DOT: Packaging Hazardous Materials
Learning objectives
- Describe the steps for packaging a hazardous material.
- Explain how to select appropriate hazardous materials packaging.
- Describe how to determine and prepare required hazardous materials identifiers, including labels, markings, placards, and shipping papers.
Course overview
DOT Packaging Hazardous Materials is part of our DOT Transportation library. It covers the steps for packaging a hazardous material, how to select appropriate hazardous materials packaging and how to determine and prepare required hazardous materials identifiers, including labels, markings, placards, and shipping papers.
The individuals involved in the development and promotion of this course do not receive any compensation or financial benefits outside of their regular employment for their work on this course.
- 25 minutes
- Format: Online Interactive
- Tier: 2
- Course ID: 3389
English, French Canadian, Korean, Russian, Thai, Chinese (Simplified), German, Hindi, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish (Spain)
Course Outline
- Introduction
- Selecting Packaging
- Hazardous Materials Identifiers
Regulations
- Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49, Subtitle B, Chapter I, Part 173, Shippers n General Requirements for Shipments and Packaging
- Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49, Subtitle B, Chapter I, Subchapter C, Part 172, Subpart B, Table of Hazardous Materials Table and Special Provisions
- Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49, Subtitle B, Chapter I, Subchapter C, Part 177, 177.848, Segregation of hazardous materials