Safety Management
Vehicle Management
Hazmat

Covers the packaging & labeling of hazardous goods and the construction & operation of the vehicle carrying the goods

What you need to know to transport hazardous materials cargo from Mexico into the USA

Fleet hazmat requirements in Canada - Clear Language rules

Cargo Tanks Used to Transport Hazardous Materials

Chart of chemicals outlining DOT Hazardous Materials Regulations

Safety info from the Union Pacific Railroad

24 hour HAZMAT communications center established by chemical industry

Hazardous Materials Marking, Labeling & Placarding Guide

To assist the shipper in properly describing the hazardous material on the shipping paper

The hazmat regulations, DOT clarification letters, information on DOT exemptions

Documents from the Office of Hazardous Materials

Answers to commonly asked questions on hazardous materials DOT regulations

Instructions and guidance on the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) training requirements

Series of articles related to environmental exposures in transportation industry - claim scenarios

For oil spills and hazardous substance releases

Full text of the Emergency Response Guidebook

An overview of the US federal government Hazardous Materials Transportation Act

Addresses classification of chemicals by hazard, harmonized hazard communication elements, labels, safety data sheets

To transport hazardous materials/dangerous materials, you must be trained - requirements described

US Postal Services manual

For states not serviced by the TSA Agent, follow the instructions by your state licensing agency

Full text of a manual on Accident/Hazardous Materials Countermeasures

Key final rules, proposed rules, agency standards and other agency documents

Documents on hazardous materials transportation from US DOT Bureau of Transporation Statistics library

Text of the act

US DOT (U.S. Department of Transportation) definitions for each hazmat placard used in transportation

Online tutorial for DOT 49 CFR Parts 171-180 requirements

A large majority of hazardous materials incidents occur during loading and unloading operations

DOT hazardous material requirements

Important components of hazmat shipping

US federal requirements for hazmat safety trucking permits

Hazardous Materials Transportation training module

Large number of hazardous materials transportation publications and reports from DOT - pdf format

Example of a policy for hazardous materials transportation safety

Text of the act for the transportation of hazardous material in commerce in the USA

A broad overview of the requirements to safely transport hazardous materials

Follow these steps

International Atomic Energy Agency's internationally accepted standards for the safe transport of radioactive material

The loading methods described here are minimum standards

US Dept of Transportation requirements for motor carrier hazardous material safety

Training materials

An initiative of the National Association of Chemical Distributors

USA national repository of non-radioactive hazardous materials (NRHM) routes

Full version of the guidebook

Potential Flammability Hazard Associated with Bulk Transportation of Oilfield Exploration and Production Waste Liquids

Fact sheet outlines DOT hazardous materials packaging requirements

Documents outline DOT registration requirements for transporting hazardous materials

To be used by those who ship hazardous materials

A framework for risk management applicable to the transportation of hazardous materials

A tool that motor carriers transporting hazardous materials can use in developing a security plan

The regulation that requires motor carriers of hazardous materials to have a security plan

Recommendations for hazmat carriers to improve their security

Discusses shipping regulated materials

Guidance for properly preparing explosives for shipment offsite on public roads

Support materials for compliance with DOT hazardous materials regulations relating to spills

Information or training requirements for hazmat and on penalties

Specs manual related to hazardous materials

Addressed to governments concerned with the regulation of the transport of dangerous goods

The following information is for ground transportation only

Answers commonly asked questions about DOT hazmat training requirements

Transporting waste shipments, containers, vehicles, training, inspection, etc.