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OSHA 29 CFR 1910.157(e)

The fire marshal is standing at the extinguisher holding a blank tag.

Somebody initialed twelve months down the tag in one sitting — same pen, same slant, same afternoon. Half the units in the back warehouse lost their tags in 2024. Nobody can say which ones are due for the six-year teardown.

Run an inspection → Jump to the record log
What OSHA 29 CFR 1910.157(e) actually says
✓ Required
Portable extinguishers are visually inspected monthly and get an annual maintenance check. The employer records the annual maintenance date and keeps that record for one year after the last entry or the life of the shell, whichever is less.
✕ Not required
OSHA does not require a written record of the monthly visual inspection. The only record 1910.157(e)(3) names is the annual maintenance date. The punched tag is a convention — and where your local fire code adopts NFPA 10, the recording expectation comes from the fire marshal, not from OSHA. Ask yours which one they enforce.

Read it yourself — primary source, not a vendor summary:
https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1910/1910.157

01 / The inspection

Tap through it the way a facility manager would.

8 items, about forty seconds. Mark one as a fail and watch what the Extinguisher record does.

EX-118
Amerex B402 · 10 lb ABC dry chem
InspectorJ. Pruitt
0 of 8 checked In progress
    Answer every item to finish.

    02 / The record log

    “Prove every unit in Building C got looked at in February.”

    Every finished inspection lands here, searchable by Extinguisher, Inspector, record number or date. Try EX-118.

    03 / What it would cost

    One price. No per-seat math.

    $149
    per month · up to 250 extinguishers
    • —Scan the sticker on the bracket, the unit history opens
    • —Monthly pass is timestamped where the extinguisher hangs
    • —Annual maintenance date tracked per unit with the hydro date beside it
    • —A blocked or discharged unit stays flagged until someone clears it
    • —Search by unit, building, inspector or month
    • —Export a building's twelve months as one PDF
    • —Missing units show up as a gap instead of a tag nobody can find

    This page is the prototype. If the workflow above is close to yours, tell me what is wrong with it and I will change it before you pay anything.

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