Are you a service station manager?
In search of a health and safety risk assessment tailored to your activity?
Do you need a pre-filled assessment to save you hours of work?
Want to be in compliance with safety regulations?
 
Our Health and Safety Risk Assessment is designed to meet your needs with:
→ A professional risk assessment totally specific to service station work.
→ A professional risk assessment dedicated to service stations.
→ Risk prevention proposals dedicated to service stations.
→ Integration of risks linked to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.
 
All this in an easily editable Excel format, allowing you to make personalized updates on your own.
 
FEATURES OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT 
 
This 5-page Excel file includes:
A Cover Page
A Company Information page
A presentation of the Risk Assessment Methodology used.
An occupational risks assessment tailored to your sector of activity.
A risk prevention schedule with all the different safety measures.

It contains 24 occupational risk situations classified into 5 work units:
On the service station forecourt
Customer contact
Counter sales
Cleaning the premises
Working environment
 
☑ Complies with the employer's obligation to assess risks
(Regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999)
☑ Adheres to the General Principles of Prevention
(Schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999)
☑ Takes into account good practice and pitfalls in risk assessment
(Report RR151 from the Health and Safety Executive)
 
EXCERPTS FROM THE HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT 
 
Danger from inhalation and contact with fuels: Although fuel pumps are self-service, employees come into contact with hydrocarbons indirectly (through inhalation of exhaust fumes) and sometimes directly (through skin contact). Service station fuels (diesel, petrol, LPG) are hydrocarbons that are hazardous to health, some of which are even Carcinogenic and/or Mutagenic and/or Reprotoxic (CMR). Fuel-related risks are present every day for service station employees, as car exhaust fumes expose them on a daily basis, even when they are not in direct contact with the products. Serving fuel to customers, or cleaning fuel pumps and nozzles, exposes employees to fuel-related skin contact. The risks associated with skin contact with service station fuels include skin irritation, redness, allergies and peeling. By inhalation, hydrocarbons enter the bloodstream via the lungs and spread throughout the body, including the heart and brain. They can cause nausea and headaches in the short term, but also cancer, mutations and reproductive problems in the long term.
 
The danger of falling on the same level: When working in the service station area, employees are liable to fall on the same level. These falls are more likely to occur on greasy floors, as fuels are self-service and spills can occur on the ground. Of the various hydrocarbons sold at service stations, diesel is the greasiest and the most likely to increase the risk of falls. The danger of falling on the ground is present every day, and even more so on bad weather days (rain, snow, ice, wind). Wearing shoes with poor grip on the ground or that don't rise sufficiently to the ankle increases the risk of injury. Finally, other external factors such as a passing car with an oil leak in the station increase the risk of falls. Damage caused by falls on the same level can result from impact with the ground or with an object on the floor. This can result in bruising, hematomas, sprains (particularly of the ankles) and wounds. In rarer cases, when the head comes into direct contact with the ground or an object, it is possible for the person to suffer head trauma.
 
The danger of traffic accidents - being hit by a vehicle: When working on the service station forecourt, employees are vulnerable to traffic hazards. Unfortunately, it is not impossible for an accident to occur between a service station user's vehicle and an employee. There is also a risk of collision with trucks during delivery operations (e.g. unloading). Accidents involving collisions between vehicles and pedestrians are often caused by poor visibility on both sides. This is why these accidents are more likely to occur when visibility conditions are poor (fog, cloudy weather, rain, snow) and at certain seasons of the year when it gets dark earlier (mainly autumn and winter). Traffic accidents can result in pedestrians being run over. Several limbs may be affected, including the feet (crushed by a wheel) or the entire torso (against a wall). Damage is often severe, with fractures, crushed limbs and even death.
 
 
A GUARANTEE OF THE QUALITY OF OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT 
_ We're registered as Professional Risk Prevention Consultants.
_ Our team comprises graduate safety engineers.
_ Our documents are routinely checked by safety inspectors.
_ We frequently update our Occupational Risk Assessments.
 
RESOURCES 
_ "Safety in Petrol Filling Stations" by Health and Safety Executive.