Transportation of Dangerous Goods: Class 6.2 & 9 Safety Training

1. SASWH acknowledges UBC Risk Management Services for the development of the • Transportation of Dangerous Goods • Class 6.2 & 9

2. Safety 1st! • Emergency Information & Housekeeping: • Evacuation routes • Assembly stations • Washrooms • Cell phones

3. Course Participation • This session is for each of you! • Please ask questions,voice comments andconcerns as we go.

4. Course Agenda • Introductions & Expectations • Course Evaluations • Course Structure & Evaluation Process • Worker & Employer Rights, Responsibilities, & Accountability • Training Considerations • TDG Ground Regulations • Air Regulations: IATA • TDG 6.2 Shipments from Start to Finish • Written Quiz & Course Evaluation • Review of Quiz & Remaining Questions

5. Introductions & Expectations • Your name • What types of materials are shipped • To where and by what means • Anything else you’d like to share with respect to your expectations of this course

6. Course Evaluations • We have an Evaluation Form • We ask that you: • Fill out the ‘Before the session’ column now • Fill out the remainder of the form at the end of this class • This will help shape the course for future sessions.

7. Worker & Employer Rights, Responsibilities & Accountability • Determinedfederal & provincial laws: • The TDG Act & Regulations are federal laws that stipulate the roles of the worker & the employer with respect to shipping hazardous substances. • The Occupational Health & Safety Regulations stipulate the duties and rights of the employer and the worker more generally. • Both laws hold the employer accountable for provision of training & a safe work environment and the worker accountable for following safe work practices as per training, and reporting unsafe conditions.

8. Ground Regulations: TDG Act & Regulations • Published by Transport Canada • Layout instructions for safe & legal transport by ground (road, rail, & ship).

9. Shipping by Ground • The Goal of the TDG Act • The 9 TDG Classes • General Overview • The Regulations Parts • The Regulations Schedules • Key Terms & Definitions • Roles & Responsibilities in the Transport Chain • The Importance of Training • Documentation • ERAP • Reporting • Enforcement • Summary

10. The Goal of the TDG Act & Regulations • Public Safety: • The TDG Act & Regulations are meant to ensure that hazards associated with the movement of dangerous goods are minimized by: • Use of standardized, tested containers • Clear communication of hazards • Documented tracking of hazardous shipments • Provision of effective emergency response plans

11. The 9 TDG Classes • Explosives • Gases • Flammable Liquids • Flammable Substances • Oxidizers & Organic Peroxides • Toxic & Infectious Substances • Radioactive • Corrosives • Miscellaneous (includes Dry Ice)

12. General Overview • Personnel must be ‘trained’ and ‘certified’ • Substances must be ‘classified’ • Containers must be ‘in standard’ • Containers must have ‘safety marks’ • Documentation must be completed and accompany the shipment • Packaging must follow instructions • Spills must be reported

13. Ground Regulations • The Regulations by Parts

14. Ground Regulations • The Regulations by Parts

15. Schedule 1

16. Schedule 3

17. Part 1 - Key Terms & Definitions • Classification • Shipping Name • UN Number • Primary Class • Infectious Substance • Category A • Category B • Exempt Specimens • Culture • Biological Product • Neutralized/Inactivated • Exposure • Means of Containment • Safety Marks

18. Classification • The most important skill for shipping biological substances. • Classification for infectious substance includes all of: • the shipping name • the primary class • the UN Number • the infectious substance category • TDG Regulations Part 2 provide more information.

19. Classification - General

20. Classification – Patient Specimens

21. Classification Assistance • If you are uncertain how to classify a particular shipment, help is available through the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Office of Laboratory Security. • Phone: (613) 292 - 6754 • Email: LSD-DSL@phac-aspc.gc.ca • TDG Regulations Part 2 provides more information.

22. Shipping Name • The official name of a substance, as listed in the Schedules. • Not necessarily the technical name, especially for biological materials. • Example: Technical name: Mycobacterium Tuberculosis; Shipping name: Infectious Substance, affecting humans • Compare: Shipping name: Carbon Dioxide, Solid; or Dry Ice • Biological materials are listed under generic names, which often end in N.O.S (Not Otherwise Specified) • The TDG RegulationsSchedule 3 is a listing of all substances by shipping name.

23. Shipping Name • For shipping biological materials, the main shipping names are: • Infectious substance affecting humans • Infectious substance affecting animals • Biological substance, Category B • Exempt Specimen • Clinical Waste, N.O.S. • (BIO) Medical Waste, N.O.S. • Regulated Medical Waste, N.O.S. • The TDG RegulationsSchedule 3 is a listing of all substances by shipping name.

24. UN Number • The alpha numeric identifier for a substance. • UN Numbers are unique and internationally agreed upon. • For shipping biological materials, the main UN Numbers are: • UN2814 • UN2900 • UN3373 • UN3291 • The TDG Regulations Schedule 3 is a listing of all substances by UN Number.

25. Primary Class • Means, for dangerous goods, the primary hazard class the substance is assigned to. • For infectious substances, the Class is 6.2. • For dry ice (a ‘Miscellaneous’ substance), the Class is 9.

26. Infectious Substance • A substance known or reasonably believed to contain viable micro-organisms such as bacteria, viruses, rickettsia, parasites, fungi, and other agents such as prions that are known or reasonably believed to cause disease in humans or animals. • Some of these are listed in tables in the Regulations.

27. Category A Criteria • An infectious substance that is being transported in a form such that, when released outside its means of containment and there is physical contact with humans or animals, it is capable of causing permanent disability or life-threatening or fatal disease in humans or animals.

