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Handling HAZMAT Loads
A very small percentage of the goods transported by the Company
are classified as Hazardous Materials. It is essential, however, that all
drivers know the correct procedures for hauling hazardous materials.
Identify Your Load:
All drivers must complete Marcro #13 (HazMat) “prior to leaving the
customer”when the load is identified as a HazMat load.
Use Placards Correctly:
1. Check all of the placards to ensure that they are all the same.
2. Secure them on all four sides of the unit, point up, point down,
reading horizontally. If placard holders are used, tape across
the slot where you slide them in. Do not peel backing off the
placard. To make it easier for you to remove placards when the
hazmat has been removed, instead of peeling off the backing to
stick the placard on, apply duct tape around the 4 outer edges of
the placard, remembering not to go onto the colored portion of
the placard.
3. Remember to try to get extra placards from the shipper. If you
lose a placard, you have to stop and replace it.
4. Remember to completely remove all placards once all hazmat
has been removed from trailer. Do not drop and empty trailer
with placards still applied.
5. DO NOT leave the customer without the placards being applied
to the trailer.
Other Helpful Tips:
1. You must carry the Emergency Response Guide on the truck at
all times or be subject to a D.O.T. fine of up to $10,000. Keep in
mind all drivers are responsible for paying fines.
2. Make sure your load is secure. Be sure to check all unsealed
trailers for blocking, bracing and any product that could tip over
or spill in transit.
3. Always have Bills of Lading and Emergency Response
Guidebook (ERG), within reach while driving and seat belted
in the truck. When exiting the cab, be sure to keep the Bills of
Lading on the driver’s seat or driver’s side door pocket for easy
access.
4. No smoking is permitted within 25 feet of the material or trailer.
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