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Health, Safety & Environmental Bulletin No 470

02 July 2015

Batteries

Please see enclosed safety notice regarding use of button batteries in hazardous areas.

As electronic devices are becoming more and more common in the work environment, we are seeing the
increasing use of them on the forecourt, mobile phones can now be used for paying for fuel, tablet
computers are replacing pen and paper forms, electronic measuring devices are replacing tape measures,
and digital cameras are everywhere. All these devices are battery powered and as such should not be
used in the hazardous area.

The Energy Institute have carried out a study in the attached safety notice that concludes that non-
rechargeable button batteries are safe to use in the hazardous area. However none of the above devices
will use this type of battery (almost all electronic devices will have rechargeable batteries) and so
remain banned from the hazardous area.

The recent implementation of pay-by-mobile phone on some sites is likely to increase the number of
people using mobiles on the forecourt. This is still not allowed, the pay-by-mobile should be carried out
from inside the vehicle. If you see customers using mobiles on the forecourt, please continue to carry
out a positive intervention and explain the rules to them.

If you have any queries or concerns regarding this, please contact your line manager.

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