28. Category B - Criteria • Infectious substances that do not meet the criteria for inclusion in Category A.

29. Exempt Specimens • Biological materials, collected directly from humans, animals or the environment that are being transported for research, diagnosis, investigational activities or prevention where you have no reason to believe that the specimen contains an infectious substance. • If you have reason to believe that the specimen contains an infectious substance, it should be classified as a Class 6.2 and assigned to Category A or B.

30. Exempt Specimens • Includes excreta, secrete, blood, blood components, tissues, tissue swabs, and body parts. • 4 types of Exempt Specimens: • Exempt Human Specimen • Exempt Animal Specimen • Exempt Biological Product • Exempt Environmental Samples

31. Are all Specimens Exempt? • No. • If you have reason to believe that the specimen contains Class 6.2 micro-organisms, the specimens should be classified as Class 6.2 and assigned to either Category A or B. • Even if a person has no previous history or symptoms of infection, a specimen should be classified as 6.2 when you are shipping it for testing of a known and regulated infectious substance - provided that the medical professional has valid reasons for conducting the tests.

32. Culture • The result of a process by which pathogens in a specimen are intentionally propagated. • This definition does not include specimens taken from a human or animal and that are intended to be processed in a laboratory.

33. Biological Product • A product derived from living organisms that is used to prevent, treat or diagnose disease in humans or animals or in the development, experimentation or investigation of disease. This includes finished or unfinished products, live vaccines and attenuated vaccines.

34. Neutralized/Inactivated • Substances in a form that any pathogens present have been treated such that they no longer pose a health risk. • These neutralized/inactivated/fixed materials are not subject to the Regulationsunless they meet the criteria for inclusion in another class. For example, fixed samples are not infectious, but the fixative is often flammable.

35. Exposure • An exposure occurs when an infectious substance is released outside of the protective packaging, resulting in physical contact with humans or animals.

36. Means of Containment • The shipping container. • Approved containers meet specific standards and have undergone detailed testing (dropping, crushing, piercing) to ensure that they will meet the rigours of shipping without releasing the dangerous goods packed within them. • ‘Small’ = less than 450 L or 500 kg • ‘Large’ = more than 450 L or 500 kg • TDG Regulations Part 4 provide more information.

37. Means of Containment • For biological materials, the shipping container is comprised of: • a leak-proof or sift-proof primary receptacle • absorbent material • a leak-proof or sift-proof secondary receptacle • rigid outer packaging • TDG Regulations Part 5 and Transportation of Dangerous Goods Bulletin Shipping Infectious Substances (September 2016)provide more information.

38. Means of Containment

39. Means of Containment

40. Safety Marks - Labelling of the Container • The labels and other information that consignors are required to put on the outside of the rigid outer packaging to indicate the presence & type of hazard. • Also provides information about the construction and durability of the shipping container. • See the Regulations Part 4 or the TDG Bulletin Shipping Infectious Substances (September 2016) for more information.

41. Safety Marks - Labelling of the Container • Shipments must be labeled prior to transport (4.4) • Labels must remain legible during transport (4.5) • Labels must be removed after hazard is removed from the container (4.9) • Labels must be applied ‘on point’ and be 100 mm x 100 mm (4.7)

42. Safety Marks - Labelling of the Container • The container labelling requirements vary with the classification of the shipment but always includes the shipping name, UN Number, container specification marks and address of the consignor. • See the Regulations Part 4 or the TDG Bulletin Shipping Infectious Substances (May 2013) for more information.

43. Safety Marks - Labels

44. Safety Marks - Placards • The placard that carriers or anyone loading the dangerous goods into a means of transport are required to display on the vehicle. • Placards are required when: • the gross mass of infectious substances >500 kg • the shipment requires an ERAP (see Subsection 7.1(7)) • See the Regulations Part 4 or the TDG Bulletin Shipping Infectious Substances (May 2013) for more information.

45. Roles & Responsibilities in the Transport Chain • The TDG Regulations define the roles and responsibilities of everyone in the transport chain: • Employer/Supervisor • Consignor • Carrier • Consignee

46. Roles & Responsibilities - Employer • The TDG Regulations Part 6.1 Training Certificate Requirements: • (2)An employer must not direct or allow an employee to handle, offer for transport or transport dangerous goods unless • Be adequately trained and hold a training certificate in accordance with this Part; or • Perform those activities in the presence and under the direct supervision of a person who is adequately trained and who holds a certificate in accordance with this Part.

47. Roles & Responsibilities - Employer • The TDG Regulations Part 6.3 Issuance & Contents of a Training Certificate: • (1)An employer who has reasonable grounds to believe that an employee is adequate training and will perform duties to which the training relates must issue a training certificate to the employee that includes the following information: • The name & address of the place of business • The employee’s name • The date the training certificate expires • the aspects of handling, offering for transport or transporting that the training included.

48. Roles & Responsibilities - Employer • The TDG Regulations Part 6.5 Keeping Proof of Training: • An employer must keep a record of training, as well as a copy of the training certificate, in electronic or paper form, beginning on the date the training certificate is issued and continuing on until two years after the expiration date.

49. Roles & Responsibilities - Employer • The TDG Regulations Part 6.7 Showing Proof of Training: • Within 15 days after the date of a written request by an inspector, the employer of a person who holds a training certificate must provide a copy of the training certificate to the inspector, and if applicable, a copy of the record of training and a description of the training material used in the person’s training.

50. Roles - Consignor • A person who: • is named in a shipping document as the consignor; • importsor who will import dangerous goods into Canada; or • has possession of dangerous goods immediately before they are in transport.