2.005 Lug Nut Indicators on Company Field Service Vehicles - Inspection & Policy

This Policy is under construction and is not completed Please Call Area Manager or Field Service Director for Verification of contents

Purpose

The purpose of this document is to establish the policy for Flogistix company 1 ton Field Service vehicles or larger required to have Lug Nut Indicators installed on all lug nuts. This Policy is in effect for all Flogistix Field Service trucks 1 ton or larger.  Loose Wheel or Lug Nut Indicators are small pointed tags, usually made of florescent orange, yellow or green, which are fixed to the lug nuts of the wheels.  The tag rotates with the lug nut, and if the lug nut becomes loose the point of the tag shifts noticeably out of alignment with the other tags on that wheel.  If too many lug nuts become loose the wheel can become detached from the wheel studs.  Loose wheel lug nut indicators allow the identification of loose lug nuts before this can occur.  Before the Lug Nut Indicators are installed the lug nuts should be torqued to the proper torque for that vehicle.   As listed in Flogistix Wheel Lug Nut torque policy  2.004 Lug Nut Torque procedure for Field Service Vehicles 

Procedure

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Scope

This policy applies to all company owned Field Service 1 ton service trucks and larger trucks.     

Hazards

Loose lug nuts could cause the remaining lug nuts to take more load ultimately causing them to fail resulting in the wheel or wheels coming loose of coming off of the vehicle while in motion.  Wheels coming off while the vehicle is in motion especially while at higher speeds, could cause loss of control and or major damage to the vehicle that the wheels came off of, damage to other vehicles on the road, or property damage to anything the loose wheel could strike.     This could result in personal injuries to the driver, passenger, occupants of other vehicles that the wheel could strike, or injuries to people not in vehicles that could be struck with a loose wheel.  This could also lead to citations to the driver by law enforcement or DOT officers.  If operating a vehicle you could be found liable for defective wheels, damage, or injury caused by a defective wheel.  

Approvals:

Field Service approved by:  Charles Crenshaw, VP Field Service

Date:  2/13/2023

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