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Free machinery breakdown report template
Record a breakdown, the repair and the follow-up in one place. Download the report or customise a digital form for your team.
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Document one breakdown: failure, root cause, repair, parts, cost and warranty or insurance status
7 sections
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Breakdown details
- Report no.
- Date / time of failure
- Asset / equipment
- Asset ID / serial
- Location / site
- Operator on shift
- Hours / odometer
- Isolated / tagged out?
Symptoms and sequence of events
- Warning signs observed
- Component / system failed
Root cause analysis
- Immediate cause
- Root cause (why it failed)
- Diagnosed by
Repair carried out
- Completed by
- Labour hours
Parts and materials used
| Parts and materials used | Qty | Part no. | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blank field | Blank field | Blank field | Blank field |
| Blank field | Blank field | Blank field | Blank field |
Cost, downtime and warranty / insurance
- Total downtime (hours)
- Total repair cost ($)
- Consequential cost ($)
- Warranty / insurance claim?
- Claim no. / insurer
Recurrence prevention
- Corrective / preventive action
- Sister assets to check
- Owner / due date
Completed by (fitter / technician)
Signature · Print name · Time taken · Date
Reviewed / approved by (supervisor)
Signature · Print name · Cost code · Date
ILLUSTRATIVE RECORD
A worked record example
Sample entries, not a customer inspection or a product screenshot.
Illustrative example. Adapt the detail to your equipment, project and workplace procedures.
- Asset
- Workshop compressor, asset COMP-014
- Observation
- Unit stopped during operation; operator reported a new vibration.
- Diagnosis
- Awaiting maintenance assessment.
- Next action
- Maintenance supervisor to review the findings before closing the report.
Keep an observation, a suspected cause and a confirmed diagnosis distinct.
The MapTrack machinery breakdown report template has 4 columns and room for 3 entries.
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Key takeaways
- The MapTrack machinery breakdown report template has 4 columns and room for 3 entries. Columns: Parts and materials used, Qty, Part no., Cost.
- Record a breakdown, the repair and the follow-up in one place. Download the report or customise a digital form for your team.
- Keep an observation, a suspected cause and a confirmed diagnosis distinct.
- Keep the asset or project reference consistent across the form and its supporting records.
What is a machinery breakdown report template?
A machinery breakdown report records one unplanned equipment failure and the work that follows it. This form has space for the asset ID, failure time, operator, symptoms, sequence of events, diagnosis, repair, parts, labour, downtime and cost. It also separates the immediate cause from the root cause, so an early observation doesn't have to be presented as a confirmed diagnosis.
Start with what the operator saw and what was happening when the equipment stopped. Add the assessment and repair details as they become available, identifying who supplied each part of the record. The form includes warranty or insurance status and a claim reference, but completing it doesn't establish cover or guarantee a claim. Check the applicable terms separately.
Use the recurrence-prevention section to record an action, an owner and a due date. Link any repair job and maintenance history with the same asset ID. A completed report can help the next person understand the failure; the quality of the investigation and follow-up determines what happens next.
Learn more about maintenance and work orders in MapTrack.
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Benefits of using this machinery breakdown report template
- Separate findings: keeping symptoms, immediate cause and root cause in different fields helps distinguish observations from a later diagnosis.
- Repair context: a written account of the failure and work completed gives the next technician useful information before another assessment.
- Cost detail: parts, labour, downtime and consequential cost fields keep the inputs available for review without promising a particular saving.
- Claim reference: recording warranty or insurance status keeps the relevant reference available while cover and evidence requirements are assessed separately.
- Follow-up ownership: the action, owner and due-date fields make the proposed next step visible to the person reviewing the report.
- Connected history: a consistent asset ID and job reference let the breakdown report be filed with the equipment maintenance record.
What to include in a machinery breakdown report template
- Report and asset details: report number, asset name, ID or serial, and location
- Failure date and time, operator on shift, and hour-meter or odometer reading
- Symptoms and warning signs observed before and at the point of failure
- Sequence of events: what was happening and what the operator did as it failed
- Component or system that failed, with the immediate and root cause
- Repair carried out, including who diagnosed and who completed the work
- Parts and materials used, with part numbers, quantities and cost
- Labour hours, total downtime, and consequential cost such as hire or lost production
- Warranty or insurance status: claimable, claim number, and supplier or insurer
- Recurrence prevention: corrective and preventive actions, owners and due dates
How to use this machinery breakdown report template
Make the area safe and record the failure
Follow your site's procedure for making the equipment and area safe and arranging any required isolation. Record the asset, time, operator and observations without attempting work outside your authority.
Capture symptoms and the sequence of events
Ask the operator to describe the warning signs and sequence of events. Record observations such as noise, alarms or changes in behaviour, identifying the source and timing of the account.
Diagnose the failed component and the root cause
Have an appropriately competent person assess the failure. Record the component, evidence and diagnosis, and keep a suspected cause distinct from a confirmed root cause while the investigation continues.
