DOT CHART 14 Hazardous Materials Markings,

Labeling and Placarding Guide

Refer to 49 CFR, Part 172: Marking - Subpart D Labeling - Subpart E Placarding - Subpart F

NOTE: This document is for general guidance only and should not be used to determine compliance with 49 CFR, Parts 100-185.

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MARKINGS

Package Orientation (Red or Black) Keep Away from Heat Fumigant Marking (Red or Black) Biological Substances, Category B or

172.312(a)

172.317

173.25(a)(4)

172.325

172.332(a) Excepted Quantity

172.302(g) and 173.9 Marking of IBCs

... kg max

173.199 (a)(5) Marine Pollutant

ORM-D
172.313(a) 172.316(a)

ORM-D-AIR
173.4a(g) 178.703(a)(vii)(B) 172.322

Hazardous Materials Warning Labels

Actual label size: at least 100 mm (3.9 inches) on all sides
CLASS CLASS 1 Explosives: Divisions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 CLASS 2 Gases: Divisions 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

3 Flammable Liquid

CLASS 4 Flammable Solid, Spontaneously Combustible, and Dangerous When Wet: Divisions 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

CLASS 5 Oxidizer, Organic Peroxide: Divisions 5.1 and 5.2

Organic Peroxide, Transition-2011

172.411 Include compatibility group letter.

172.405(b), 172.415, 172.416, 172.417

172.419

172.420, 172.422, 172.423

172.426, 172.427

** Include division number and compatibility group letter.

CLASS

6 Poison (Toxic), Poison Inhalation Hazard, Infectious Substance: Divisions 6.1 and 6.2

CLASS

Radioactive

CLASS

Corrosive

CLASS

9 Miscellaneous Subsidiary Risk Hazardous Material Label

Cargo Aircraft Only

NEW

172.442

172.446

172.411

Mandatory January 1, 2013

or
Empty Label

OLD

172.323, 172.405(c), 172.429, 172.430, 172.432 For Regulated Medical Waste (RMW), an Infectious Substance label is not required on an outer packaging if the OSHA Biohazard marking is used as prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1030(g). CDC Etiologic Agent label must be used as prescribed in 42 CFR 72.3 and 72.6. A bulk package of RMW must display a BIOHAZARD marking.

172.436, 172.438, 172.440, 172.441

EMPTY

172.450

172.448

Hazardous Materials Warning Placards

Actual placard size: at least 273 mm (10.8 inches) on all sides
CLASS

Explosives

CLASS

Gases

CLASS

Flammable Liquid and Combustible Liquid

CLASS 4 Flammable Solid, Spontaneously Combustible, and Dangerous When Wet

172.522 172.523 172.524 172.525 * For Divisions 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3, enter division number and compatibility group letter, when required; placard any quantity. For Divisions 1.4, 1.5, and 1.6, enter compatibility group letter, when required; placard 454 kg (1,001 lbs) or more.

172.528 172.530 172.532 172.540 For NON-FLAMMABLE GAS, OXYGEN (compressed gas or refrigerated liquid), and FLAMMABLE GAS, placard 454 kg (1,001 lbs) or more gross weight. For POISON GAS (Division 2.3), placard any quantity. 172.542 172.544 For FLAMMABLE, placard 454 kg (1,001 lbs) or more. GASOLINE may be used in place of FLAMMABLE placard displayed on a cargo tank or portable tank transporting gasoline by highway. Placard combustible liquid transported in bulk. See 172.504(f)(2) for use of FLAMMABLE placard in place of COMBUSTIBLE. FUEL OIL may be used in place of COMBUSTIBLE on a cargo or portable tank transporting fuel oil not classed as a flammable liquid by highway. 172.546, 172.547, 172.548 For FLAMMABLE SOLID and SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTIBLE, placard 454 kg (1,001 lbs) or more. For DANGEROUS WHEN WET (Division 4.3), placard any quantity.

