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Air carrier ramp employee reported observing that some fuel truck drivers are using open buckets to catch fuel that drips from the truck's tanks; leaving them open and exposed on the ramp.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1380526 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201608 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | No Aircraft |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Ramp Vehicle Driver |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Fuel truck drivers are leaving fuel carts 100% full; which causes them to drip. The drivers are placing a drip buckets to catch the fuel; but are leaving the buckets under fuel carts unattended; which are overflowing onto the ramp! Not only do we now have a fuel spill; but a full bucket of jet fuel open and exposed on the ramp!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier ramp employee reported observing that some fuel truck drivers are using open buckets to catch fuel that drips from the truck's tanks; leaving them open and exposed on the ramp.
Narrative: Fuel truck drivers are leaving fuel carts 100% full; which causes them to drip. The drivers are placing a drip buckets to catch the fuel; but are leaving the buckets under fuel carts unattended; which are overflowing onto the ramp! Not only do we now have a fuel spill; but a full bucket of jet fuel open and exposed on the ramp!
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.