Transportation hazardous material labeling

For the containers inside that outer packaging, each must be marked with a GHS-style label defined at 1910.1200(f)(1). Currently, OSHAdoes not regulate the outer shipping container based on a September 13,1993 Letter of Interpretation. However, employers must follow all applicable Department of Transportation Hazardous Materials labeling requirements. 

Both NBA and 2-EH are available in technical grade (98—99%) and are transported in normal equipment. No hazardous material label is required. 

This book discusses in some detail the various purposes of requirements for labeling in the chemical industry indentification, warning, instruction, and so forth. In most cases—drugs, consumer products, transportation of hazardous materials—labeling requirements are expected to serve one or more of these purposes. It is safe to say, however, that in no case is labeling as central to the function of a class of chemicals nor as intertwined with their regulation as it is with pesticides. 

In a nation that relies on transportation as heavily as the United States, the DOT assumes a variety of responsibilities. Principally, it strives to ensure transportation safety and protect consumer interests. One way it fulfills this mission is to require that cargo vessels are properly placarded and shipping papers properly filled out. Hazardous materials markings, labels, placards, and shipping papers serve to communicate the hazards of the materials being transported. Hazardous material communication ... 

Use. This section is principally useful to personnel within your organization who ship or transport hazardous materials to other places. You should know that you just cannot send a hazardous material to someone unless you use authorized shipping procedures—special containers, packaging, and labeling requirements must be met. 

Shipment of hydrazine solutions is regulated in the United States by the Department of Transportation (DOT) which classifies all aqueous solutions between 64.4 and 37% N2H4 as "Corrosive" materials with a subsidiary risk of "Poison". Hydrazine has been identified by both the Environmental Protection Agency and the DOT as a hazardous material and has been assigned a reportable quantity (RQ) of 0.450 kg (1 lb) if spilled. Dmms for the shipment of these solutions must bear both the DOT specification "Corrosive" and "Poison" labels in association with the markings "RQ Hydrazine Aqueous Solution UN 2030." Aqueous solutions of 37% concentration or less are a hazard Class 6.1, UN 3293, Packing Group III and require "Keep Away From Food" placards and labels. 

The carbonates should be plainly labeled and stored in cool, dry areas away from sources of ignition. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Hazardous Materials Regulations control the shipment of carbonates as described in Table 8. 

The Ccirriage of hazardous materials by air is die concern of the Restricted Articles Board of the International Air Transport Association (lATA). The lATA Restricted Articles Regulations place limitations on the tv pes and quantity of clicniicals tliat are carried imd specify requirements for packaging and labeling. 

The basic purpose of HMTA is to ensure safe transportation of hazardous materials through the nation s highways, railways, and waterways. The basic theme of HMTA is to prevent any person from offering or accepting a hazardous material for transportation anywhere within this nation if that material is not properly classified, described, packaged, marked, labeled, and properly authorized for shipment pursuant to the regulatory requirements. 

Propylene oxide is a low boiling point, flammable liquid, readily soluble in both water and the more common organic solvents, such as alcohol, ether, and aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons. Commercial sales involve only technical grade (about 98%), and bulk movements require a hazardous material shipping label. Standard transport equipment (trucks, tank cars, and barges) can be used. 

Under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, fuel oils are designated as hazardous substances subject to special requirements for packaging, labeling, and transportation (DOT 1989a, 1989b). 

Potassium compounds listed as hazardous substances by the U.S. EPA are given in Table 17. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) maintains a Hazardous Materials Table that designates the listed materials as hazardous for the purpose of transportation, packaging, and labeling (50). Potassium compound DOT hazard classifications are also listed in Table 17. 

The DOT has established slandards for the packaging and labeling of hazardous materials offered for shipment by public transportation. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has set standards for... 

The Dept of Transportation has combined the shipping regulations which used to be separately administered by the US Coast Guard (Title 46, CFR Part 146) and the Federal Aviation Regulations (Title 14, CFR Part 103) (Ref 46). The new regulation provides for a uniform vehicle placarding and documentation system. They replace rail express criteria with a hazard assessment for aircraft operation, and uniform criteria for all shipping modes have been established. The list of hazardous materials has been completely revised and improved directions for their use have been included. The use of prescribed colors for labels is now mandatory (Ref 46)... 

Operations dealing with hazardous materials involve storage, and transport. Space does not permit a detailed account of the topic, except to outline some aspects.10 Some aspects of transportation of hazardous materials consist of regulatory control, classification, packaging and labelling, transport containers, hazards and hazard assessment as well as emergency planning. 

Department of Transportation DOT Pack ing and labeling for all hazardous materials shipped in interstate... 

Warning labels aid in the identification of chemical hazards during shipment. Under regulations of the DOT, chemicals that are transported in the United States must carry labels based on the UN classification. DOT placards or labels are diamond shaped with a digit imprinted on the bottom corner that identifies the UN hazard class (1 to 9). The hazard is identified more specifically in printed words placed along the horizontal axis of the diamond. Color coding and a pictorial art description of the hazard supplement the identification of hazardous material on the label the artwork appears in the top corner of the diamond (Figure 1-6, A). 

Three-video set on industrial gases, flammable and combustible liquids, and hazardous chemicals. Identifying hazardous materials, storage and handling, materials classifications, transport, labelling, transferring, fire prevention, and emeigency procedures. 

Transportation/Shipping Facilities such as rail yard, depot, bulk storage area, or a maritime terminal can have a variety of chemicals or hazardous materials. The materials should be packaged, labeled, and sealed for safe shipment and may not be stored for a long time. 

The labels known today date back to April 1967 with the establishment of the Department of Transportation (DOT) and its Office of Hazardous Materials Operations as the regulator for the transportation of hazardous materials. 

Although EPA does not spell out criteria or statements for physical and chemical hazards other than flammability, it may require such statements on the label if data submitted with the application for registration indicate a potential hazard. The draft guidelines raise the upper limit of the flashpoint criteria from 80°F to 100°F, consistent with the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, provide specific criteria for labeling pesticles as non-flammable , and expand upon the flammability statements in Table 10.4. 

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