Record the repair, parts, cost and downtime
Document the repair carried out, the parts and labour consumed with costs, and the total downtime including any consequential cost such as hire or lost production. Take photos of the failed component and capture serial numbers, because this evidence is what supports a later warranty or insurance claim.
Assign corrective actions to prevent recurrence
Translate the root cause into specific corrective and preventive actions with named owners and due dates, such as a schedule change, an inspection addition or a design fix. Check whether the same failure mode applies to sister assets so the learning is applied across the fleet rather than to one machine.
How often should you complete this report?
Start the report when an unplanned breakdown needs investigation or follow-up, while the observations and timing are available. Record what is known at that point and identify any diagnosis or cost that is still pending. Update the same report as the assessment, repair and review progress.
Agree which failures need a detailed report under your workplace procedures. Review open actions at your maintenance planning meeting and close them with a dated outcome. A reporting timetable doesn't replace the equipment's inspection or maintenance instructions, and filling in the form doesn't authorise a return to service.
Which record do you need?
These records do different jobs. Keep the same asset ID across them so the history is easy to follow.
Equipment maintenance log
Keep servicing and repairs in date order..
Use the same asset ID to connect the history to this record..
Work order / job card
Record an individual maintenance task..
Keep the work completed, parts, labour and sign-off together..
Spare parts requisition
Request parts for the repair..
Reference the breakdown report and job when recording parts issued..
Make this form your own
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Start with this template, adjust it for your equipment and site, then save and publish the digital form for your team.
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Customise, save and publish
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Complete it on the job
Record checks, add photos and export a branded PDF.
Keep working offline
Load the form before you lose reception. Complete it offline and sync when you're back online.
Scan the asset. Open its form.
Use an asset's QR code to find and complete the forms that belong to it.
Show what you found
Capture photos and attach files so the next person has the details they need.
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Frequently asked questions
Practical answers about the form, record keeping and using MapTrack.
The form records breakdown details, symptoms, warning signs, the failed component, immediate and root causes, repairs, parts, labour hours, downtime and cost. It also includes warranty or insurance status, recurrence-prevention actions and two sign-offs. Use the asset ID and report number to connect it to the relevant job card and maintenance history.
Link to this answerA maintenance log keeps dated servicing and repair entries across an asset's life. This breakdown report gives one failure more room, including the sequence of events, diagnosis, costs and follow-up. Use both when useful: record the repair in the history and include the breakdown report reference so the detail can be found.
Link to this answerRecord the symptoms and immediate findings, then mark the root cause as awaiting assessment. Don't turn a suspected cause into a confirmed diagnosis. Identify who will investigate and when the report will be reviewed. Add the confirmed findings with their date, keeping the original observations available for the reviewer.
Link to this answerUse the report's downtime, labour, parts, total repair cost and consequential cost fields. State the period covered and distinguish an estimate from a confirmed amount. Keep supporting job cards or invoices with the record, and avoid counting the same cost twice when someone later summarises the breakdown.
Link to this answerNo. The form has fields for claim status and a claim reference, but cover depends on the relevant policy or warranty and the circumstances. Keep the asset details, dates and supporting records accurate. Check the supplier's or insurer's requirements instead of treating a completed template as confirmation that a claim is payable.
Link to this answerUse the corrective or preventive action, sister assets to check, owner and due-date fields. Describe the next action clearly enough for someone else to pick it up. Keep the assessment and completion evidence with the report. The form records the follow-up; it doesn't prove that the cause has been removed.
Link to this answerNo. A record can document what was reported and done, but it doesn't certify the equipment or establish compliance. Have the report and follow-up checked against the requirements that apply to your workplace. Safe Work Australia's plant guidance is a starting point for finding the relevant inspection and maintenance considerations.
Link to this answerYes. Use the download form on this page to get the PDF; starting a trial is optional. Review the blank report before use and add any information your process requires. The PDF is a record for your team to complete, with space for the failure details, repair and follow-up.
Link to this answerApplicable regulatory standards
This template is a starting point for your records. It isn't an approval, certification or replacement for the instructions and requirements that apply to your work.
- Safe Work Australia model guidance on managing risks of plant in the workplace
MapTrack publishes this template. The linked authorities publish their own guidance; they haven't endorsed this form.
The numbers behind this machinery breakdown report template
Every figure below is sourced and dated, so you can quote it in a toolbox talk, a budget case or a board paper without having to chase the original report.
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The MapTrack machinery breakdown report template has 4 columns and room for 3 entries.
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- MapTrack. (2026). Machinery breakdown report template [Checklist template]. Retrieved from https://www.maptrack.com/templates/machinery-breakdown-report-template
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Jarrod has spent over a decade in technology consulting and asset management, including roles at Accenture (mining and heavy industry) and CGI as an Asset Management Consultant. He co-founded MapTrack and built and scaled its original platform, then rebuilt it with Lachlan and Alex from thousands of customer conversations and 300+ user research sessions with field teams. His consulting background gives him deep insight into the operational and compliance challenges facing asset-intensive Australian businesses.
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