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29 CFR 1910.177(c)(2): The employer shall assure that each employee demonstrates and maintains the ability to service rim wheels safely, including performance of the following tasks: 1910.177(c)(2)(i) Demounting of tires (including deflation); 1910.177(c)(2)(ii) Inspection and identification of the rim wheel components; 1910.177(c)(2)(iii) Mounting of tires (including inflation with a restraining device or other safeguard required by this section); 1910.177(c)(2)(iv) Use of the restraining device or barrier, and other equipment required by this section; 1910.177(c)(2)(v) Handling of rim wheels; 1910.177(c)(2)(vi) Inflation of the tire when a single piece rim wheel is mounted on a vehicle; 1910.177(c)(2)(vii) An understanding of the necessity of standing outside the trajectory both during inflation of the tire and during inspection of the rim wheel following inflation; and 1910.177(c)(2)(viii) Installation and removal of rim wheels. On or about July 11, 2023, at a workplace located at 5843 Tower Drive, Florence, Wisconsin in the Truck Shop; the employer did not provide a program to train all employees, working in the Truck Shop tasked with changing tires and rims, in safety procedures to be followed when servicing single-piece rim wheels.