DOT Hazardous Materials Analysis
With DOT’s 1,932 regulated hazardous materials virtually every facility in the U.S. must protect all personnel from exposures to these chemical hazards. Yes, over-the-road spills do happen, but the beginning of employee protection begins at shipping and receiving, on loading docks, with packaging and container personnel who prep hazardous materials for transport, and finally, drivers.
DOT “HazMat Employee” Training
What is a “HazMat Employer”? Any person who uses one or more employees in connection with…Transporting HazMat in commerce (shipping and receiving); causing HazMat to be transported or shipped; representing, marking, certifying, selling, offering, reconditioning, testing, repairing or modifying packaging; engaged in one or more facets of Hazardous Waste generation, accumulation, manifesting, disposal, etc. This training is required on a triennial basis (every three years). But if the employer experiences much employee turnover, it may be wise to provide it more often.
DOT HazMat Security Plan & Training
If an entity offers or transports certain hazardous materials (HazMat), there is a requirement to develop and implement a Hazardous Materials Transportation Security Plan. The Security Plan must include an assessment of possible transportation security risks for HazMat shipments. The plan must include site-specific or location-specific risks associated with facilities at which the hazardous materials are prepared for transportation, stored, or unloaded incidental to movement, and appropriate measures to address the assessed risks.
DOT “24-Hour” Training [Air, Land, & Sea]
“Triennial”…Effective October 1, 1993, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) requires that detailed 24-hour training be given to all "HazMat Employees" associated with transporting hazardous materials – by air, roadway, rail, or water – within, to, and from the workplace. This training focuses primarily on the shipping of hazardous materials on an international basis.
International Maritime Dangerous Goods Training (IMDG)
This training provides HazMat training to prepare and offer hazardous materials / dangerous goods for ocean vessel shipments, featuring coverage on how to navigate and apply the unique IMDG Code to ship HazMat/dangerous goods by ocean vessel.
International Air Transport Association (IATA) [DOT 49 CFR, Subpart H, 172.700 – 172]
This training provides key action steps for the preparation and offering of hazardous materials / dangerous goods via aircraft, featuring coverage on how to navigate and apply IATA’s unique Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGRs) to ship HazMat/dangerous goods in conjunction with passenger and/or cargo aircraft.