Protective gloves at petrol stations

Elessar

Does anyone know if it is legally mandatory for petrol stations to have protective disposable gloves at every petrol pump? Does this fall under health and safety?

Isn't it a case that the long-chain hydrocarbons in petroleum can bypass the skin barrier and get into the bloodstream, thus gloves must be provided?

Guy:Incognito

You'd be better off worrying about the germs on the money in your pockets, thats been in far worse places.

Lex Luthor

there's nothing worse though than after filling your car that your hands are stinking from leaking petrol or diesel...

AugustusMaximus

Lex Luthor wrote: »

there's nothing worse though than after filling your car that your hands are stinking from leaking petrol or diesel...

Here's me thinking most people like the smell of petrol.

david

Ask a user called Hammertime, he should know!

Mr Benevolent

AugustusMaximus wrote: »

Here's me thinking most people like the smell of petrol.

I do, but stepping on a dribble of it on the ground stinks the car out for hours!

mickdw

Petrol ok, diesel gets very annoying if you get it on your hands and have to drive off.

roosterman71

Lex Luthor wrote: »

there's nothing worse though than after filling your car that your hands are stinking from leaking petrol or diesel...

Would being raped not be worse????

How are ye people filling your cars? If petrol or diesel is getting onto your hands, then you need to check how ye are filling up? I don't ever remember spilling any on myself. Put the nozzle in the tank, ad only turn on then. Shake the nozzle before removing from the tank. There should be no spillage.

timmywex

roosterman71 wrote: »

Would being raped not be worse????

How are ye people filling your cars? If petrol or diesel is getting onto your hands, then you need to check how ye are filling up? I don't ever remember spilling any on myself. Put the nozzle in the tank, ad only turn on then. Shake the nozzle before removing from the tank. There should be no spillage.

Sometimes theres deisel/petrol left over on the nozzles. Some stations dont have them cleaned. I work in a very busy station an i know that we are supposed to clean them down with sanitizor every day.

There also has to be a dispenser and roll of blue paper for cleaning hands but no gloves required!

ianobrien

I remember seeing very cheap plastic gloves at one petrol station and I was thinking about the solubility of plastic in petrol. While I was pondering (and filling), somebody decided to use the gloves. Imagine her shock when the petrol dissolved the glove....

If they provide gloves, they should be nitrile and rated to withstand chemical attack (I can't think of the rating system at the moment, but I know there is one). Latex gloves are a no-no as well.

Wishbone Ash

The gloves are there for diesel usually as it lingers much longer than petrol.

Lex Luthor wrote: »

there's nothing worse though than after filling your car that your hands are stinking from leaking petrol or diesel...

Being doused in petrol and set alight would be worse methinks!

P.C.

Elessar wrote: »

Does anyone know if it is legally mandatory for petrol stations to have protective disposable gloves at every petrol pump? Does this fall under health and safety?

Isn't it a case that the long-chain hydrocarbons in petroleum can bypass the skin barrier and get into the bloodstream, thus gloves must be provided?

How is this a 'Health and Safety' thing?

If it was, they would not allow you to put in fuel. :eek:

Its a customer service thing.

I hate having to put in fuel, but I don't see how it can be a health and saftey issue. Just be carefull, and don't spill any fuel on yourself.

unkel

roosterman71 wrote: »

How are ye people filling your cars? If petrol or diesel is getting onto your hands, then you need to check how ye are filling up? I don't ever remember spilling any on myself. Put the nozzle in the tank, ad only turn on then. Shake the nozzle before removing from the tank. There should be no spillage.

+1

I think I spilled fuel on my hand / clothes once or twice in well over 20 years of driving...

Solitaire

+2. A couple of times I've dripped a single drip just next to the filler cap (and boy did it stink) but I've never managed to douse any part of my anatomy in the stuff! :P

L1011

I cant get the Statute Book website to load right now but if they're legally required, they'll be covered in the Act or SI that legalised self-service pumps in the 1970s (it also set the ages and banned lock-offs on petrol pumps)

MagicMarker

I almost had a dumb & dumber moment once.

S-Murph

roosterman71 wrote: »

Would being raped not be worse????

How are ye people filling your cars? If petrol or diesel is getting onto your hands, then you need to check how ye are filling up? I don't ever remember spilling any on myself. Put the nozzle in the tank, ad only turn on then. Shake the nozzle before removing from the tank. There should be no spillage.

Its the way the pumps are designed. When you put the pump handle back on the rack thing when finished, the fuel from the nozel can drip onto the back plate and down to where the handle is - making it oily, particularly with diesel.

Lots of times just gripping the pump before ever pulling the trigger leaves fuel on your hands.

Maybe you drive a petrol?

loobylou

roosterman71 wrote: »

Shake the nozzle before removing from the tank. There should be no spillage.

Men will have daily practice at this.

Gary ITR

MagicMarker wrote: »

I almost had a dumb & dumber moment once.

You almost got a girls phone number?

Seth Brundle

They are there to keep your hands clean if you and the guys end up having a fuel fight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xXaYj33F0A

or else they are something to do with swine flu!

roosterman71

S-Murph wrote: »

Its the way the pumps are designed. When you put the pump handle back on the rack thing when finished, the fuel from the nozel can drip onto the back plate and down to where the handle is - making it oily, particularly with diesel.

Lots of times just gripping the pump before ever pulling the trigger leaves fuel on your hands.

Then its the person before you needs to learn to shake their hose when finished (this thread is gonna descend into chaos!!)

I'm not sure that the design of the pumps let dribbles go on the handle. Surely the handle part isn't near the backplate, so any spillage should be on the bottom part of the handle, and not near where your holding. I'll take a closer look the next time I fill up.

S-Murph wrote: »

Maybe you drive a petrol?

I have both

S-Murph

roosterman71 wrote: »

Then its the person before you needs to learn to shake their hose when finished (this thread is gonna descend into chaos!!)

I'm not sure that the design of the pumps let dribbles go on the handle. Surely the handle part isn't near the backplate, so any spillage should be on the bottom part of the handle, and not near where your holding. I'll take a closer look the next time I fill up.


I have both

I think I saw this on the pumps in an apple garage.

The closest thing I can find is this:



The apple garage one is less chanelled and just flat, and the trigger bit rests right on it. From the above picture you can see how any runoff from the nozel runs downwards along the backplate, and can then make contact with the handle area (which is just above the green band).

Madame Razz

I find that most diesel pumps are dirty as most people driving diesel almost always fill up the tank, thus the next person using the pump gets their hands covered in it.

Which isn't very nice:rolleyes:

I'd live with it on my hands tho, it's much worse on the ground. I went flying on a patch of fuel before and *really* hurt my hand when I fell, and when I went into the shop to complain all the girl behind the till did was shrug her shoulders.

Wonderful customer service:rolleyes: