Tuesday, August 17, 2004

PETROL STATION HAZARD

A True Story by Suzana Mohamed Zahir

Please take note...

A reminder to hold the petrol nozzle at all times. You guys don't be lazy.

My friend stopped for petrol at the Projet Petrol Station (the one at
the Lingkaran Tengah Highway near Gombak) a little over two weeks
ago. This was the first time he patronized a Projet station.

As his normal practice elsewhere, he put the nozzle on automatic and
stood nearby waiting for his car to be filled up. Suddenly the nozzle
flew out of the gas tank opening with petrol spewing out at high
speed. He was sprayed with petrol all over, including his face and
eyes (just imagine the pain in his eyes). His companion quickly
brought him to the toilet to wash his face.

After that, they reported the incident to the staff and asked to speak
to the manager. The manager refused to see them; he only instructed
the staff to take my friend to the hospital. According to the staff
that was not the first time the nozzle came out of the tank while
customers are filling up petrol. But my friend's incident was the
worst. The top layer of his right eye was damaged and the area around
his eye burnt. His eye had to be bandaged for 10 days. He was lucky
that his eyesight was not affected.

Apparently the nozzle was lighter than normal and the speed of the
petrol created a backward thrust that pushed the nozzle out of the
tank. So please be careful. Share this info with your friends, family
& relatives...

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