New Haz-mat Incident Reporting Adopted

Being the only country in the world that tracks hazardous material incidents, RSPA recently proposed under HM229, new incident reporting requirements and revisions to the report format. The new form, DOT Form F5800.1 has been modified so that more meaningful data can be collected about each incident. This will allow for more effective regulation through risk analysis and actual in-field incident reporting of packaging failures. The new reporting form will collect more information relating to the specific materials involved in an incident, the type of packaging, and how and why the packaging failed. This information will then be used in regulatory review and the effectiveness of current hazardous materials packaging requirements.