DANGEROUS GOODS FAMILIARIZATION

Items classified as Dangerous Goods or DG may be encountered in many areas, including your place of work. We all need to remember that safety is our primary concern when moving & transporting Dangerous Goods. It is the safety of all employees and other individuals including anything and everything of prime importance aside from our work place are to be considered.

Dangerous Goods (DG) - Are articles or substances that are capable of posting risk to health, safety, property or the environment due to possibility of a fire, explosion, release of toxic, flammable or corrosive materials during a storage or handling incident.

CLASSES & DIVISION OF DANGEROUS GOODS

CLASS 1: EXPLOSIVES - There are 6 divisions within the Explosives Class, it can range from extremely insensitive to explosives having a mass explosion hazard.

Examples: Ammunition/cartridges,Fireworks/pyrotechnics,Flares,Blasting caps / detonators,Fuse,Primers,Explosive charges (blasting, demolition etc),Detonating cord,Air bag inflators,Igniters,Rockets,TNT / TNT compositions,RDX / RDX compositions,PETN / PETN compositions.

• Division 1.1 - Mass Explosion hazard
• Division 1.2 - Projection hazard but not mass explosion.
• Division 1.3 - Fire hazard, minor blast hazard and/or minor projection hazard.
• Division 1.4 - No significant hazard.
• Division 1.5 - Very insentive substance having a mass explosion hazard.
• Division 1.6 - Extremely insensitive articles which do not have a mass explosion.

CLASS 2: GASSES

Examples: Aerosols,Compressed air,Hydrocarbon gas-powered devices,Fire extinguishers,Gas cartridges,Fertilizer ammoniating solution,Insecticide gases,Refrigerant gases,Lighters,Acetylene / Oxyacetylene,Carbon dioxide,Helium / helium compounds,Hydrogen / hydrogen compounds,Oxygen / oxygen compounds,Nitrogen / nitrogen compounds,Natural gas,Oil gas,Petroleum gases,Butane,Propane,Ethane,Methane,Dimethyl ether,Propene / propylene,Ethylene.

• Division 2.1 - Flammable Gas.
• Division 2.2 - Non Flammable, non Toxic Gas.
• Division 2.3 - Toxic Gas.

CLASS 3: FLAMMABLE LIQUID

Examples: Acetone / acetone oils,Adhesives,Paints / lacquers / varnishes,Alcohols,Perfumery products,Gasoline / Petrol,Diesel fuel,Aviation fuel,Liquid bio-fuels,Coal tar / coal tar distillates,Petroleum crude oil,Petroleum distillates,Gas oil,Shale oil,Heating oil,Kerosene,Resins,Tars,Turpentine,Carbamate insecticides,Organochlorine pesticides,Organophosphorus pesticides,Copper based pesticides,Esters,Ethers,Ethanol,Benzene,Butanols,Dichloropropenes,Diethyl ether,Isobutanols,Isopropyls,Methanol,Octanes.

CLASS 4: FLAMMABLE SOLIDS - This class includes substances that are prone to spontaneous combustion & those that emit flammable gas.

Examples: Fire lighters,Alkali metals,Metal powders,Aluminium phosphide,Sodium batteries,Sodium cells,Firelighters,Matches,Calcium carbide,Camphor,Carbon,Activated carbon,Celluloid,Cerium,Copra,Seed cake,Oily cotton waste,Desensitized explosives,Oily fabrics,Oily fibres,Ferrocerium,Iron oxide (spent,Iron sponge/direct-reduced iron (spent) ,Metaldehyde,Naphthalene,Nitrocellulose,Phosphorus,Sulphur.

• Division 4.1 - Flammable Solid.
• Division 4.2 - Substance liable to spontaneous combustion.
• Division 4.3 - Water reactive substances.

CLASS 5: OXIDIZING MATERIAL & ORGANIC PEROXIDE

Examples: Bleaches, resin repair kits, Oxygen generators,Chemical oxygen generators,Ammonium nitrate fertilizers,Chlorates,Nitrates,Nitrites,Perchlorates,Permanganates,Persulphates,Aluminium nitrate,Ammonium dichromate,Ammonium nitrate,Ammonium persulphate,Calcium hypochlorite,Calcium nitrate,Calcium peroxide,Hydrogen peroxide,Magnesium peroxide,Lead nitrate,Lithium hypochlorite,Potassium chlorate,Potassium nitrate,Potassium chlorate,Potassium perchlorate,Potassium permanganate,Sodium nitrate,Sodium persulphate.

• Division 5.1 - Oxidizing substances.
• Division 5.2 - Organic Peroxide.

CLASS 6: TOXIC & INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCES

Examples: Arsenic, cyanide, weed killer, virus, Bacteria,Medical/Biomedical waste,Clinical waste,Biological cultures / samples / specimens,Medical cultures / samples / specimens,Tear gas substances,Motor fuel anti-knock,mixture,Dyes,Carbamate,pesticides,Alkaloids,Allyls,Acids, Arsenates,Arsenites,Cyanides,Thiols/mercaptans,Cresols,Barium compounds,Arsenics / arsenic compounds,Beryllium/ beryllium compounds,Lead compounds,Mercury compounds,Nicotine / nicotine,compounds,Selenium,compounds,Antimony,Ammonium metavanadate, Adiponitrile,Chloroform,Dichloromethane,Hexachlorophene,Phenol,Resorcinol.

• Division 6.1 - Toxic Substances (Poison)
• Division 6.2 - Infectious Substances

CLASS 7: RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL

Examples: Instruments containing radioactive isotypes for research,Radioactive ores,Medical isotopes,Yellowcake,Density gauges,Mixed fission products,Surface contaminated objects,Caesium radionuclides / isotopes,Iridium radionuclides / isotopes,Americium radionuclides / isotopes,Plutonium radionuclides / isotopes,Radium radionuclides / isotopes,Thorium radionuclides / isotopes,Uranium radionuclides / isotopes,Depleted uranium / depleted uranium products,Uranium hexafluoride,Enriched Uranium.

CLASS 8: CORROSIVE MATERIAL

 Examples: Acids, alkalis, metallic mercury,wet cell batteries, and thermometer containing mercury,Acids/acid solutions,Batteries,Battery fluid,Fuel cell cartridges,Dyes,Fire extinguisher charges,Formaldehyde,Flux,Paints,Alkylphenols,Amines,Polyamines,Sulphides,Polysulphides,Chlorides,Chlorosilanes,Bromine,Cyclohexylamine,Phenol / carbolic acid,Hydrofluoric acid,Hydrochloric acid,Sulfuric acid,Nitric acid,Sludge acid,Hydrogen fluoride,Iodine,Morpholine.

CLASS 9: MISCELLANEOUS GOODS - Any article or substance that could present a danger & is not covered by the other classes comes under the miscellaneous category.

Examples: combustion engines,Dry ice / cardice / solid carbon dioxide,Expandable polymeric beads / polystyrene beads,Ammonium nitrate fertilizers,Blue asbestos / crocidolite,Lithium ion batteries,Lithium metal batteries,Battery powered equipment,Battery powered vehicles,Fuel cell engines,Internal combustion engines,Vehicles,Magnetized material,Dangerous goods in apparatus,Dangerous goods in machinery,Genetically modified organisms,Genetically modified micro-organisms,Chemical kits,First aid kits,Life saving appliances,Air bag modules,Seatbelt pretensioners,Plastics moulding compound,Castor bean plant products,Polychlorinated biphenyls,Polychlorinated terphenyls,Dibromodifluoromethane,Benzaldehyde.

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Dangerous Goods Classification Labels