18.G.25 Maintenance and repairs.
- Maintenance, including preventive maintenance, and repairs must be in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations and must be documented. Records of maintenance and repairs conducted during the life of a contract must be made available upon request of the GDA.
- All machinery or equipment must be shut down and positive means taken to prevent its operation while repairs or manual lubrications are being done. Equipment designed to be serviced while running are exempt from this requirement.
- All repairs on machinery or equipment must be made at a location that will protect repair personnel from traffic.
- Heavy machinery, equipment, or parts thereof that are suspended or held apart by slings, hoist, or jacks also must be substantially blocked or cribbed before personnel are permitted to work underneath or between them.
All repairs must be made at a location that protects repair personnel from traffic.
18.G.26 Dump trucks.
- All dump trucks must be equipped with a physical holding device to prevent accidental lowering of the body while maintenance or inspection work is being done.
- All hoist levers must be secured to prevent accidental starting or tripping of the mechanism.
- All off-highway end-dump trucks must be equipped with a means (plainly visible from the operator's position while looking ahead) to determine whether the dump box is lowered.
- Trip handles for tailgates on all dump trucks must be arranged to keep the operator in the clear.
18.G.27 Parking.
- Whenever equipment is parked, the parking brake must be set.
- Equipment parked on an incline must have the wheels chocked or track mechanisms blocked and the parking brake set.
- All equipment left unattended at night, adjacent to a highway in normal use or adjacent to construction areas where work is in progress, must have lights or reflectors, or barricades equipped with lights or reflectors, to identify the location of the equipment.
18.G.28 Towing.
- All towing devices used on any combination of equipment must be structurally adequate for the weight drawn and securely mounted.
- Persons must not be permitted to get between a towing vehicle and the piece of towed equipment until both have been completely stopped with all brakes set and wheels chocked on both vehicle and equipment.
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18-9. What precautions must be taken prior to working underneath heavy machinery and equipment that is suspended or held apart by slings, hoist, or jacks?
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