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OSHA Regulations
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Sec. 1910.177 Servicing multi-piece and single piece rim wheels.
(a) Scope
(1) This section applies to the servicing of multi-piece and single piece rim wheels used
on large vehicles such as trucks, tractors, trailers, buses and off-road machines. It does
not apply to the servicing of rim wheels used on automobiles, or on pickup trucks
and vans utilizing automobile tires or truck tires designated “LT”.
(2) This section does not apply to employers and places of employment regulated
under the Construction Safety Standards, 29 CFR part 1926; the Agriculture
Standards, 29 CFR part 1928; the Shipyard Standards, 29 CFR part 1915; or the
Longshoring Standards, 29 CFR part 1918.
(3) All provisions of this section apply to the servicing of both single piece rim wheels
and multi-piece rim wheels unless designated otherwise.
(b) Definitions
Barrier means a fence, wall or other structure or object placed between a single piece
rim wheel and an employee during tire inflation, to contain the rim wheel components
in the event of the sudden release of the contained air of the single piece rim wheel.
Charts means the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration publications entitled “Demounting and Mounting Procedures for
Truck/Bus Tires” and “Multi-piece Rim Matching Chart,” the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) publications entitled “Demounting and Mounting
Procedures Truck/Bus Tires” and “Multi-piece Rim Matching Chart,” or any other poster
which contains at least the same instructions, safety precautions and other information
contained in the charts that is applicable to the types of wheels being serviced.
Installing a rim wheel means the transfer and attachment of an assembled rim wheel
onto a vehicle axle hub. Removing means the opposite of installing.
Mounting a tire means the assembly or putting together of the wheel and tire components
to form a rim wheel, including inflation. Demounting means the opposite of mounting.
Multi-piece rim wheel means the assemblage of a multi-piece wheel with the tire tube
and other components.
Multi-piece wheel means a vehicle wheel consisting of two or more parts, one of which
is a side or locking ring designed to hold the tire on the wheel by interlocking components
when the tire is inflated.
Restraining device means an apparatus such as a cage, rack, assemblage of bars
and other components that will constrain all rim wheel components during an explosive
separation of a multi-piece rim wheel, or during the sudden release of the contained air
of a single piece rim wheel.
Rim manual means a publication containing instructions from the manufacturer or other
qualified organization for correct mounting, demounting, maintenance, and safety
precautions peculiar to the type of wheel being serviced.
Rim wheel means an assemblage of tire, tube and liner (where appropriate), and wheel
components.
Service or servicing means the mounting and demounting of rim wheels, and related
activities such as inflating, deflating, installing, removing, and handling.
Service area means that part of an employer's premises used for the servicing of rim
wheels, or any other place where an employee services rim wheels.
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