Thread: LPG a word of warning

Originally Posted by timattalon

How do taxi drivers get on with their LPG taxi's? Commercial use, and more than 9 litres and carrying paying members of the public with no DG sticker............Did the muppet at OSH moss something?

I don't see that it is considered transportation of dangerous goods, seeing as the LPG tank is a permanent part of the cars fuel system.
Failing that, the tank capacity needs to exceed 250 Lt before external placarding is required, the tank would however need to be labelled correctly. It's surely an example of why there is relief in the rules to carry dangerous goods in limited quantities.

http://contractormag.co.nz/contractor/how-much-officer/


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Originally Posted by BRADS

How much officer!? | Contractor Magazine

It's an interesting read, but completely missing any facts or actual information. No city, no firm name, no date on when it happened. Isn't it a little odd ???

What a joke, better check my labels

Originally Posted by Maca49

What a joke, better check my labels

Tell that to Derick Lovell. Oh thats right you can't cause he's dead.
Yeah I know its the other end of the scale but Tamahere should have been completely a different outcome if the correct labels and signage were in place. You have to appeal to all ends of the spectrum or its just a waste of time enforcing anything.

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Tell that to Derick Lovell. Oh thats right you can't cause he's dead.
Yeah I know its the other end of the scale but Tamahere should have been completely a different outcome if the correct labels and signage were in place. You have to appeal to all ends of the spectrum or its just a waste of time enforcing anything.

whos derick lovell??

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Tell that to Derick Lovell. Oh thats right you can't cause he's dead.
Yeah I know its the other end of the scale but Tamahere should have been completely a different outcome if the correct labels and signage were in place. You have to appeal to all ends of the spectrum or its just a waste of time enforcing anything.

That is TOTALY out of context, anyone over the age of 5 would recognize a 9 kg lpg bottle as a lpg bottle in this country.

In the case of a vehicle on fire are you first going to see an approximately 6 inch diamond sticker on a gas bottle or instantly recognize a gas set on the back of a ute?

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Tell that to Derick Lovell. Oh thats right you can't cause he's dead.
Yeah I know its the other end of the scale but Tamahere should have been completely a different outcome if the correct labels and signage were in place. You have to appeal to all ends of the spectrum or its just a waste of time enforcing anything.

LPG is relatively safe considering the amount of dick heads using it at home on things like BBQs. The condition of the appliance probably poses more of a danger than the LPG. Tamahere was more than bottles of LPG, it was bad decision making all round

We have had it at work, a contractor carting our dangerous goods, loaded by our staff at the other end got a 5k instant fine for not displaying a placard on a single transport pod out of 12 of them. another one got a $700 instant fine for not checking the DG pocket on a split shift truck and another driver leaving a DG in it

Firefighter, died attending a fire.

Originally Posted by Bremic

Firefighter, died attending a fire.

or rather a Fireman with over 25 years of service who in 2008 attended a blaze at a dairy cool store in Tamahere, south of Hamilton....killed in the ensuring explosion, other members of his section all injured.

B

Plenty of people have died doin my job to....probably more than firefighters or cops per head.
We dont get state funerals.
Just fucked up the arse for having a bottle turned the wrong way.....gas bottle suppliers should be liable for not havin stickers facing every direction if it is a requirement.
they are round FFS!

I agree. It's obviously a grey area and a warning wouldn't go astray would it??

What about using your work ute when you are filling up a gas bottle for the bbq??

Your trade or job might not even involve any type of dangerous goods. How the fuck would you know you were doing something wrong?

Originally Posted by Tui4Me

I agree. It's obviously a grey area and a warning wouldn't go astray would it??

What about using your work wagon when you are filling up a gas bottle for the bbq??

My advise would be dont even go there, get the wife to do it in the shopping trolly.
Yes most cops are reasonable human beings but just like the rest of us some are complet cnuts unfortunatly.

interesting! reading the following:
Transporting small quantities of dangerous goods

If you carry dangerous goods as tools-of-trade, for agricultural use or for a commercial purpose, but not for hire or direct reward, and the quantity is within the limits in schedule 1 of the rule, then you're responsible for:
•making sure the goods are properly packaged and identified
•segregating incompatible dangerous goods (keeping them apart to prevent dangerous reactions)
•securing the load on your vehicle
•carrying emergency response information
•safe handling practices and emergency procedures

It looks like any tradie type person is about f*%ked (we knew that anyway). I now have to have stickers on the work Utes because they carry nail guns which run on gas and have all the paper work that goes with it?
As far as the fine goes I find it hard to believe any cop would be able to give you a ticket for it unless it was for hire or reward (hire or reward is a hard one) eg: transport company. If your carry goods which comply with schedule 1 or what ever the f*&k it is for work related activities the only fines available should be from Work Safe.