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Abstract
To Prevent Tire Failures,
Employers should:
- Ensure that routine maintenance is performed on work vehicles
- Implement and enforce an employer seat belt safety program
Employees should:
- Be properly trained in safe work vehicle operation
- Perform routine pre-trip and post-trip inspections, including inspection of the tires
- Ensure that tires do not run below 80% of the recommended pressure
Document Type
Alert
Publication Date
2-2013
Repository Citation
Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, "Drivers Killed Due to Tire Failures" (2013). Kentucky Haz Alerts--Motor Vehicle. 1.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/face_vehicle_alerts/1
Included in
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Commons, Public Health Education and Promotion Commons
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Kentucky Haz Alert, v. 11, issue 1.