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What are the safety requirements for tank truck loading and unloading operations?

As a means of transportating hazardous chemicals, a mistake in any of the multiple links of tanker loading and unloading may cause a catastrophe. So, what are the safety requirements for tank truck loading and unloading operations?

1. Before entering the factory, you must show the "bill of lading" or "delivery note", vehicle driving license, driver's license, escort license and other procedures, and enter the loading and unloading area only after the safety and security inspection and grade of the vehicle and personnel by the manufacturer. It is strictly forbidden to enter the loading and unloading area such as mobile phones, lighters and other non-explosion-proof items, emergency items and unrelated personnel. 
2. Before loading and unloading operations, the loading and unloading operators should confirm that the car tanker enters the correct loading and unloading crane position, turn off the ignition, park smoothly, place the vehicle anti-slip equipment and the warning facilities in front of the vehicle to prohibit the vehicle from moving, and hand over the car key to the loading and unloading workshop (station) for unified safekeeping. 
3. Ensure that the electrostatic grounding device of the car tanker and the loading and unloading pallet is reliably connected. 
4. The loading and unloading personnel and the driver or escort jointly ensure that the quick coupling between the loading and unloading arm and the filling port of the automobile tanker is clamped and locked, and the signature is confirmed. 
5. The loading and unloading operators, escorts or drivers shall conduct safety inspections on the equipment they are responsible for, and jointly confirm that there is no abnormality before loading and unloading operations

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Loading and unloading
1. Video surveillance should be performed throughout the loading and unloading process, and a cordon should be set up around the loading and unloading of vehicles during the operation to prohibit irrelevant personnel and vehicles from entering. 
2. When there is an abnormality in loading and unloading, the escort or driver should be able to urgently close the emergency shut-off valve on the car tanker. 
3. It is strictly forbidden to fill according to the maximum filling capacity of the design, and it is strictly forbidden to overfill the limit.

After loading and unloading? 
1. After the loading and unloading, the loading and unloading operator stops the loading meter, and closes the shut-off valve and the loading pump in front of the loading and unloading arm. 
2. The escort or driver closes the valve on the vehicle, closes the filling port of the vehicle, and the loading and unloading operator adds a closed label. 
3. After inspection and confirmation, the car tanker is completely separated from the connecting pipe of the loading and unloading trestle, the electrostatic conductive wire and other connecting parts, and the vehicle is released from the loading and unloading trestle.

Instructions for use: 
1. It is forbidden to use hoses to load and unload liquefied hydrocarbons; 
It is forbidden to wait for vehicles to be loaded and unloaded at the loading and unloading site; 
It is forbidden for vehicles after loading and unloading to stay in the loading and unloading site, 
and unrelated personnel are prohibited from entering the loading and unloading operation site: 
All ignition sources are prohibited from entering the operation site; Carrying out continuous loading and unloading operations is strictly forbidden 24 hours a day.

2. Try to avoid night (after 20:00) loading and unloading operations, due to the local government road traffic requirements or enterprise production needs night loading and unloading operations, production enterprises and professional companies should jointly study, strengthen on-site monitoring, emergency repair personnel, material allocation and night lighting, and develop a special emergency response plan for night loading and unloading vehicles.

3. Loading and unloading operations shall not be carried out in any of the following circumstances: 
(1) Encounter severe weather such as thunderstorms and sandstorms: 
(2) Dangerous situations such as open flames nearby, abnormal working conditions of equipment and pipelines in the loading and unloading area: 
(3) Abnormalities in liquefied hydrocarbon vehicles or their safety accessories, loading and unloading accessories, etc.: 
(4) Gas leakage is found or detected.