CDL Practice Tests For Hazardous Materials Page 3

The driver:

• Makes sure the shipper has identified, marked and labeled the hazardous materials properly.
• Refuses leaking packages and shipments.
• Placards his 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.

The Shipper:

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).

The shipper:

• Sends products from one place to another by truck, rail, vessel or airplane.
• Uses the hazardous materials regulations to decide the product’s:
• - Identification number
• - Proper shipping name
• - Hazard class
• - Correct packaging
• - Correct label and markings
• Provides 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).

See: Figure 9-1 Hazardous Materials Hazard Class/Division Table, pg 88

Hazard Class —

A material's hazard class reflects the risks associated with it. There are nine different hazard classes. The types of materials included in these nine classes are in Figure 9.1.

Shipping Papers —

Shipping papers describe the hazardous materials being transported. Shipping orders, bills of lading and manifests are all considered shipping papers. Figure 9-6 shows an example of a shipping paper.

Drivers to keep hazardous materials shipping papers:

• In a pouch on the driver’s door, or
• In clear view within immediate reach while the seat belt is fastened while driving, or
• On the driver’s seat when out of the vehicle.

Your life, and the lives of others, may depend on quickly locating the hazardous materials shipping papers. For that reason, the rules require:

• Shippers to describe hazardous materials correctly and include an emergency response telephone number on shipping papers.
• Carriers and drivers to quickly identify hazardous materials shipping papers, or keep them on top of other shipping papers and keep the required emergency response information with the shipping papers.
• Drivers to keep hazardous materials shipping papers:
  • - In a pouch on the driver’s door, or
  • - In clear view within immediate reach while the seat belt is fastened while driving, or
  • - On the driver’s seat when out of the vehicle.

Package Labels —

Shippers put diamond-shaped hazard warning labels on most hazardous materials packages (see Figure 9-2 on page 89). These labels inform others of the hazard class of product found in the packages. If the diamond label will not fit on the package, shippers may put the label on a tag securely attached to the package. For example, compressed gas cylinders that will not hold a label will have tags or decals.

Package Labels —

Shippers put diamond-shaped hazard warning labels on most hazardous materials packages (see Figure 9-2 on page 89). These labels inform others of the hazard class of product found in the packages. If the diamond label will not fit on the package, shippers may put the label on a tag securely attached to the package. For example, compressed gas cylinders that will not hold a label will have tags or decals.