This revised American National Standard is applicable to all persons engaged in the manufacture@ modification@ operation@ cleaning@ maintenance@ service@ or repair of mobile collecting@ transporting@ and compacting equipment. It attempts to distinguish between persons who may be the legal owner@ lessor@ lessee@ or who are otherwise contracted with or hired to become involved with@ the equipment. Excluded from this standard is equipment used for the collection@ transportation@ or disposal of hazardous or flammable materials regulated by title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 263 or 49 CFR Parts 171 through 180. Stationary compactors@ which were included in American National Standard for Safety Requirements for Refuse Collection and Compaction Equipment@ ANSI Z245.1-1975@ and American National Standard for Refuse Collecting and Compacting Equipment - Safety Requirements@ ANSI Z245.1-1984@ are now covered by American National Standard for Refuse Collection@ Processing@ and Disposal Equipment - Stationary Compactors - Safety Requirements@ ANSI Z245.2-1992@ as of the effective date of that standard@(Footnote 1) and future revisions of that standard. The safety requirements are divided into nine clauses and are applicable as described in 1.1.1 through 1.1.4. Clauses 1 through 3 provide general information and definitions that apply to all mobile collecting and compacting equipment covered by this standard. Clauses 4 through 6 provide information related to construction@ reconstruction@ and modification; operation and maintenance; and employer and employee operational requirements that shall apply to both new and existing mobile collecting and compacting equipment. Clauses 7 and 8 provide equipment safeguards and features and dual drive configuration requirements that shall apply to mobile rear-loading@ side-loading@ front-loading@ and mechanized container collecting equipment used to receive@ compact@ transport@ and unload waste or recyclable materials; to mobile tilt-frame and hoist-type equipment commonly used to pick up@ transport@ unload@ and set down open top or enclosed waste or recyclable materials containers; to vehicles used to receive@ separate@ densify@ transport@ and unload recyclable wastes; to vehicles used to transfer waste from one waste processing or disposal facility to another; and to satellite vehicles commonly used to receive and transport waste or recyclable materials for unloading into other mobile waste or recyclable materials collecting equipment. Clause 9 addresses the comprehensive safety program. Topics covered include training requirements and frequency of training. Footnote 1 - See 1.3 of ANSI Z245.2-1997 for a fuller explanation of the effective date as it applies to stationary equipment built between 1977 and the present.