General Awareness
What areas does the DOT require hazmat employees to be trained in?
What are:
General awareness/familiarization training.
Function-specific training.
Safety training.
Security awareness training.
What is the definition of a non-bulk package?
What is: a Non-Bulk Package?
A maximum capacity of 119 gallons or less, for a liquid.
A maximum net mass of 882 pounds or less and a maximum capacity of 119 gallons or less, for a solid.
When do hazardous materials regulations apply?
In order for the DOT (HMR) to apply to a shipment four criteria must ALL apply.
Transportation must be occurring
The act of transportation must be in commerce
The transportation must involve hazardous materials.
The mode of transportation must be Aircraft, rail, vessel(boat) or motor vehicle.
What is the DOT security awareness requirements for hazardous material employers?
All hazmat employees of shippers and carriers must receive basic security training.
Example of a hazardous material employee?
An employee who directly affects the safety of transportation of hazardous materials, all Employees who:
Loads, unloads, or handles any amount of hazmat.
Employees who prepare Hazardous materials for transport, includes employees who prepare shipping papers.
Employee who are responsible for the Safety of transporting Hazardous materials.
Operates a vehicle to transport Hazardous Materials
Packaging Manufactures
When is hazardous material training required?
What is:
All employees who perform any job function subject to the regulation are required to be trained.
Each hazmat employee must be Familiar and be able to recognize and identify hazmat.
All Hazmat employees must be trained every 3 years or when an employee moves from a Non Hazmat position to a Hazmat job. Or Within 90 days of employment. Or when the regulations change
What is the definition of a bulk package?
Definition of a Bulk Package?
A maximum capacity greater than 119 gallons for a liquid.
A maximum net mass greater than 882 pounds and a maximum capacity greater than 119 gallons, for a solid.
Emergency response information must be printed legibly in what language?
Emergency response information must be:
Printed legibly in English.
Available for use away from the package containing the hazardous material.
Presented on or with the shipping paper.
Why train on Security Awareness?
Helps maintain employee’s heightened sense of awareness.
Provides employees with the knowledge they need.
Ensures hazardous material shipments arrive at their destinations safely and securely.
How does the DOT define hazardous material?
What is:
“A substance or material that the Secretary of Transportation has determined is capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property when transported in commerce.”
Hazardous materials are transported by what modes?
What are:
Hazardous materials transported by:
Train.
Plane.
Vessel.
Motor vehicle.
Where are the placards placed on bulk packages of less than 1000 gallons?
What is:
Two opposing sides if the packaging has a capacity less than 1,000 gallons. IBC Tote, Bulk Bag.
What is emergency response information?
“Information that can be used in the mitigation of an incident involving hazardous materials.”
Potential security threats can be found where?
Potential security threats can be found:
At our company’s location.
In our company’s surrounding community.
Along the drivers’ routes.
Where are the closure specs found for containers?
The manufacturer of the package or container.
This information must include any procedures to be followed, including closure instructions for inner packaging's and receptacles, to effectively assemble and close the packaging for the purpose of preventing leakage in transportation. Closure instructions must provide for a consistent and repeatable means of closure that is sufficient to ensure the packaging is closed in the same manner as it was tested.
Who is responsible for packaging hazardous material?
Anybody that loads a finished product into a tanker, railcar, tote, drum or consumer commodity container
Anybody that loads a box van
EHS when they are preparing haz waste shipments
What are the packing groups listed from most hazardous to least?
What is:
PG I indicates great danger X packaging
PG II indicates medium danger Y packaging
PG III indicates minor danger Z packaging
How do we provide emergency response information with our shipping papers?
Listing it directly on the shipping papers.
Keeping a copy of the Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) or appropriate guide pages with the shipping papers.
Keeping a copy of the material's Safety Data Sheet (SDS) with the shipping papers.- this is what we provide with all shipments.
What company do we use for emergency contact for hazardous material traveling?
What is:
We provide an emergency response telephone number on our BOL’s. The telephone number must be:
Monitored at all times while the hazmat?is being transported. Chemtrec
Answered by a person who is knowledgeable of the hazmat?being shipped as well as emergency response and incident mitigation.
What are the requirements for placing placards on bulk containers?
The package / container must be Hazardous
Be clearly visible from the direction it faces.
Be securely attached or put in a placard holder.
Be located away from any other marking (at least 3 inches.)
Have the words or ID number displayed horizontally, left to right.
Be maintained in a condition to ensure its effectiveness. Meaning replace when worn, torn, or faded.
Be on a background of contrasting color.
Must be in compliance with the Regulations.
What are three basic ways that a substance or material can be classified as a hazardous material?
There are 3 basic ways that a substance or materials can be classified as a Hazardous Material.
1. The DOT specifically defines it as a hazardous materials in the Hazmat Table
2. The material meets one of the DOT’s first eight hazard class definitions.
3. The material meets the DOT’s definition of a miscellaneous Class 9 material. Hazardous Waste for example
What are the marking and label requirements?
They Identify what the material in the package actually is.
Provide emergency response Information
Identify the shippers and consignee name and address
UN marking must be at least ½” high
Located on the same surface of pkg. near the Proper Shipping Name.
Must be displayed with primary and subsidiary hazard labels and placed within 6” of each other.
What indicates the severity of hazard for most hazardous materials?
The severity of hazard for most hazardous materials is indicated by the packing group.
What are the components of Venators hazardous material security plan?
What are:
Security awareness training
Reporting suspicious activities
Personnel screening (background checks)
Perimeter fencing, cameras and controlled access to railside
Qualifying motor carriers (Heniff)
Ensuring customers are legitimate
Name the 9 hazard classes?
Class 1 explosives
Class 2 gasses
Class 3 flammable liquids
Class 4 flammable solids
Class 5 oxidizers
Class 6 Poisons(toxic)
Class 7 Radioactive
Class 8 Corrosive
Class 9 Miscellaneous hazardous material