Ch 2 (analyzing incidents) Flashcards
7 clues to precedes of a HAZMAT
- Occupancy type / location
- Container shape
- Placards, labels and markings
- Other markings or colors
- Written resources
- Senses
- Detection / monitoring devices
If a HAZMAT gets into waterway, what does it become and what are its difficulties
When hazmat is in water ways it becomes a moving incident making it harder to contain, confine, and mitigate
To be bulk packaging, what criteria must be met?
- Max capacity is greater than 119 gallons for liquid
- Max net mass is greater than 882 lbs or Max capacity greater than 119 lbs for a solid
- water capacity is 1,001 lbs or greater as a receptacle for gas
Non bulk packaging
Drums, boxes, car boys, and bags
Any package greater than below if what?
Solid: 882 lbs
Liquid: 119 gal
Gas: 1,001 lbs
Bulk
Any package less than below if what?
Solid: 882 lbs
Liquid: 119 gal
Gas: 1,001 lbs
Non bulk
Cryogens are also called what
Refrigerated liquified gas
What is a cryogenic
A gas turns to liquid at or below -130 F at 14.7 psi
Pressurized containers features include
Rounded, almost spherical ends
Bolted man ways
Pressure relief valves
Pressure gauges
What happens when cryogenic are released
They transform from a liquid to vapor state
What types of materials are cryogenic
LOX: liquified Oxygen Nitrogen Helium Hydrogen Argon LNG
Common liquid containers
Bottles, drums, paint paisl, and gas containers
Hazards associated with liquid containers
Pressure, heat (contents will burn), reactivity, Corrosivity, and toxicity
Features of liquified Containers
- Flat ends on tanks
- Access hatch / man ways
- Multiple visible fittings on top
- Flexible bladders
- Highway cargo tanks oval or upside down horse shoe shaped, or circular shaped ends
- Intermodal, rigid bulk, flex intermediate rigid bulk are designed to be stacked
What are a few hazardous solids
Dust particles and powders
What are Boric acid and Sodium chloride examples of
Corrosive solids
What happens when Calcium carbide comes into contact with moisture
Will release a flammable gas
What is RAM
Radioactive Material
How is packaging used to transport radioactive material
Activity, type, and form of material being shipped
Radioactive material is shipped in what 5 different types
- Expected: extremely low levels
- industrial: such as lab samples of and smoke detectors
- Type A: withstand a series of tests without contents release
- Type B: withstand severe accidents without contents release
- Type C: high-activity material (plutonium), transported by aircraft
What do pipelines transport
Liquids and gases
What direction does radiation travel
All directions for long distances and may pass through materials. Cannot be detected by the 5 human senses and require a meter.
What do pipeline markers include for identification
Signal words, info describing transported commodity, name and number of carrier
What are the 3 tanker types
- petroleum carriers,
- chemical cArriers
- liquified Flammable Gas Carriers, for LNG and LPG
Cargo is shipped in what 4 vessels
- Bulk carriers: liquid or solid
- Break bulk: pallets, drums, bags, boxes, and crates
- Container vessels: intermodal containers
- Roll-on / Roll-off: vehicles can be driven on and off.
What is used to consolidate a single , transportable unit by air
ULD: Unit Loading Device (containers/aircraft pallets)
What source do the U.S., Canada, Mexico use for transportation
Transportation of Dangerous goods, model regulations
Transportation labels are designed for
Non-bulk packaging
Placards are designed for what?
Bulk Packaging
What are the 9 hazard classes
- Explosive
- Gasses
- Flammable liquids
- Flammable solids
- Oxidizing substance and organic per oxides
- Toxic and infectious substances
- radioactive
- Corrosive
- Misc
Class 1 material
Explosive
Class 2 material
Gases
Class 3 material
Flammable liquids
Class 4 material
Flammable solid, substances liable to spontaneous combustion, substances that emit flammable gasses on contact with water
Class 5 substances
Oxidizing and organic per oxides
Class 6 materials
Toxic and infectious substances
Class 7 material
Radioactive
Class 8 material
Corrosives
Class 9 material
Misc
NFPA 704
Standard system for identification of HAZMAT for emergency response and military markings
How does the UN identify each Hazardous Material
4 digit ID number
The 4 digit UN number must be displayed on what types of containers
Rail cars Cargo tank trucks Portable tanks Bulk packages Certain non-bulk packages Table 1 materials
What does the yellow section of ERG help with
4 digit UN number
Along with the 4 digit UN number, some cargo may have what markings
- A single digit identifying the hazard, followed by a zero 90
- Double digit (33) indicating intensification of hazard.
