TANKER YANKERS ( good tanker companies)

I told my tank wash about it when i dropped one off that had a nitrogen blanket in it, they told me, "ah we dont go in em anyway"....but then what happens when one of the guys drops his car keys in the tank? It's a bunch of 18 to 20 year old kids, you cant tell me that not a single one of them would even consider crawling in the tank for them!

The shipper had put a tag on the dome lid anyway, and i left it on when i dropped the trailer. But i just like to be doubleplus sure when its peoples lives we're dealing with.

 

Thats why i always do a thorough pre-trip inspection

 

Empty is quite another story.

 

You guys are flirting with jail time if you tell a person to do into the tank without a confined space permit. You have to get them from OSHA. All I know it's a closed compartment and you need permit from past experiences.

Please protect yourself and never go into one by yourself. Do it the right way so when there's an investigation you'll be somewhere else. You can look on the net for entering confined spaces. Here's one I found http://www.ctdol.state.ct.us/osha/sample-permit.htm

 

We haul similar stuff. It is hazmat because it is so hot. Splash it across some bare skin and you'll be dancin; like James Brown screaming "Good God help me!"

 

I'd just make sure you're not in any responsible position whatsoever. It's CYOA when the feds come in looking to hang someone. Just one case I know of is when a tank farm hired a professional company to fix a valve in the large tank. It was pumped dry, aired out and good to go. They went inside and one worker fell off the ladder to his death and the tank farm was held responsible for not having a person watching from the outside. I agree with you , it sounds stupid and I don't know what you could do to make yourself safe but just beware that when there's a death everyone is looked at.

 

now thats funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!