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Shipping Hazardous Materials

Shipping Hazardous Materials. 49 CFR Regulations. Today's Topics. The 49 Code of Federal Regulations Training Requirements for Shippers DOT Hazard Classes Shipping Papers Use of the Hazardous Materials Tables Packing groups Hazardous Substances Marine Pollutants Mixtures & Solutions

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Shipping Hazardous Materials

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  1. Shipping Hazardous Materials 49 CFR Regulations

  2. Today's Topics • The 49 Code of Federal Regulations • Training Requirements for Shippers • DOT Hazard Classes • Shipping Papers • Use of the Hazardous Materials Tables • Packing groups • Hazardous Substances • Marine Pollutants • Mixtures & Solutions • Multiple Hazards • Emergency Response Information

  3. The 49 Code of Federal Regulations Unit 1

  4. Objectives • To discuss how the HMR applies to the transportation industry in general.

  5. Introduction The Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) are a compilation of all regulations issued by the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) governing domestic transportation of hazardous materials via highway, air, rail, and water.

  6. Research & Special Programs Administration (RSPA) • Responsible for the transportation of hazardous materials. • The Office of Hazardous Materials Safety (OHMS) within the RSPA coordinates and controls DOT's multi-modal hazardous materials regulatory program. • OHMS ensures uniformity of approach and action by all rail, air, water and Highway Administration.

  7. HMR Purpose • The Hazardous Materials Regulations provide minimum standards of compliance for the transportation of hazardous materials in the United States. These standards have been devised to improve the safety of hazardous materials in the transportation system.

  8. Application of HMR to Transportation • The HMR prescribe requirements for the offering and transportation of hazardous materials in interstate, intrastate and foreign commerce by rail, motor vehicle, and vessel (except as stated in 49 CFR 1.46).

  9. HMR Covers • Representation of a hazardous material; • Manufacture, fabrication, marking, maintenance, reconditioning, repairing, or testing of packagings or containers for use in transporting hazardous materials; • Use of terms and symbols for marking, labeling, placarding and description of hazardous materials.

  10. Registration Preparation Handling Packaging Employee functions Representation Tampering Exemptions Application of the HMR Application of the regulations can be broken down into the following categories:

  11. Registration • Any person who offers, accepts, or transports a hazardous material on commerce may be required to register

  12. Preparation • A hazardous material must be properly classed, described, packaged, labeled, and in good condition for shipment

  13. Handling • A hazardous material must be handled and transported as specified

  14. Packaging • Packagings or containers approved for transportation must meet the requirements as detailed in the regulations

  15. Employee Functions • A person performing a function covered by or having an effect on a specification prescribed in Part 178, 179, or 180 must perform the function as detailed by the specification

  16. Representation • A container or package for the transportation of hazardous materials may not be represented as safe, certified, or in compliance with the regulations unless it meets all applicable requirements. A hazardous material must be present for the container or package to be represented as such.

  17. Tampering • It is unlawful to alter, deface, remove or destroy any marking, label, placard, or description that is required, or to alter, deface, remove, destroy or tamper with any package, container, or vehicle used for transporting hazardous materials.

  18. Exemptions • It is unlawful to falsify or alter an exemption , approval or other grant of authority. It is unlawful to represent, mark, certify, or sell a package or container or offer a hazardous material for transport under a falsified or altered exemption, approval, registration or other grant of authority issued under the regulations.

  19. Exercise Getting to Know the Regulations

  20. Training Requirements for Shippers Unit 2

  21. Objectives • To increase familiarity with the training requirements in the HMR. • To discuss who is required to be trained. • To explain the specific categories which must be covered by training.

  22. Training Requirements for Shippers • The Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) specify that a hazmat employer must provide training (formerly referred to as HM-126F) for its hazmat employees

  23. Who Must be Trained? • A hazmat employer who has one or more employees performing a job function that affects the safety of hazardous materials in transportation is required to provide training that meets basic requirements according to the HMR.

  24. Haz-Mat Employees Must • Have familiarity with the general provisions of the HMR • Be able to recognize and identify hazardous materials • Have knowledge of specific requirements that apply to their function • Have knowledge of emergency response information, self protection measures and accident prevention methods and procedures

  25. What is a HM Employer and Employee? • Loads, unloads, or handles hazardous materials • Manufactures, tests, reconditions, repairs, modifies, marks, or otherwise represents containers, drums, or packagings as qualified for use in the transportation of hazardous materials

  26. What is a HM Employer and Employee? (cont.) • Prepares hazardous materials for transportation • Is responsible for safety of transporting hazardous materials • Operates a vehicle used to transport hazardous materials

  27. Training Shall Include • General Awareness & Familiarization • Awareness to enable a Haz-Mat employee to recognize and identify hazardous materials • Familiarization with the requirements training requirements within the 49CFR • Safety training on emergency response information, employee protection from harm associated with hazardous materials and methods and procedures to avoid accidents

  28. Hazard Classification Unit 3

  29. Objectives • Define hazard classes and divisions • Discuss criteria for assigning hazardous materials to hazard classes • Discuss exceptions for limited quantities • Discuss the exceptions of consumer commodities or ORM-D’s

  30. What is a Hazardous Material? • A substance or material, which has been determined by the Secretary of Transportation to be capable of an unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property when transported in commerce, and has been so designated

  31. What is a Hazardous Substance? • A material including its mixtures or solutions that is listed in Appendix A to the Hazardous Materials Table • A material including mixtures and solutions that is in a quantity in one package which equals or exceeds the reportable quantity listed in Appendix A Table 1 & 2

  32. What is a Marine Pollutant? • Any material that is listed in Appendix B to the Hazardous Materials Table and when in a solution or mixture of one or more marine pollutants, is packaged in a concentration which equals or exceeds ten percent by weight of the solution or mixture, for materials listed in Appendix B • Or

  33. What is a Marine Pollutant? • One percent by weight of the solution or mixture, for materials identified as severe marine pollutants (PP) in Appendix B

  34. What is an Elevated Temperature Material? • Is in a liquid phase at or above 2120 F • Is in a liquid phase with a flash point at or above 1000 F that is intentionally heated and offered for transportation at or above its flash point • Is in a solid phase at or above 4640 F

  35. 1 – Explosives 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 2 – Gases 2.1, 2.2, 3 – Flammable Liquids Flammable, Combustible 4 – Flammable Solids 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 5 – Oxidizers 5.1, 5.2 6 – Poisons 6.1, 6.2 7 – Radioactive 8 – Corrosives 9 – Misc. DOT Hazard Classes

  36. Shipping Papers Unit 4

  37. Objectives • Discuss information required to describe a hazardous material on a shipping paper • Discuss additional description requirements for different types of hazardous materials • Discuss additional description requirements related to packagings and different modes of transportation

  38. Objectives (cont.) • Discuss the guidelines for use of generic or n.o.s. shipping names • Find the information required to describe a hazardous material on a shipping paper

  39. Required HM Information • Proper Shipping Name • Hazard Class or Division Number • Identification Number • Packing Group Number • Total Quantity

  40. Emergency Response Information Unit 5

  41. Objectives • Discuss the methods of providing employee protection in the event of a hazardous materials emergency • Know how to use the DOT Emergency Response Guidebook • Know how to locate emergency information on an MSDS

  42. Product Name Health Hazards Risks of fire & explosion Immediate actions in the event of an accident or incident Immediate methods for handling fires Initial methods for handling spills or leaks in the absence of fire Preliminary First Aid Measures Minimum Emergency Response Information

  43. Information is Found: • On the shipping paper • On an MSDS • DOT Emergency Response Guidebook

  44. Exercise DOT Guidebook

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