Working over petrol station / garage / fuel station

[BrendanTreeFeller]

Hello all had a quick search could not find anything on this subject :-

 

I'm thinking about quoting a job to climb dismantle & fell a row of large at least 15 meters leylandii on the boundary between a private house and a garage forecourt. It will be difficult if not impossible and would double time on the job if we had to drop everything on one side into the clients (tiny) front garden.

 

Has anyone got experience of what insurance and risk assessment requirements there are and what is required from both our side and the garages side?

 

Potential liabilities and consequences in case of something going wrong could be massive ...

[roseyweb]

You need a SPA card to work on forcourts

[Thesnarlingbadger]

Is it just the traffic you are concerned about or the fuel beneath the ground? As I'm pretty sure these fuel tanks are well beneath the ground.

I'm not sure you need anything special for this type of work but I've only ever done jobs in Petrol stations where the client is the fuel company. I would say the likely hood of you getting permission to use their land if it does not benefit them in anyway is slim.

I'd say you would have to go ott with the signs and cones. Alternatively could you look at getting a Crain in.

I can't say I know enough about it all but just my thoughts.

[Thesnarlingbadger]

You need a SPA card to work on forcourts

 

 

Well I had no idea. The guy I use to work for didn't have any of that when we did jobs for petrol stations. Now I know :-)

[Spruce Pirate]

You need a SPA card to work on forcourts

 

Forgive my ignorance. What's an SPA card?

[defenderjack]

Never been asked for any type of card , just check you insurance and off you go

[matelot]

Perhaps speak to the garage? If the petrol tanks are outside the drop zone I don't see any real hazards.

 

Is the area open to traffic? If it is I don't see logs being heavier than a 40 tonne artic.

[daltontrees]

Forgive my ignorance. What's an SPA card?

 

Petrol Retail | Safety Pass Alliance

[pete23]

Went in a garage for fuel the other day, there was a chap in a sissor lift putting new lights in the roof of the station.

 

I've got the nozzle in me filler when sparks start raining down, tit in the lift was using a angle grinder!!!

[daltontrees]

Went in a garage for fuel the other day, there was a chap in a sissor lift putting new lights in the roof of the station.

 

I've got the nozzle in me filler when sparks start raining down, tit in the lift was using a angle grinder!!!

 

Jeezo, lucky that lot didn't go up.

 

I got told off for answering my mobile phone in the petrol station shop a couple of months ago. Apparently it could ignite fumes. Or something.