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Petroleum distribution installation personal protective equipment requirements

Introduction
Outsourcing of petroleum product distribution and inter-company loading mean that greater numbers of people can access and work at distribution installations. This has resulted in some variation in personal protective equipment (PPE) used by them and uncertainties over whether it is fit for purpose. To help resolve these difficulties, listings of PPE requirements have been developed.

Purpose
To clarify PPE requirements both to operators of distribution installations and to those accessing them and working there.

Scope
The listings comprise Minimum PPE Requirements for People Accessing Petroleum Distribution Installation Operational Areas (Table 1) and Additional PPE Requirements for Workers at Petroleum Distribution Installation Operational Areas (Table 2). The former listing is intended for visitors, road tanker drivers, inspectors, supervisors, operations staff, maintenance contractors, etc. that access distribution installation operational areas and covers specifications and precautions in use for foot, head, eye, and body protection, and high visibility PPE. Table 2 is intended for road tanker drivers, operations staff, maintenance contractors, etc. that work at distribution installation operational areas and covers specifications and precautions in use for additional PPE, such as fall, hearing, respiratory, hand, eye and body protection. These should supplement, or where appropriate replace, PPE given in Table 1.

Origin
The listings have been developed through a consultation process using expertise from the Energy Institute’s Distribution and Marketing Safety Committee and Distribution and Marketing Committee. An earlier version was included in IP Model Code of Safe Practice in the Petroleum Industry Part 2: Design, construction and operation of petroleum distribution installations (3rd edition); however, the current version of the PPE listings should be sought (see attached pdf document below).

Application
The listings should be used by operators of distribution installations as a means of communicating PPE requirements to those who access them or work there. The requirements may, for example, be included when drawing up contracts with distribution contractors. They should therefore encourage consistency across the sector.

The listings should be used as part of a task risk assessment process, which should also consider:

• The necessary level of protection offered by different pieces of PPE where more than one possibility is specified.
• Possible incompatibilities between components of a portfolio of PPE (e.g. for eye protection).
• The possibility of PPE increasing risks to other hazards (e.g. using hearing protection that provides excessive attenuation which reduces the likelihood of hearing vehicles, such as road tankers). 

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