HazMat #1203

Look under the thread about Superior Carriers on the company DAC reports. The guy that started that thread is doing a good job of documenting his experience. Check out the other threads on here about gas companies. Keenan and a couple of other ones. Use the search button on the heading above to look up the companies. Hope that helps out some.

 

its the easiest job besides drop and hook. i hauled gas for a while and i would average 3 or 4 stops a day . as far as physical work i would only do about a half hour of physical work a day and that being loading and unloading of the fuel. its easy really

 

They do seem to make the 6 o'clock news a lot.

 

The one risk I never see anyone talk about is exposure to benzene. I wonder what the incidence of acute myelogenous leukemia is for gasoline haulers? I had a grandfather who died from AML in his mid 60's after years of exposure to benzene when he was younger. He worked at a chemical plant and also owned a gas station for a period of time. And though he had not had any serious exposure for the last 20 years of his life, the docs figured that was probably the cause.

 

If they are making the news alot is because alot of drivers are trying to get done quick so they can go home !! but if you paid by the hour shid take ur time..

 

Benzene exposure is not what it use to be. There's hardly any problem nowadays. Every company is required to do benzene monitoring once a year in the cab and at the work stations. They also tell us not to stand in the ares where you can smell the product, it's just common sense. The years you are talking about are pre vapor recovery and you could smell gasoline everywhere. They have even lower the amounts of benezene in the product as much as they can. Just like lead exposure it was bad then too.