Missing panel screws and knockouts — small parts, real points

An electrical panel with missing cover screws, open knockouts, or breakers that do not match the directory looks minor — until the points post. Openings in the panel are an exposed-electrical issue, and inspectors do open panels. What is in your panel kit, and do your techs carry a panel screw assortment and knockout seals on every turn?

I will say the quiet part: panels get opened by inspectors more often than panels get opened by our own crews. A missing screw or an open knockout is the cheapest deficiency in the entire book — the parts cost loose change and the fix takes a minute — and it still shows up constantly because nobody's pre-walk includes a screwdriver and the panel door. Put screws and knockout seals in the kit and this cite mostly disappears. What is in your panel kit — and be honest, when did your crew last open every panel on a property before an inspection?