Hazmat Shipping SOP templates
Offering hazardous materials for transport is regulated by DOT under 49 CFR, separately from workplace safety. These procedures cover shipping papers, marking and labeling, placarding, load segregation, incident reporting, and the hazmat employee training the rules require.
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- Hazmat ShippingRev 1
DOT Hazmat Employee Training
DOT hazmat employee training program for a warehouse that offers hazardous materials for transportation, covering who counts as a hazmat employee, the five required training components of general awareness, function-specific, safety, security awareness, and in-depth security training, the 90 day new employee window with direct supervision until training is complete, the three year recurrent cycle, testing, and the training record with its required contents and retention period.
- Regulatory references
- 4 CFR refs
- Sections
- 7 sections
- Review cadence
- annual review
- Hazmat ShippingRev 1
Hazmat Loading and Segregation
Loading of packaged hazardous materials into highway trailers at the shipping dock, covering trailer securement and no-smoking rules during loading, keeping packages upright per orientation markings and braced against shifting, use of the segregation table to decide which hazard classes may ride in the same trailer, staging lanes by class on the dock, rejection of damaged or leaking packages before loading, and the loader's verification of the load against the shipping papers before the trailer closes.
- Regulatory references
- 9 CFR refs
- Sections
- 8 sections
- Review cadence
- annual review
- Hazmat ShippingRev 1
Hazmat Package Marking and Labeling
Procedure for marking and labeling non-bulk hazardous material packages before they are offered for transportation, covering the proper shipping name and identification number markings, consignee and consignor information, durability and contrast rules, orientation arrows for liquids, primary and subsidiary hazard class labels, label placement, and the verification step before a package leaves the pack station.
- Regulatory references
- 7 CFR refs
- Sections
- 8 sections
- Review cadence
- annual review
- Hazmat ShippingRev 1
Hazmat Placarding and Offering to the Carrier
Shipper-side placarding procedure for hazardous materials offered for highway transport, covering how placard requirements are determined from the hazard classes and quantities on the shipment using Table 1 and Table 2 of 49 CFR 172.504, the duty to provide the required placards to the motor carrier before or when the shipment is offered, the prohibition on displaying placards that do not correspond to a hazard actually present, placard condition and display basics, and the final offer-to-carrier handoff check.
- Regulatory references
- 6 CFR refs
- Sections
- 8 sections
- Review cadence
- annual review
- Hazmat ShippingRev 1
Hazmat Shipping Papers and Emergency Response Information
Preparation and verification of hazardous materials shipping papers for highway transport, covering the basic description in its required sequence, total quantity and package entries, hazmat-first and highlighted-entry formatting, page numbering, the shipper's certification and who may sign it, shipping paper retention periods, the emergency response information that must accompany the papers, and the monitored emergency response telephone number.
- Regulatory references
- 8 CFR refs
- Sections
- 9 sections
- Review cadence
- annual review
- Hazmat ShippingRev 1
Hazmat Transportation Incident Reporting
DOT hazardous materials incident reporting procedure covering which events during transportation, loading, unloading, and temporary storage trigger the immediate telephone notice to the National Response Center within 12 hours, the information the caller must have ready, the incidents that require a detailed written report on DOT Form F 5800.1 within 30 days of discovery, who files as the person in physical possession, and the two year record retention duty.
- Regulatory references
- 7 CFR refs
- Sections
- 8 sections
- Review cadence
- annual review
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