Any missing or ineffective fasteners (a fastener is not considered missing if there is an empty hole in the device but no corresponding hole in the frame or vice versa)
For Any missing or ineffective fasteners (a fastener is not considered missing if there is an empty hole in the device but no corresponding hole in the frame or vice versa), category is Reject; inspection item number is 2; defect reference is b.(1)(a); inspection item is Coupling devices; authority is US 49 CFR Appendix A to Part 396, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.
- Defect
- Any missing or ineffective fasteners (a fastener is not considered missing if there is an empty hole in the device but no corresponding hole in the frame or vice versa) verified
- Category
- Reject
- Inspection item number
- 2
- Defect reference
- b.(1)(a)
- Inspection item
- Coupling devices
- Authority
- US 49 CFR Appendix A to Part 396 our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
(1) Mounting to frame. (a) Any missing or ineffective fasteners (a fastener is not considered missing if there is an empty hole in the device but no corresponding hole in the frame or vice versa).
— law.cornell.edu, retrieved 2026-08-06
Source
- law.cornell.eduhttps://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/appendix-A_to_part_396