Fuel Station Safety
Forecourt safety for fuel station attendants, cashiers and supervisors, following one invented station from opening check to closing: the cashier as forecourt safety officer and the station injury record, federal OSHA, the state fire code (IFC or NFPA 30A), EPA and state tank rules, HazCom and shared responsibility with drivers, contractors and customers, flash point, flammable range, vapor density and autoignition for gasoline, diesel and ethanol blends, benzene and fuel exposure with time-weighted averages and skin protection, ignition sources, static and fill-neck fires, approved portable containers and refueling rules, emergency shut-offs, breakaways and shear valves, drive-offs and vehicle strikes, fuel deliveries with bonding and crossdrop prevention, tank gauges, ullage and overfill prevention, vehicles, slips, EV chargers and car washes on the forecourt, the station emergency plan for fires, spills, medical emergencies, robbery and severe weather, and a forecourt safety walk with a staged orientation for a new attendant.
HSE-350 12 lessons · 4 h 43 min
Offered by HSM University · Safety Training
This is the American version of this course. See the Canadian version.
What you'll learn
- Describe the fuel station workplace, the cashier's role as forecourt safety officer and the main hazards, and interpret a small station's injury and incident record.
- Explain how federal OSHA, the state fire code (IFC or NFPA 30A), EPA and state tank rules and HazCom apply to a fuel station, and how responsibilities are shared with drivers, contractors and customers.
- Explain flash point, flammable range, vapor density and autoignition, and apply them to gasoline, diesel, ethanol blends and other station products.
- Describe how fuel affects health, including benzene, compare exposure limits, work out a time-weighted average and reduce exposure and skin contact.
- Identify ignition sources at a station, explain how static causes refueling fires, and respond correctly to a fire at the fill neck.
- Apply the rules for approved portable containers and safe filling, and enforce engine-off, no-smoking and no-topping-off rules.
- Explain how the emergency shut-off, breakaways and shear valves work, check shut-off placement, and respond to drive-offs, vehicle strikes and forecourt fires.
- Support a safe fuel delivery: prepare the site, check products and levels, prevent crossdrops, and stop a delivery when needed.
- Read the automatic tank gauge, work out ullage before a delivery, explain overfill prevention, and respond to tank alarms.
- Protect customers and workers on the forecourt from vehicles, slips, drive-off confrontations, EV charger hazards and car wash hazards.
- Apply the station's emergency plan: stop, call, clear, contain if safe, inform and report, for fires, spills, medical emergencies, robbery and severe weather.
- Plan a staged orientation for a new attendant, carry out and rank a forecourt safety walk, choose controls and measure results with leading indicators.
Course content
12 lessons · 4 h 43 min total · final exam
- 1 The fuel station workplace 25 min · quiz
- 2 Law, codes and responsibilities at a fuel station in the United States 23 min · quiz
- 3 Properties of gasoline, diesel and other fuels 24 min · quiz
- 4 Health hazards: benzene and fuel exposure 23 min · quiz
- 5 Ignition sources and static electricity 23 min · quiz
- 6 Portable containers and refueling safety 23 min · quiz
- 7 Emergency shut-off, breakaways and fire response 24 min · quiz
- 8 Fuel deliveries 24 min · quiz
- 9 Tanks, gauges and overfill prevention 23 min · quiz
- 10 Customer and forecourt safety 23 min · quiz
- 11 Emergency planning and the attendant's role in incidents 24 min · quiz
- 12 Capstone: a forecourt safety walk and orientation for a new attendant 24 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Forecourt safety for fuel station attendants, cashiers and supervisors, following one invented station from opening check to closing: the cashier as forecourt safety officer and the station injury record, federal OSHA, the state fire code (IFC or NFPA 30A), EPA and state tank rules, HazCom and shared responsibility with drivers, contractors and customers, flash point, flammable range, vapor density and autoignition for gasoline, diesel and ethanol blends, benzene and fuel exposure with time-weighted averages and skin protection, ignition sources, static and fill-neck fires, approved portable containers and refueling rules, emergency shut-offs, breakaways and shear valves, drive-offs and vehicle strikes, fuel deliveries with bonding and crossdrop prevention, tank gauges, ullage and overfill prevention, vehicles, slips, EV chargers and car washes on the forecourt, the station emergency plan for fires, spills, medical emergencies, robbery and severe weather, and a forecourt safety walk with a staged orientation for a new attendant.