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class 6— Poisonous and etiologic
(Infectious) materials
Division 6.1— Poisonous materials
Division 6.2— Infectious substance
(etiologic)
class 7— Radioactive materials
class 8— corrosive materials
class 9— miscellaneous hazardous
materials
In addition to the above classifications, materials
that meet the 49 CFR definition of a “combustible
liquid” and do not meet the definition of any other
hazard class, hazardous substance, or marine pollutant
are only regulated domestically when shipped in
a bulk package. Also, specified hazardous materials
may be transported as Other Regulated Material-D
(ORM-D) (e.g., “a consumer commodity”).
shipping papers
A proper shipping paper is a document or paper
containing the hazardous materials information
required by regulations. Shipping orders, bills
of lading, and manifests are all shipping papers.
Shippers show a material’s proper shipping name,
hazard class or division, ID number, and packing
group on the shipping paper. After a collision or
hazardous materials incident, you may be unable
to speak when help arrives. Fire fighters and police
must know the hazards involved in order to prevent
more damage or injury. Your life, and the lives
of others, may depend on their quickly finding
the shipping papers and emergency response
information for hazardous cargo. For that reason
the rules require:
• Shippers to describe shipments correctly on
shipping papers and include an emergency
response telephone number on shipping papers.
• Carriers and drivers to put tabs on shipping
papers related to hazardous materials or wastes,
or keep them on top of other shipping papers.
Required emergency response information
must be kept in the same manner as shipping
papers.
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• Drivers to keep shipping papers for hazardous
cargo in a pouch on the driver’s door, or
otherwise, in clear view within reach while
the seat belt is fastened for driving, and on
the driver’s seat or pouch on the driver’s door
when away from the vehicle.
laBels, plaCards, and markings
Labels at least four inches by four inches in size
are applied to the outside of hazardous materials
shipping packages near the shipping name. (Note:
Labels on packages prepared under United Nations
Recommendations on the Transportation of
Dangerous Goods may be smaller than four inches.)
These labels identify the primary and secondary
hazard specific to the material being transported
and give warning information about handling
precautions in case of an emergency. If the diamond
label will not fit on the package, shippers will put
the label on a tag. For example, compressed gas
cylinders that will not hold a label will have tags
or decals. Labels look like the example in Figure
9-1. See the charts starting on page 131.
Figure 9-1 example of labeled Package
“Marking” a non-bulk package refers to applying
the required information to the outside of shipping
containers (e.g., proper shipping name, ID number,
consignee/consignor, and required instructions).
For bulk packages and transport vehicles, when
required, the ID numbers must be displayed on
orange panels, white squares-on-point, or across the
middle of the appropriate placard, as appropriate.
Placards are signs used to warn others of hazardous
cargo and are put on the outside of a vehicle to
show the hazard class of the cargo. A placarded
vehicle must have at least 4 placards representing
the applicable hazard. They are attached to each side
and each end of the vehicle, as shown in Figure 9-2.
Placards must be readable from all four directions.
There are 22 DOT specification placards. They are
10 3/4 inches square, turned upright on a point,
in a diamond shape. Cargo tanks and other bulk