How inspection records work
The answers here apply to every piece of equipment, which is why they live on one page rather than being repeated under each one.
Federal rules, state plans, and the local inspector
Most of what we cite is federal OSHA regulation, and it applies in every state. Roughly half the states also run an OSHA-approved State Plan, which may add to the federal requirement but cannot fall below it.
On top of both sits the authority having jurisdiction - your local fire marshal or building official - who can impose more than either. In practice that is where most of the variation you will actually encounter comes from, not from the state plan.
We publish a state page only where a verified state amendment genuinely differs from the federal baseline. A page per state repeating the same federal rule tells you nothing you did not already know, and building fifty of them would say more about our search strategy than about your obligations.
What serialisation adds to a paper tag
A serialised tag carries a unique code and a QR bound to one device. The first scan records what the device is and where it lives. Every scan after that opens the inspection form for that equipment type and writes a permanent entry.
The difference is what each one proves. A paper tag proves the last service - it is a snapshot, and if it is lost or replaced the history goes with it. The record proves the whole sequence, survives the physical tag being replaced, and can be read by the building owner or the authority having jurisdiction without an account.
Entries cannot be edited or deleted. A correction is added as a new entry, which is what makes the log defensible if it is ever produced in an enforcement action. A failed inspection also does not advance the due date: the device stays due until it is corrected, because a system that quietly moves the date on a failure is worse than no system at all.
We cannot certify your compliance, and neither can anyone else
Affixure supplies the artifacts and hosts the records. We do not perform inspections and we do not certify compliance. The licensed professional performing the inspection remains responsible for determining and meeting the requirement.
That is not a disclaimer bolted on by a lawyer - it is how the obligation actually works. No supplier can take on a duty that regulation places on the person doing the work.
What we can do is show our sources. Every interval and clause on a requirements page is cited to the issuing authority with a link, and each one records whether we have read the clause text ourselves or are working from a paywalled standard we cannot quote. Where we have not verified something, the page says so rather than presenting a plausible number.