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Document ID (ISN)54020
CIS number 90-796
Year 1988
Convention or series no. Joint Health and Safety Training
Title Supplemental inflatable restraint (SIR): Procedures for driver side modules
Bibliographic information UAW-GM Human Resource Health and Safety Training Center, 29815 John R., Madison Heights, MI 48071, USA, 1988. 63p. Illus.
Abstract Training material aimed at instructors and developed jointly by the United Auto Workers labour union and General Motors Co. Many practical exercises. It contains advice on the safe handling of supplemental inflatable restraints (SIRs), devices concealed in the steering wheel or dashboard of vehicles in order to provide crash protection. Contents: obligations of the security and material departments of automobile plants when handling shipments of SIRs; safe handling of SIRs in the steering column assembly area, the main assembly line and in repair areas. In appendices: chemical substances information system and material safety data sheet concerning substances used in SIRs.
Descriptors (primary) USA; training material; inflatable restraints; motor vehicle industry
Descriptors (secondary) dangerous substances; safety guides; training manuals; assembly-line work
Document type C - Training manuals, audiovisual material
Subject(s) Personal protection
Broad subject area(s) Mechanical hazards, transport
Browse category(ies) Motor vehicle manufacturing industry
Belts, harnesses and lifelines
OSH training