This Recommended Practice, a key component of the API WorkSafe Program, provides the recommended minimum safety procedures for working at retail petroleum/convenience facilities. It also details how to develop a task-specific Job Safety Analysis that should be completed before any work may begin.

This document also provides the user with a general awareness of safety issues associated with maintenance and construction work at retail petroleum/convenience facilities, including service stations. It also highlights many of the federal OSHA requirements that may apply to maintenance and construction work in the retail petroleum/convenience business.