Marking, dangerous goods

Load packages of dangerous goods which are improperly labelled and marked Load packages into a dirty, wet or damaged CTU Place packages in a CTU with incorrect placards still visible... 

Cover the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous goods. The requirements for design, manufacture, modification, repair, approval, certification and marking of transportable pressure containers are included. The role of approved persons to comply with the regulations is explained. 

For transport, it is expected that application of the GHS will be similar to application of current transport requirements. Containers of dangerous goods will be marked with pictograms that address acute toxicity, physical hazards, and environmental hazards. As is true for workers in other sectors, workers in the transport sector will be trained. The elements of the GHS that address such elements as signal words and hazard statements are not expected to be adopted in the transport sector. 

The following hazard symbols are the standard symbols which should be used in the GHS. With the exception of the new symbol which will be used for certain health hazards, the exclamation mark and the fish and tree, they are part of the standard symbol set used in the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Model Regulations. 

Note The GHS label and the flammable liquid pictogram and markings required by the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Model Regulations may also be presented in a combinedformat. 

Those dangerous substances for which the international regulations for transport of dangerous goods apply have to be transported only in UN-approved container. All UN-approved packaging are marked with an immutable code number as, for example (Table 24.2). 

It should be noted that, at least in Europe, the transport police controls more and more transports of dangerous goods, the accompanying documentation even to the extent of the markings and correct labels. 

Dangerous goods are classified into the following groups (classes of relevance for essential oils have been marked in bold font) ... 

Checks that the packaging for transport conforms to dangerous goods requirements including suitability and marking. 

The dangerous goods have marking or packaging exceptions in the HMR that are not permitted by TDG Regidations. 

If a product marking is required, the tank should be marked with the name of the loaded product in accordance with Appendix C of the AAR Specifications for Tank Cars and DOT regulations at 49 CFR Parts 172 and 173, or the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations, as appropriate. [4], [1], and [2]... 

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