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Forklift Batteries

Every service visit filed before you leave the site.

Every battery and charger on a route sheet, watering and equalize visits on the customer's own schedule, and cell readings that show which cells are drifting.

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Free for five batteries, no card. See a sample battery service record

Free tool: next due date

Enter the date and the next one appears here.

Your customer sets this interval; no rule fixes one.

The rules, with where each one came from.

Each date this app counts and each check it runs on a save is listed here with its source and the day we last read it. Where a rule lives in a paid standard, we cite it and keep the same facts in our own layout; we never copy the standard's text or forms.

11

sourced rules in this trade, each read on or after Oct 28, 2026.

Dates it counts

  1. Watering visit: the interval set in watering interval (days) from the last watered.Set per customer; no rule fixes this interval.
    Your contract
  2. Equalize charge: the interval set in equalize interval (days) from the last equalized.Set per customer; no rule fixes this interval.
    Your contract

What it checks when you save

  1. Battery charging happens in areas set aside for it.From OSHA 29 CFR 1910.178 Powered industrial trucks, checked Oct 28, 2026.
    For reference
  2. The charging area needs facilities to flush and neutralize spilled electrolyte, to fight fire, and to keep trucks from hitting the chargers.From OSHA 29 CFR 1910.178 Powered industrial trucks, checked Oct 28, 2026.
    For reference
  3. The charging area needs enough ventilation to carry off fumes from gassing batteries.From OSHA 29 CFR 1910.178 Powered industrial trucks, checked Oct 28, 2026.
    For reference
  4. A conveyor, overhead hoist or similar equipment must be provided for moving batteries.From OSHA 29 CFR 1910.178 Powered industrial trucks, checked Oct 28, 2026.
    For reference
  5. A carboy tilter or siphon is provided for handling electrolyte.From OSHA 29 CFR 1910.178 Powered industrial trucks, checked Oct 28, 2026.
    For reference
  6. When mixing, acid goes into the water and never the other way round.From OSHA 29 CFR 1910.178 Powered industrial trucks, checked Oct 28, 2026.
    For reference
  7. Vent caps have to be checked and working when batteries are charged.From OSHA 29 CFR 1910.178 Powered industrial trucks, checked Oct 28, 2026.
    For reference
  8. Smoking is prohibited in the charging area.From OSHA 29 CFR 1910.178 Powered industrial trucks, checked Oct 28, 2026.
    For reference
  9. Keep open flames, sparks and electric arcs out of battery charging areas.From OSHA 29 CFR 1910.178 Powered industrial trucks, checked Oct 28, 2026.
    For reference
  10. Tools and other metal stay away from the top of uncovered batteries.From OSHA 29 CFR 1910.178 Powered industrial trucks, checked Oct 28, 2026.
    For reference
  11. Where electrolyte could reach eyes or skin, a quick drench or flush facility has to be in the work area.From OSHA 29 CFR 1910.151 Medical services and first aid, checked Oct 28, 2026.
    For reference

Asked, and answered from the rule.

What does OSHA require in a forklift battery charging area?

  1. Battery charging happens in areas set aside for it.From OSHA 29 CFR 1910.178 Powered industrial trucks, checked Oct 28, 2026.
  2. The charging area needs facilities to flush and neutralize spilled electrolyte, to fight fire, and to keep trucks from hitting the chargers.From OSHA 29 CFR 1910.178 Powered industrial trucks, checked Oct 28, 2026.
  3. The charging area needs enough ventilation to carry off fumes from gassing batteries.From OSHA 29 CFR 1910.178 Powered industrial trucks, checked Oct 28, 2026.
  4. Where electrolyte could reach eyes or skin, a quick drench or flush facility has to be in the work area.From OSHA 29 CFR 1910.151 Medical services and first aid, checked Oct 28, 2026.

Is smoking allowed where forklift batteries are charged?

  1. Smoking is prohibited in the charging area.From OSHA 29 CFR 1910.178 Powered industrial trucks, checked Oct 28, 2026.
  2. Keep open flames, sparks and electric arcs out of battery charging areas.From OSHA 29 CFR 1910.178 Powered industrial trucks, checked Oct 28, 2026.

What it keeps for you.

Battery

Battery ID, Truck it powers, Manufacturer, Serial number, Voltage, and more.

What your client receives.

The battery service record, as the app issues it the moment the service visit is saved: signed, dated and frozen, with what is next due. This one is filled with invented records so you can read it before you sign up.

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Sample Inspection Co. (fictional) · Forklift Batteries

Battery service record

UN-4100

Battery

Battery ID
UN-4100
Truck it powers
Truck it powers 1
Manufacturer
Brackwater Equipment
Serial number
SE-4100

and 8 more fields

Battery

Vent caps on and workingPass
Tools and metal kept off the battery topPass
Truck braked before the battery is changedPass
Electrolyte covers the plates; topped up with water where lowPass
Terminals and cables clean and undamagedPass

Readings

Cell voltageNot takenRecorded
Specific gravityNot takenRecorded
Electrolyte temperatureNot takenRecorded
Water addedNot takenRecorded

Photos

No photos on file.

Signature

Not signed in the app; signed on paper if at all.

Next due

Watering visitSep 18, 2026Set by your contract
Equalize chargeOct 11, 2026Set by your contract

A recordkeeping aid. It does not certify compliance and is not legal advice.

Every name, date and number on this sample is invented.

What Forklift Batteries costs.

Free

$0
  • 5 batteries
  • 1 person

Solo

$9 a monthFounders price; list $19
  • 100 batteries
  • 2 people

Crew

$24 a monthFounders price; list $49
  • 1,000 batteries
  • 10 people

Company

$49 a monthFounders price; list $99
  • 8,000 batteries
  • 25 people

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$74 a monthFounders price; list $149
  • 8,000 batteries
  • 25 people
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