WAC 296-864-20010   Make sure rim wheels are serviced safely.  

     You must:

     • Inspect split rim wheel components and single-piece wheels prior to assembly.

     • Make sure the following are free of any dirt, surface rust, scale or loose or flaked rubber build-up prior to mounting and inflation:

     – Rim flanges;

     – Rim gutters;

     – Rings;

     – Bead seating surfaces;

     AND

     – The bead areas of tires.

     • Make sure you do not heat any rim wheels at any time.

     • Make sure you do not repair any rim wheel that is:

     – Cracked;

     – Broken;

     – Bent;

     OR

     – Damaged.

Note:

Repair includes activities such as striking with a hammer and heating rim wheel components.

     • Provide and make sure that an air line assembly consisting of the following components is used for inflating tires:

     – A clip-on chuck;

     – An in-line valve with a pressure gauge or a presettable regulator;

     AND

     – A sufficient length of hose between the clip-on chuck and the in-line valve, if one is used, to allow the employee to stand outside the trajectory.

Reference:

For additional requirements relating to compressed air tools, see WAC 296-807-140, Compressed air tools, in portable power tools.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. 04-20-079, § 296-864-20010, filed 10/5/04, effective 2/1/05.]