Inspection or sweep logs record the time, area, and inspecting employee for periodic safety checks. Many retail and hospitality operations require inspections at defined intervals.
The log is compared against the incident time to determine how long a hazard could have existed.
Alternative Names:
Sweep Log, Safety Inspection Record
Why it Matters?
These logs are the most consequential documents in premises defense, and they are frequently the defendant's own worst evidence. Logs completed in advance, signed in identical handwriting for an entire shift, or showing impossible inspection intervals destroy credibility more thoroughly than having no log at all. Operations that maintain honest, contemporaneous logs win constructive notice arguments; those that treat logs as paperwork lose them.
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What makes an inspection log credible?
Is a log without entries better than a falsified one?
