Shipper responsibilities also include:
- Preparation of shipping papers;
- Emergency response information;
- Proper shipping name classification;
- Emergency response telephone number;
- Hazard warning label;
- Employee training;
- Placarding;
- Security plan;
Let’s see a more precise description of each shipper responsibility:
HAZARD Warning Label
All hazardous materials that are being transported must be labeled with a specific element. That element shall indicate the type of hazmat transportation.
That is to say, the element can be in the form of pictograms, hazard and precautionary statements or signal words, all that with the aim for a safe hazmat transportation.
Since 2015, OSHA has issued and adopted new hazard warning labels. These new labels are considered to be part of the Hazard Communication Standard revision.
At the same time the hazard warning label not only that is contributing for a safe hazmat transportation, but as well are bringing into alignment the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling Chemicals.
