Companies engaged in the business of transportation, chemical manufacturing or packaging lead the first-quarter fines of 2009 by DOT. A total of $470,000 in fines …
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Check Out This Web Site Before Your Next Flight!
Helping commercial air travelers to be prepared for air travel, the DOT has created a new web site which offers advice about what products can …
CFR Cheat Sheet is Handy For Quickly Locating Packaging References
The CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) is the Hazardous Materials shipping bible. In Title 49, there are definitions, classifications, regulations and a host of specific …
Wikipedia Offers An Edited Definition Of A Salvage Drum
Proving to be a definitive source for just about anything, Wikipedia now contains a publicly edited definition of a Salvage Drum. It’s well worded and …
Cosmetics Manufacturer fined a whopping $350,000 for HazMat Violation
The penalties for negligence when shipping hazardous materials by air were emphasized recently when Benefits Cosmetics, a San Francisco based beauty retailer, admitted to breaking …
If You Think You Have a Safety Culture – You Probably Do Not!
At a recent workshop hosted by the Department of Transportation, Vice Chairman Robert Sumwalt, of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), challenged all participants to …