Posted By garyh
Do you mean Petrol or Diesel fuelled? There is a big difference in the flammability and volatility of these fuels. However, I know of no regulation in UK which would relate to this.

You would need to do a risk assessment, ie what would the seriousness of any fire be, then how likely is the fire to start (in this case using the FLT as the ignition source, or the actual FLT catching fire).

I hope this helps.

Posted By SteveD-M
http://www.servo-lift.co...20EX%20truck%20alert.pdf

http://www.hse.gov.uk/fireandexplosion/atex.htm

There is some very useful international information from the Australians.

The second link is to ATEX in Europe.

Posted By SteveD-M
Did you just answer your own question then...?

The UK guidance on the storage of packaged dangerous goods in HSG 71.

Posted By Descarte
Well if the area is not even "A place in which an explosive atmosphere consisting of a mixture with air of flammable substances in the form of gas, vapour or mist is not likely to occur in normal operation but, if it does occur, will persist for a short period only." then its ok.

Perhaps you need to revisit your DSEAR risk assessment?

However I can also see the flip side, RA said it wasnt a zoned area, however a risk, although extremely small was identified, would it have been reasonably practical to replace FLT with Diesel or fix a flame arrestor?

Des