Automotive Workshop Safety

AUTOMOTIVE WORKSHOP SAFETY

TYRES AND WHEELS

For removing the wheel from the Vehicle and refitting it the Hazards are:
* High force and awkward postures during manual handling tasks
*Exposure to noise
* asbestos (from brake linings)
* Use the compressed air to disperse dusts

Deflating the Tire, Removing it from the rim and replacing it the hazards are
* High forceand awkward postures during manual-handling tasks
* Explosions due to valve blockages when deflating resulting in high velocity fragments of tire /wheel.
* Risk of an explosion with:retreads, used tires, aged wheels (rims) and substandard lock rings.

Vocabulary

1. Awkward: incómodo
2. Nearby: cerca Nuisance: molestia Dusts: polvo
3. Rolling: Balanceo
4.Overexertion: esfuerzo excesivo
5. Tighten: apretar
6. Deflation: desinflado
7. partially: parcialmente
8. anchored: anclado
9. air gauge: manómetro de aire
10. don’t meet: no seencuentran.
11. distorted: distorsionado
12. Wedges : Cuñas
13. Leverage: Aproveche
14. guarded: vigilado
15. transferred: transferido by carrying: mediante la realizaciónSentences
1. High force and awkward postures during manual handling tasks
2. Vehicle falling, nearby traffic, nuisance dusts, asbestos (from brake linings).
3. Rolling no more than two tyre/wheels at once.
4. Service vehicle is not congested with tyres, so that overexertion to obtain tyres is not required.
5. Tighten wheel nuts using impact wrench set to correct tension withoutfinal re-torque.
6. Deflation is not monitored.
7. Tyre may e main partially ressurised if the wheel s to be rolled
8. The restraint equipment is not anchored or prevented from movement, e.g.a tailgate without hydraulics.
9. The pressure (air gauge) is monitored continuously.
10. Lock rings are used even if they are out of shape or the ends don’t meet.
11. Tyres that have...