OSHA issues new (revised) materials regarding servicing single-piece and multi-piece rim wheels

2/05/11

On Wednesday, November 30th, 2011, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) issued a news release that contained information and a link to additional supporting documents and charts for workers who service single-piece and multi-piece rim wheels. IBEW Local 702 represents many members in Fleet Services type classifications who are routinely assigned work pertaining to these types of equipment. We have included the information supplied by OSHA for your reference below.

To view OSHA’s 11/30/2011 Trade Release on the matter, please click here.

To view OSHA’s Demounting and Mounting Procedures for Tubeless Truck and Bus Tires, please click here.

To view OSHA’S Demounting and Mounting Procedures for Tube-Type Truck and Bus Tires, please click here.

To view the Multi-Piece Rim Matching Chart, please click here.

To view OSHA’s Servicing Multi-Piece and Single-Piece Rim Wheels Booklet, please click here.