Hazardous Materials Transportation – Who Does What

9.2.1 – The Shipper

Sends products from one place to another by truck, rail, vessel, or airplane.
Uses the hazardous materials regulations to determine the product’s:
Identification number.
Proper shipping name.
Hazard class.
Packing group.
Correct packaging.
Correct label and markings.
Correct placards.
Must package, mark, and label the materials; prepare shipping papers; provide emergency response information; and supply placards.
Certify on the shipping paper that the shipment has been prepared according to the rules (unless you are pulling cargo tanks supplied by you or your employer).

Takes the shipment from the shipper to its destination.
Prior to transportation, checks that the shipper correctly described, marked, labeled, and otherwise prepared the shipment for transportation.
Refuses improper shipments.
Reports accidents and incidents involving hazardous materials to the proper government agency.

Makes sure the shipper has identified, marked, and labeled the hazardous materials properly.
Refuses leaking packages and shipments.
Placards vehicle when loading, if required.
Safely transports the shipment without delay.
Follows all special rules about transporting hazardous materials.
Keeps hazardous materials shipping papers and emergency response information in the proper place.