RISK ASSESSMENT RA ID: M000

Rev: 00
DESCRIPTION: WHEEL AND TYRE REMOVAL AND REPAIR Date: 26.04.11
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BOS Shelf CLIENT

NAME NAME
SIGN SIGN
DATE DATE
N ACTIVITY HAZARD HAZARD Risk Value CONTROL MITIGATION S
o DESCRIPTIO EFFECT S x L=R HAZARD SEVERITY (S) & LIKELY HOOD OF HAZARD EFFECT (L) EQUALS L
N S L R ACCEPTABLE RISK (R) R
1 Slip, trips • Falls may be • Injury • Keep all floor passages free from obstruction.
and falls caused by spillage of to people • Clean up spillages immediately
oil and water and • Provide hose reel
also by poor • Good housekeeping
housekeeping, e.g. • Good hose management
trailing airlines or
tyres , tubes etc.
2 Lifting Misuse or failure of • Injury • Use axle props to support raised equipment, never let anyone
Equipment equipment such as to people work beneath an equipment supported only by a jack or jacks
jacks and lifting • Dama • Ensure appropriate pins are used in props
devices can lead to ge to • Ensure all lifting devices are marked with maximum safe
extremely serious property working load and that these loads are not exceeded
injuries and even death • Ensured that a periodic thorough examination of all lifting
devices is carried out by competent person regularly and that any
defedts are repaired immediately
• Ensure equipment is fit for purpose

3 Removing • Projectiles • Injury • Loosen rim retaining nuts with impact gun making sure to leave
wheel nuts • Tyre exploding to people all retaining nuts with a minimum of a full nut depth of thread
• Use of heat • Remove tension from wheel cleats using jacking bolts.
• Corrosion • Finish removing nuts and cleats from wheel assembly.
• Remove wheel and tyre assembly in approved sequence
• Ensure the removed tyre is either laid flat on the floor in an
appropriate area or adequately restrained from falling.
• Always remain aware that cleat attached rims that the wedging
 RISK ASSESSMENT RA ID: M000
Rev: 00
DESCRIPTION: WHEEL AND TYRE REMOVAL AND REPAIR Date: 26.04.11
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N ACTIVITY HAZARD HAZARD Risk Value CONTROL MITIGATION S

o DESCRIPTIO EFFECT S x L=R HAZARD SEVERITY (S) & LIKELY HOOD OF HAZARD EFFECT (L) EQUALS L
N S L R ACCEPTABLE RISK (R) R
force of the rim and the cleat may eject the cleat with
considerable force once nuts are undone, even with deflated
tyres
• Never weld or apply heat to any rim while the tyre is mounted
to it regardless of whatever the tyreis deflated or not. This
applies to heating of wheel nut etc as well as direct application
of heat to the rim. Application of heat even to an uniflated tyre
can cause an explosive atmosphere to develop in the tyre due
to the decomposition of the tyre rubber.
• Do not apply heat
4 Removing Using excessive force • Injury • Using proper tool ie tyre extractor and tyre trolley to remove tyre
tyre from or using improper tools to people from equipment
equipment may cause harm or tyre • Dama • Refrain from using sledge hammer to drive out the tyre
may hit someone if ge to
come out unexpected property
from equipment
5 Breaking the Damge to tyre and • Injury Using hydraulic operated bead breaker to push the tyre in off the
bead wheel rim to people sleeve on the outside and then push it off the rim on the inside of
• Dama the wheel
ge to Bead is broken by driving over tyre/wheel, by jumping on the tyre, or by
property hammering it eg with slide hammer.

6 Putting / Over pressure may • Injury • Tyre is inflated with an in-line air gauge that has manual or automatic
Monitoring cause explosion to people cut off set below the tyre manufacturer’s design.
air pressure Unsafe workplace • • An air regulator is used.
• Using tyre cage to secure from rim ring collapsed
• Use tyre cage to inflate tyre when inflating tyre
• The pressure (air gauge) is monitor continuously.
7 Inspection of Corrosion of parts • Injury Check all components are not adversely affected by corrosion
wheel to people Replace badly corroded parts
 RISK ASSESSMENT RA ID: M000
Rev: 00
DESCRIPTION: WHEEL AND TYRE REMOVAL AND REPAIR Date: 26.04.11
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N ACTIVITY HAZARD HAZARD Risk Value CONTROL MITIGATION S

o DESCRIPTIO EFFECT S x L=R HAZARD SEVERITY (S) & LIKELY HOOD OF HAZARD EFFECT (L) EQUALS L
N S L R ACCEPTABLE RISK (R) R
• Dama
ge to
property