OAR 437-007-0565: Vehicle Inspection, Maintenance and Repair

(1) Vehicles must be checked at the beginning of each shift to assure that they are in safe operating condition. NOTE: Pay particular attention to components such as tires, steering apparatus, lights and reflectors, brakes, boosters, brake hoses and connections, reaches, bunks, stakes, bunk blocks and couplings. (2) Any defects found during inspection, which affect the safe operation of the vehicle, must be corrected before the vehicle is placed in service. (3) Any vehicle which develops defects in parts vital to safe operation during a work shift must be removed from service until necessary repairs are made.