PART II

RISK ASSESSMENT

4. RISK ASSESSMENT

4.1 The assessment and control of risks at petroleum stations are legal requirements
throughout Malaysia according to the Occupational Safety and Health 1994 Act 514
(OSHA).

4.2 Guidelines for Hazard Identification Risk Assessment and Risk Control 2008
(HIRARC) as a tools which contain general requirements for employers and the self-
employed to assess the risks to workers and others (including the general public) who
may be affected by their undertaking, so that they can decide on what measures should
be taken to comply with health and safety law.

4.3 The control of risks should be managed throughout the lifetime of the petroleum
station. Suitable and sufficient risk assessment should be conducted. Advice on carrying
out risk assessment is available on the Risk Assessments for Petroleum Station (Annex
1).

5. SITING OF PETROLEUM SERVICE STATION

5.1 Petroleum stations shall be sufficiently spacious and sited away from any places
of public assembly where there is large number of people, such as town centres,
neighbourhood centres, important buildings and key installations. Examples of place of
public assembly are shown in Annex 2.

5.2 If the distances from the boundary line of the petroleum station to any residential
buildings and places of public assembly are within the following dimensions,

(a) Residential buildings - 50 meters

(b) Places of public assembly - 90 meters

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Consultations must be made with Department of Occupational Safety and Health.

5.3 The route for tank vehicles leading to petroleum stations should not pass through
or near to the kind of places mentioned in clause 5.1.

5.4 Petroleum station shall be stand-alone type and dispensing of petrol shall be
restricted to the ground level only.

5.5 Convenience stores integrated with the petroleum station is limited to 300 square
meters.