
  • PRE-USEChecks done before the shift
  • HANDOFFDefect routed to maintenance
  • RELEASEAn authorized person returns it to service
The Exposure

The Defect Was Written on the Checklist. The Truck Went Out Anyway.

The operator did the pre-use check and wrote "horn not working." The sheet went in the tray. The next shift never saw it, maintenance never got it and the truck ran for a week. Everyone did their step. Nothing carried the defect to a decision.

A pre-use check finds the defect. A hold and an owner keep it off the floor.

A supervisor and a maintenance lead reviewing a defect report on a clipboard beside a pallet jack and a scissor lift
The front of a yellow warehouse forklift, forks lowered to the floor, seen head-on and slightly low
X3 Intelligence

One Asset In. A Clear Status and Trail Out.

X3 Equipment is the safety record for the machine, from the morning check to the release after a repair.

The asset

Type, identifier, work area and the role responsible for it.

Pre-use check

Your site's checklist, informed by the manufacturer's instructions.

Defect

What was found, by whom and when.

Hold

Whether the asset is out of service and why.

Maintenance handoff

The defect and its context, sent to the people who fix it.

Return to service

The authorized person's release, with what they checked.

Stop finding defects twice. Start carrying them to a decision.

Equipment queue

What Needs a Site-Owned Next Step.

A sample fleet of assets, the way X3 Equipment shows it: what was checked today, what is on hold and what is waiting on a decision.

A maintenance lead using X3 Equipment on a tablet in a warehouse equipment bay
Forklift FL-07 · Riverside DCSample
Illustrative · your records fill the same view
14
Assets on the register
11
Pre-use checks today
2
On hold
1
Awaiting disposition
Needs a decision
  • Forklift FL-07: horn inoperative, on hold until an authorized person clears it (29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1))
  • Scissor lift SL-02: gate latch reported, routed to maintenance
  • Conveyor C-3: guard removed for service, return-to-service check not recorded

Sample assets. No live machine status is shown. A site-authorized person decides fitness for use.

From check to owned next step

Register. Check. Hold. Hand Off. Release.

Five moves that keep a defect from going quiet between shifts.

  1. 01

    Register the asset

    Group machines by type, work area and responsible role.

  2. 02

    Run the pre-use check

    Use your site's checklist before the shift.

  3. 03

    Hold what is unsafe

    A defect that matters takes the asset out of service.

  4. 04

    Hand off to maintenance

    The defect travels with its context.

  5. 05

    Release it

    An authorized person records the return-to-service check.

Make the next step as visible as the machine.

A maintenance worker kneeling to check a guarded conveyor control while a supervisor records the result on a clipboard
Where X3 Equipment Fits

One Safety Loop. X3 Equipment Owns the “Control” Step.

Twelve products, six steps, one job each. X3 Equipment answers one question for your site: what stands between the hazard and the worker? Use it on its own, or add the product on either side of it when that job matters.

  1. 01

    Know

    What does OSHA expect of this site?X3 OSHA
  2. 02

    Find

    Where can someone get hurt?X3 HazardsX3 InspectionsX3 ExposureX3 SDS
  3. 03

    Control

    What stands between the hazard and the worker?X3 Critical ControlsX3 PPEX3 Equipment
  4. 04

    Prepare

    Are people ready for the work and the worst day?X3 EducationX3 Emergency
  5. 05

    Learn

    What is the last event teaching us?X3 Incidents
  6. 06

    Command

    What needs a leader today?X3 Sentinel
Your Part

X3 Carries the Trail. Your People Clear the Machine.

Equipment safety works when four things stay with authorized people on site.

A forklift operator doing a pre-use check before a shift: crouched beside the front wheel of a forklift, pressing a gloved hand against the tire and looking closely at it, a small checklist pad in the other hand

Do the pre-use check

The operator looks at the real machine.

Lock it out

Isolation follows your own energy control procedures.

Repair it

Maintenance fixes the defect in your own system.

Return it to service

Only a site-authorized person releases it.

A maintenance technician handing a set of keys to a forklift operator beside a clean, repaired forklift
The Outcome

Every Operator Knows Whether the Machine Was Cleared.

An asset at a site that runs X3 Equipment has a status anyone can explain.

Know earlier.

See the defect before the next shift picks up the keys.

Hold it.

An unsafe asset stays out until someone clears it.

Prove it.

Show the check, the repair and the release.

Access

Walk the Whole Product Today. Bring Your Site in Next.

The sample dashboard is open to everyone, no sign-in. Create an account to run X3 Equipment on your own sites, with your records saved.

Your company · from $99 a month
Your Site in X3 Equipment

$99 a month covers your first 10 employees. Then $10 a month for each employee from 11 to 50, and $5 for each one after that. Cancel any time.

  • An asset-specific inspection and disposition trail with unresolved holds and evidence.
  • Works on its own. No other X3 product required
  • Your sites, people and records, saved to your account
  • Ask X3 for the regulation behind any question
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Sample Dashboard

All 7 X3 Equipment screens with sample data. Nothing you do there is saved or sent.

  • Scan-to-Start
  • Pre-Use Check
  • Defects & Holds
  • And 3 more working screens
Open the Sample Dashboard
$99a month covers your first 10 employees
$10a month for each employee from 11 to 50
$5a month for each employee after 50

$549 a month for X3 Equipment

The sample dashboard uses illustrative data. Prices are per product, per month, in US dollars. Subscriptions renew monthly until cancelled.

Straight Answers

Questions Safety Leads Ask About X3 Equipment.

Have one that is not here? Ask X3, or write to us and a person will answer.

A single forklift ignition key on a steel ring with a blank yellow plastic tag attached
Does X3 Equipment decide whether a machine is safe to run?
No. It carries the check, the defect and the hold to an authorized person. That person decides fitness for use and records the release.
Does it replace our maintenance system?
No. It holds the safety trail for the asset and hands the defect, with its context, to the people and system that do the repair.
Where do the pre-use checklists come from?
From your site, informed by the manufacturer's instructions. X3 Equipment does not select inspection items or intervals for you.
Do I have to buy the whole family?
No. X3 Equipment works on its own. Each product in the family owns one job, and you add another only when that job matters to you.
What can I use today?
The X3 Equipment sample dashboard is open now with sample data, so you can walk the whole workflow. Create an account to run it on your own sites: your records are saved, and one sign-in works on all twelve products.
How does pricing work?
Each product is $99 a month for your first 10 employees, $10 a month for each employee from 11 to 50, and $5 a month for each one after that. You pay only for the products you turn on, and you can cancel any time.
Every asset, accounted for.

You Already Do the Pre-Use Check. Now Make Sure the Defect Goes Somewhere.

Open the sample dashboard and follow one asset from the morning check to the release.