Please send
this information to ALL your
family & friends, especially
those who have kids in the car
with them while pumping gas. If
this were to happen, they may not
be able to get the children out in
time.
MUST READ, EVEN IF
YOU DON'T OWN A CAR.
Shell
Oil Comments - A MUST READ!
Safety Alert!
Here are some reasons why we don't
allow cell phones in operating
areas, propylene oxide handling
and storage area, propane, gas and
diesel refuelling areas.
The Shell Oil Company
recently issued a warning after
three incidents in which mobile
phones (cell phones) ignited fumes
during fuelling operations
In the
first case, the phone was placed
on the car's trunk lid during
fuelling; it rang and the
ensuing fire destroyed the car
and the gasoline pump.
In the second, an
individual suffered severe burns to their face when
fumes ignited as they answered a call while
refuelling their car!
And in the
third, an individual
suffered burns to the thigh and
groin as fumes ignited when the
phone, which was in their
pocket, rang while they were
fuelling their car.
You should know that: Mobile Phones
can ignite fuel or fumes
Mobile phones that light up when
switched on or when they ring
release enough energy to provide a
spark for ignition
Mobile phones should not be used in
filling stations, or when fuelling
lawn mowers, boat, etc.
Mobile phones should not be used, or
should be turned off, around other
materials that generate flammable or
explosive fumes or dust, (I.e.,
solvents, chemicals, gases, grain
dust, etc...)
TO sum it up, here are the Four
Rules for Safe Refuelling:
1) Turn off engine
2) Don't smoke
3) Don't use your cell phone -
leave it inside the vehicle or
turn it 0ff
4) Don't re-enter your vehicle
during fuelling.
Bob Renkes of
Petroleum Equipment Institute is
working on a campaign to try and
make people aware of fires as a
result of 'static electricity' at
gas pumps. His company has
researched 150 cases of these
fires.
His results were very surprising:
1) Out of 150 cases, almost all of
them were women.
2) Almost all cases involved the
person getting back in their
vehicle while the nozzle was still
pumping gas. When finished, they
went back to pull the nozzle out
and the fire started, as a result
of static.
3) Most had on rubber-soled
shoes.
4) Most men never get back in
their vehicle until completely
finished. This is why they are
seldom involved in these types of
fires.
5) Don't ever use cell phones when
pumping gas
6) It is the vapours that come out
of the gas that cause the fire,
when connected with static
charges.
8) Seventeen fires occurred
before, during or immediately
after the gas cap was removed and
before fuelling began.
Mr. Renkes stresses
to NEVER get back into your vehicle
while filling it with gas.
If you absolutely HAVE to get in
your vehicle while the gas is
pumping, make sure you get out,
close the door TOUCHING THE METAL,
before you ever pull the nozzle
out. This way the static from your
body will be discharged before you
ever remove the nozzle..
As I mentioned earlier, The
Petroleum Equipment Institute,
along with several other companies
now, are really trying to make the
public aware of this danger.
I ask you to please send this
information to ALL your family and
friends, especially those who have
kids in the car with them while
pumping gas. If this were to happen
to them, they may not be able to get
the children out in time. Thanks for
passing this along.