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A coloured band or tag showing the period in which equipment was last inspected.
Also known as: Quarterly colour code, Inspection tape, Colour code tagging
Many sites mark inspected equipment — slings, harnesses, ladders, electrical test leads — with a coloured band, tape or tag whose colour changes each inspection period. The colour itself carries no meaning; what it says is 'inspected in the current period'. That makes an out-of-date item visible from across a yard without reading anything, which is the whole design intent. The colours are set by the site rather than nationally, so a chart is normally displayed at the store.
Says that an item was inspected in the current period rather than saying anything about the item itself: the colour is arbitrary and its only job is to differ from the last one.
Contexts: Technical drawing, Public information
Makes an overdue item visible across a yard without reading anything, which is the design intent — a written inspection record in an office cannot stop somebody picking up the wrong sling.
Contexts: Technical drawing, Public information
Uses colours chosen by the site rather than nationally, so the chart at the store is the authority and a band brought from another site means nothing.
Contexts: Technical drawing, Public information
A band of coloured tape or a small coloured tag wrapped around or attached to a piece of equipment, carrying no lettering.
Both put an inspection record on the equipment itself.