– Post "NO SMOKING" signs at all entrances to the refueling
area.
– Provide at least one thirty-pound fire extinguisher, or
a combination totaling thirty pounds, good for class A, B, and
C fires, within one hundred feet on the upwind side of the
refueling operation.
Reference:
For additional requirements relating to portable fire extinguishers, see WAC 296-800-300 in the safety and
health core rules.
You must:
• Make sure workers involved in refueling are trained in
both:
– The refueling operation;
AND
– The use of fire extinguishing equipment they may need.
• Make sure the following precautions are taken before
and during refueling:
– Keep unauthorized people at least fifty feet away from
the refueling operation or equipment.
– Prohibit smoking and open flames within fifty feet of
the refueling area or fueling equipment.
– Make sure helicopter engines are shut down before
refueling, if using aviation gasoline or jet B type fuel.
– Pump fuel, either by hand or power.
– Use self-closing nozzles or deadman controls:
▪ Do not allow these to be blocked open.
– Make sure nozzles are not dragged along the ground.
– Make sure the helicopter and the fueling equipment are
grounded.
– Electrically bond the fueling nozzle to the helicopter:
▪ Do not use conductive hose for this bonding.
– Make sure all grounding and bonding connections are:
▪ Electrically and mechanically firm.
▪ On clean unpainted metal parts.
• Stop fueling immediately if there is a spill:
– Do not continue operation until the person in charge
has determined it is safe.