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 …
Safety
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 …
A Useful 2-Part NASA Technology that is Unresolved!!!
A Useful 2-Part NASA Technology that is Unresolved!!! Part 1 – US aerospace agency NASA has announced that it is developing a brain-monitoring hat for …
Salvage Drum Definition Clarified by DOT
Per CFR 173.3(c), Salvage Drums have long been used as overpacks for the efficient and effective transport of damaged, defective or leaking containers, irrespective of …
Shippers of TIH (Poison Inhalation) Drums Should Re-Qualify Their Cap Seals
At the request of a customer that ships materials poisonous by inhalation (TIH drums, formerly known as PIH), we have researched and learned that the …
Skolnik Hosts DOT/UN Testing Symposium
Since the adoption of performance oriented packaging standards (POPS) more than 10 years ago, the US has been the only country to allow manufacturers and …