- an X before the numbers indication dangerous reaction to water
- when 9 appears as a 2nd or 3rd digit, risk of spontaneous violent reaction
Are placards required for infectious substances, ORM-D (other regulated materials for domestic transport), materials of trade, radioactive white label I or yellow II or combustible liquids in non-bulk packages
No, a placard is not required
What is on a DOT placard
Hazard class number (1-9) Hazard symbol 4 digit UN number or hazard class designation Diamond shaped Placard background color
What is the color placard for explosives
Orange
What is the color placard for Oxidizer / Reactive
Yellow
What is the color placard for Flammable
Red
What is the color placard for health hazard
White
What is the color placard for water reactive
Blue
What is the color placard for nonflammable gas
Green
Farmers can carry fertilizer, pesticides, and fuel between fields of theirs farms and to and from farms without placating, true or false?
True
Text may be omitted from an Oxygen placard only if?
If the specific ID number is displayed
Text indicating a hazard is not required on placards other than?
Class 7 (radioactive) or DANGEROUS placards
Even though tankers may appear empty they may carry placards until?
They are certified as clean
What is the size of a DOT placard
10.8 inch diamond
Class 7 radioactive labels must always contain what
Text
A “ cargo aircraft only” is not associated with a particular class, but indicates what
That material cannot be transported on passenger aircraft
What does the text “Hot” on container mean
Elevated temperature material, presenting a thermal hazard in the form of heat, generally shipping above 1,300 F. such as molten sulfur and molten aluminum
When a material is shipped above 1,300 F it is an elevated temperature material and should be labeled
Hot
DOT defines elevated temp materials as a transported material with what properties
Liquid phase: at or above 212 F
Liquid phase with flash point at or above 100 F that is intentionally heated, offered for transportation, or transported at or above flash point
Solid phase: at or above 464 F
What is a white placard with UN # 1005 in unique to Canada
Class 2: gases
Anhydrous Ammonia
What is the NFPA 704 system used for
To alert emergency responders to health, flammability, instability, and related hazards (specifically, oxidizes and water reactivity)
What are the limitations of the NFPA 704 placard
Does not tell what chemicals/materials or amounts are present. When on a building, does not give location of materials
What does red indicate on NFPA 704 placard
Flammability: with 0-4 number indicator
What does yellow indicate on NFPA 704 placard
Instability: 0-4 severity indicator
What does blue indicate on NFPA 704 placard
Health: 0-4 severity indicator
What does white indicate on NFPA 704 placard
Special Hazards:
W with a line through it: unusual reaction to water
OX: indication it is an oxidize
What are the only two special hazards used on NFPA 704 placard
W with a line through it: unusual reaction to water
OX: indication it is an oxidize
What is the international classification system for chemicals and other hazards
Global Harmonized System (GHS)
What is a CAS number
A unique Number that identifies individual Chemicals, compounds, polymers, mixtures, and alloys.
Military symbols for fire (ordinance) are separated into how many divisions?
4 Divisions
Division 1: mass explosion {stop sign}
Division 2: explosion with fragment hazards {X}
Division 3: mass fire {upside down triangle}
Division 4: moderate fire ( no blast) {placard}
Military symbols for supplemental chemical hazards are yellow circles with blue letters indicating type, what are the labels and types?
Yellow circle with blue:
G- G type nerve agents VX- VX nerve agents BZ- incapacitating nerve agents H- H-type mustard / blister agent L- Lewisite blister agents
The EPA requires warning labels on any container, transformer, or capacitor that contain what?
Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) causes cancer
shipment of HAZMAT must be accompanied by
Shipping papers, bill of lading, way bill, etc.
What must be attached to the shipping papers of HAZMAT
A Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest
What is the ISHP acronym and what is in regards to?
Potential hazards
I: ID number
S: Shipping name
H: Hazard class
P: packaging
Where are the shipping papers type, name,located, and responsibility in trucks, airplanes, ships, and trains?
Type / paper / location / responsibility
Truck / bill of lading / cab / pilot
airplane / air bill / cock pit / pilot
Ships/barges: dangerous cargo manifest / pilot house/ captain
Train / train list: Consist / engine or caboose/ conductor
What SDS, how many sections, and what kind of information involved
Safety Data Sheet (formerly MSDS)
16 sections, including name, hazard, first aid, firefighting, general info of material, etc.
Olfactory Fatique
Gradual inability to detect odors, can be rapid with Hydrogen Sulfide
