Maritime Occupational Health and Safety Regulations

239 (1) If materials handling equipment is fuelled on a vessel, the fuelling is to be done in accordance with the instructions given by the employer under paragraph 228(1)(c) in a place where the vapours from the fuel are readily dissipated.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), an employee must not fuel materials handling equipment

• (a) in the hold of a vessel;

• (b) if the engine of the equipment is running; or

• (c) if there is any source of ignition in the vicinity of the equipment.

(3) Materials handling equipment may be fuelled in the hold or an enclosed space of a vessel if

• (a) one employee is in the hold or space with a suitable fire extinguisher ready for use;

• (b) only those employees engaged in the fuelling and the employee referred to in paragraph (a) are in the hold or space;

• (c) only the minimum quantity of fuel needed to fill the fuel tank of the materials handling equipment is taken into the hold or space at one time;

• (d) if the fuel is liquified gas, the materials handling equipment is fuelled only by the replacement of spent cylinders; and

• (e) fuel is not transferred into containers other than the fuel tank of the materials handling equipment.