CLASS

Oxidizer & Organic Peroxide

CLASS

6 Poison (Toxic) and CLASS Poison Inhalation Hazard

Radioactive

CLASS

Corrosive

CLASS

Miscellaneous

Dangerous

172.556
Organic Peroxide, Transition-2011 (rail, vessel, and aircraft) 2014 (highway)

172.558 For CORROSIVE, placard 454 kg (1,001 lbs) or more.

172.560 Not required for domestic transportation. A bulk packaging containing a Class 9 material must be marked with the appropriate ID number displayed on a Class 9 placard, an orange panel, or a white square-on-point display.

172.521 A freight container, unit load device, transport vehicle, or rail car which contains non-bulk packages with two or more categories of hazardous materials that require different placards specified in Table 2 may be placarded with DANGEROUS placards instead of the specific placards required for each of the materials in Table 2. However, when 1,000 kg (2,205 lbs) or more of one category of material is loaded at one loading facility, the placard specified in Table 2 must be applied.

172.550, 172.552 For OXIDIZER and ORGANIC PEROXIDE (other than TYPE B, temperature controlled), placard 454 kg (1,001 lbs) or more. For ORGANIC PEROXIDE (Division 5.2), Type B, temperature controlled, placard any quantity.

172.504(f)(10), 172.554, 172.555 For POISON (PGl or PGII, other than inhalation hazard) and POISON (PGIII), placard 454 kg (1,001 lbs) or more. For POISON-INHALATION HAZARD (Division 6.1), inhalation hazard only, placard any quantity.

Placard any quantity - packages bearing RADIOACTIVE YELLOW-III labels only. Certain low specific activity radioactive materials in exclusive use will not bear the label, but the radioactive placard is required for exclusive use shipments of low specific activity material and surface contaminated objects transported in accordance with 172.504(e) Table 1 and 173.427(a)(6).

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General Guidelines on Use of Warning Labels and Placards

LABELS
See 49 CFR, Part 172, Subpart E, for complete labeling regulations.
The Hazardous Materials Table [172.101, Col. 6] identifies the proper label(s) for the hazardous material listed. Any person who offers a hazardous material for transportation MUST label the package, if required [172.400(a)]. Labels may be affixed to packages when not required by regulations, provided each label represents a hazard of the material contained in the package [172.401]. For labeling mixed or consolidated packages, see 172.404. The appropriate hazard class or division number must be displayed in the lower corner of a primary and subsidiary hazard label [172.402(b)]. For classes 1,2,3,4,5,6, and 8, text indicating a hazard (e.g., CORROSIVE) is NOT required on a primary or subsidiary label. The label must otherwise conform to Subpart E of Part 172 [172.405]. Labels must be printed on or affixed to the surface of the package near the proper shipping name marking [172.406(a)]. When primary and subsidiary labels are required, they must be displayed next to each other [172.406(c)]. For a package containing a Division 6.1, PG III material, the POISON label specified in 172.430 may be modified to display the text PG III instead of POISON or TOXIC. Also see 172.313(d). The new ORGANIC PEROXIDE label becomes mandatory on 1 January 2011 and reflects the fact that organic peroxides are highly flammable and eliminates the requirements for a flammable liquid subsidiary label [172.427]. For information, see 171.14. The color of the border must be black and the color of the flame may be black or white.

