1. (1) Workers must use a safety tire rack, cage, or equivalent protection over tires mounted on split rims with locking rings or similar devices, when:

   1. (a) Inflating tires; or

   2. (b) Adding air to tires on or off the vehicle if the tire was run while flat or if the rim or locking device was disturbed in any way.

      NOTE: A tire is flat if it has lost more than 50% of its normal pressure.

2. (2) Airlines used to inflate tires must have clip-on chucks.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 654.025(2) & 656.726(3)

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 654.001 - 654.295

History

OSHA 4-1998, f. 8-28-98, cert. ef. 10-1-98