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Posted By A Adams
Petrol is put into 'petrol station' plastic containers at the petrol station (excuse the repetition), and then transported loose in the back of work vans for the purpose of filling plant equipment. Question: is this allowed under the legislation? If not please advise.
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Posted By Dave Wilson
What legislation?
Would have thought so, how else you going to get it there?
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Posted By Jason Gould
Limited quantities and containers come into play.
A IBC 1000ltr tub on back of transit is a different story alltogether. A DGSA will clarify this a little.
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Posted By Martin Gray
An old piece of legislation but not sure if it has been amended or is still on the statute books -
Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 provided for the correct securely stoppered container not exceeding 570 millilitres and an aggregate amount kept not to exceed 15 litres.
If in excess of these amount you would require a licence.
Contact your local trading standards department as fuel is their area.
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Posted By Paul Cook
I believe the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 is still enforced but has now been ammended. (It used to cover vehicles in underground car parks etc.) As martin Said, you are limited to a quantity of 15 litres of Petrolium spirit, this includes distilates such as heptane etc. All must be stored in appropriate containers, Must be marked 'Petrolium spirit, Highly Flammable'
In my workplace the Enforcement officer was from the london fire brigades petrolium division, and he was quite fussy about the fire integrity of the room and he even wanted zone 2 intrinsiclly safe lighting installed.
All that for a couple of gerry cans for a push along lawn mower!
Paul
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Posted By Pat Burns
There is a great little book free of charge from HSE Books INDG234(rev) which gives guidance on carriage of dangerous goods by road.
Using the guidance it could be possible to transport up to 200 litres of packaged goods without most ot the carriage of dangerous goods regs applying. If you are in doubt contact your local HSE office and they will advise to a degree.
Of course there are other aspects to this as it is work related.
You would have to conduct a risk assessment.
Things to consider in the assessment are the driver, distance to drive, vehicle, storage container etc.
You might select a non smoker to eliminate a risk of smoking whilst carrying petrol, is the vehicle legal eg insurance tax etc. Is the container approved and can it be secured to stop it moving in the boot. How far away is the petrol station. How much are you transporting. What is the emergency procedures should there be a problem.
This all sounds a bit complex but most of it is common sense.
the regulations governing carriage of dangerous goods are being amended to get them up to date and have one set of regs rather than themany already enacted. This was out as a CD from HSE if you are interested.
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Posted By Sarah J Shaw
The regulations covering the use of plastic containers for said transport is SI 1982/630 Petroluem-Spirit (Plastic Containers) Regs 1982 as amended by SI 1999/743 & SI 2002/2776 (DSEAR).
I would strongly recommend that you refer to the Dangerous Substances and Explosives Atomospheres Regulations 2002 for any risk assessment you do about the handling and storage of Petroleum spirit as well as the transport legislation. These have revoked part/most of the Pet licencing requirements and the associated Pet Consolidation Act and came fully into force on 30th June 2003
Sarah
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Posted By smudge
Petrol is subject to the Carriage of Dangerous Goods 1996 regulations.
It is a packing group 11 substance and therefore a category 2 substance for transport.
Unless each individual container exceeds 10 litres then you would not be subject to the regulations and would not require the vehicle to be marked. But dont forget adequate training.
As for storage I have to agree with the others, you should seek advice from your local Petroleum Officer who is a member of the fire brigade fire safety centre
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Posted By Ron Hunter
I see you've had some good response. I agree that the current legislation is somewhat archaic and difficult to interpret in a modern context. I am a Local Authority Health & Safety Officer who used to be a Petroleum Officer.The advice I gave, which has since been adopted by our Local Authority and some others is that carraige in a closed unmodified vehicle be limited to a maximum of 2 x 10 litre metal containers or two x 5 litre plastic. We have one or two adapted vehicles with trained driver, suitable marking, extinguishers etc. which carry 200litres between our own fuel stations and petroleum stores.
To some up, and as others have suggested, apply risk assessment principles! Avoid using plastic containers - there are quality containers available with honeycomb impact resistant internals, only transport what you need, consider the risk of unattended vehicles with larger quantities and the insurance issues (worth chatting to your insurers?)and certainly don't exceed 200 litres or you'll fall foul of CDG Regs. If you intended to 'fill up' at a commercial filling station then this should be considered within the risk assessment - I'm sure some licensees/operators would object strongly to the practice of filling multiple small containers (i.e. up to 20!) on their forecourt?
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