Buying oil! HELP!

Um, i wouldn't breath the fumes, but read up on the report for the oil your hauling. Some arn't that bad. If they are, your company is required by oosha to provide protective equipment including gas masks as needed.

 

Well look it up in the emergency response guide book to start. Your id number on the placard should tell you. Also the shipper needs to provide a safety guide for all hazmat loads. It should say if there is an inhalation danger or not. If its not hazmat, your probably ok. Each product has a guide number. The number corresponds to a page in the emergency response guide book. that page tells you all you need to know. The shipper also is required to provide that guide number and page. You can also look up by product name if you dont have guide number.

If your company doesn't provide you with the emergency response guide book..buy one.
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Pressure or not, the hazmat guide will tell you if its safe.

 

M.S.D.S. will tell you if its an inhalation hazard and what to do if some one is over-come. Just because it stinks doesn't mean it will hurt you.

 

Then get the guide page from the shipper or buy the guide. Every hazmat hauler should have it just for their own reference. A lot of truck stops sell it for less then 10 bucks. The shipper is legally required to give a sheet with everything in that book pertaining to what your hauling. Was your trainer looking in for some reason or could he have done the job without breathing them? I mean tons of gas station attendants breath a little bit every day and they arn't all dead, but the guide is the only way to be 100% sure.

 

I read a couple of your posts and it sounds like you are a bit lost and whining. I don't think you knew what you got into before coming out here. Maybe a job w/out this stuff like h2s and oil fumes would be better. Don't they have driving jobs in MI? it's a dangerous job you got, so you gotta suck it up, man.