Posted By Ken Mudd Just a quick query. Are initialled documents as good as signed documents. So for example after undertaking a pre-use inspection on a machine and the operator initials the record. If (God forbid) something was found to be defective and injured someone, and it was found that the record was only initialled and not signed by the operator, would it have less weight for a potential injury claim or potential prosecution? Or is the fact the check was performed and recorded be sufficient? Being a slight cynic I wonder if the operator could say "well someone put my initials down and it was not me". But he could not contest his signature. Any thoughts??? Ken

Posted By Shane J I've read somewhere (i know that that's not strictly a sufficient reference but...) that you can only initial a document if you've already got your full signature on there somewhere. Once you've established that the person making the inspection has already signed once and is evident through a full signature they are aware of their responsibility to make the inspection, then an initialled report would suffice I'd think.

Posted By Adrian Watson Initialed documents are signed documents! There is no difference. Regards Adrian