PLACARDS
See 49 CFR, Part 172, Subpart F, for complete placarding regulations.
Each person who offers for transportation or transports any hazardous material subject to the Hazardous Materials Regulations must comply with all applicable requirements of Subpart F [172.500]. Placards may be displayed for a hazardous material, even when not required, if the placarding otherwise conforms to the requirements of Subpart F of Part 172 [172.502(c)]. For other than Class 7 or the DANGEROUS placard, text indicating a hazard (e.g., FLAMMABLE) is not required. Text may be omitted from the OXYGEN placard only if the specific ID number is displayed on the placard [172.519(b)(3)]. For a placard corresponding to the primary or subsidiary hazard class of a material, the hazard class or division number must be displayed in the lower corner of the placard. Any bulk packaging, freight container, unit load device, transport vehicle or rail car containing any quantity of material listed in Table 1 must be placarded [172.504]. When the aggregate gross weight of all hazardous materials in non-bulk packages covered in Table 2 is less than 454 kg (1,001 lbs), no placard is required on a transport vehicle or freight container when transported by highway or rail [172.504(c)]. Notes: See 172.504(f)(10) for placarding Division 6.1, PG III materials. Placarded loads require registration with USDOT. See 107.601 for registration regulations. The new ORGANIC PEROXIDE placard becomes mandatory 1 January 2011 for transportation by rail, vessel, or aircraft and 1 January 2014 for transportation by highway. The placard will enable transport workers to readily distinguish peroxides from oxidizers [172.552]. For information, see 171.14.

PLACARDING TABLES
[172.504(e)] TABLE 1
Category of material (Hazard Class or division number and additional description, as appropriate) 1.1 ............................................................... 1.2 ............................................................... 1.3 ............................................................... 2.3 ............................................................... 4.3 ............................................................... 5.2 (Organic peroxide, Type B, liquid or solid, temperature controlled). .................. 6.1 (materials poisonous by inhalation (see 171.8 of this subchapter))................ 7 (Radioactive Yellow III label only)...............
1

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER DISPLAYS

and
172.332

Placard name EXPLOSIVES 1.1 ............................................ EXPLOSIVES 1.2 ............................................ EXPLOSIVES 1.3 ............................................ POISON GAS ............................................... DANGEROUS WHEN WET............................. ORGANIC PEROXIDE .................................... POISON INHALATION HAZARD..................... RADIOACTIVE1 ..............................................

or

Appropriate placard must be used with orange panel.

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER MARKINGS ON ORANGE PANELS OR APPROPRIATE PLACARDS MUST BE DISPLAYED ON: (1) Tank Cars, Cargo Tanks, Portable Tanks, and other Bulk Packagings; (2) Transport vehicles or freight containers containing 4,000 kg (8,820 lbs) in non-bulk packages of only a single hazardous material having the same proper shipping name and identification number loaded at one facility and transport vehicle contains no other material, hazardous or otherwise; and (3) transport vehicles or freight containers containing 1,000 kg (2,205 lbs) of non-bulk packages of materials poisonous by inhalation in Hazard Zone A or B. See 172.301(a)(3), 172.326, 172.328,172.330, and 172.331. Square white background required for placard for highway route controlled quantity radioactive material and for rail shipment of certain explosives and poisons, and for flammable gas in a DOT 113 tank car (172.507 and 172.510).
172.527

RADIOACTIVE placard also required for exclusive use shipments of low specific activity material and surface contaminated objects transported in accordance with 173.427(a)(6).

TABLE 2
Category of material (Hazard Class or division number and additional description, as appropriate) 1.4 ............................................................... 1.5 ............................................................... 1.6 ............................................................... 2.1 ............................................................... 2.2 ............................................................... 3 .................................................................. Combustible Liquid ........................................ 4.1 ............................................................... 4.2 ............................................................... 5.1 ............................................................... 5.2 (Other than organic peroxide, Type B, liquid or solid, temperature controlled) ...... 6.1 (Other than materials poisonous by inhalation) ............................................... 6.2 ............................................................... 8 .................................................................. 9 .................................................................. ORM-D ........................................................ Placard name EXPLOSIVES 1.4 ......................................... EXPLOSIVES 1.5 ......................................... EXPLOSIVES 1.6 ......................................... FLAMMABLE GAS....................................... NON-FLAMMABLE GAS ............................. FLAMMABLE .............................................. COMBUSTIBLE........................................... FLAMMABLE SOLID .................................... SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTIBLE .............. OXIDIZER .................................................. ORGANIC PEROXIDE ................................. POISON.................................................... (None)....................................................... CORROSIVE .............................................. Class 9 (see 172.504(f)(9)) ....................... (None).......................................................

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