Belte r r a Cor p or at ion S afety M an ual D oc I D C H S M BE L 2 0 1 7 Pa g e 4 20 of 53 8 Doc u m e n t Identif icat ion S JP 013 P age Nu m b e r 2 of 3 Doc u m e n t C r e ation Dat e Ma rc h 22 2016 Im p le m e n tat ion Dat e Apr il 8 2016 6 I nsp e c t S e c urin g De vice s Equipm e nt F a il ure I nsp e c t sec u rin g de vic e s for we a r c uts fr a y s di storti on a nd im prope rl y wor king c omponents R e move f rom se rvic e if a n y de fe c ts a re foun d 7 I nst a ll a nd T e nsion S e c uring De vic e I mprop e r U s e of Sec u ring De vice A tie dow n use d to s e c u r e c a r g o to a ve hicle sha ll be de si g n e d c onst ruc ted a nd m a int a ined so tha t the dr iver c a n ti g ht e n it The drive r o f the ve hicl e sha ll e nsure that the tie dow ns a re t a u t whil e the ve hicle is on a ro a dwa y A tie dow n use d to s e c u r e c a r g o sha ll be use d in a ma nne r that pre ve nts t he ti e down f ro m sl ippi ng loosening unf a stening o pe ning or re lea sin g while the v e hic le is on t he roa dwa y Edg e p rote c tors sh a ll be use d whe r e a ti e down w ould be subj e c t t o a bra sion o r c utt in g a t t he point whe re it touche s a n a rtic l e of c a r g o The c a r g o se c u re ment s y stem shall provide a downw a rd f o rc e e qua l t o a t l e a st 20 of the w e i g h t of a n a rtic le of c a r g o 8 Using P rope r N umber of T ie dow ns Movi ng or Roll ing L o a d Use one ti e down w h e re t he a rtic le is 152 mete rs 5 F T or s horte r a nd we ig hs not mor e than 50 0KG 110 0 L B S Use two ti e downs w he re a n a rtic le is 15 2 mete rs 5F T or s horte r but we ig hs m or e than 500K G 1100 L B S or lon ge r tha n 152 mete rs 5 F T but not long e r tha n 304 mete rs 9 88 F T r e ga rdle ss of we ig ht 9 Dr iver R e sponsi bil it ies L oose Ti e Dow ns or Ca r g o The drive r sh a ll inspec t t he ti e downs be for e driving a n d a ga in not more than 80 K M fr om whe re the ve hicle wa s load e d The drive r must re inspe c t se c ure m e nt s y stem wh e n the ve hicle ha s be e n driv e n for 3 hou rs or ha s tra ve ll e d240KM