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of DG are moved 3 billion tons ...that’s the weight of 500 Hoover Dams! Ensure proper labeling for storage Must comply with workplace safety regulations (e.g., OSHA) May be required to prepare for re-shipment No matter what role you may have in the movement of DG, Labelmaster can provide you with real-time expertise matched with the most comprehensive assortment of products, software and services on all matters relating to Dangerous Goods. labelmaster.com 800.621.5808 1 US Government Accountability Office. Defense Transportation: DOD Needs to Take Actions to Improve Transportation of Hazardous Material Shipments. May 2014. 2 Cox, Jerry. Transportation of Hazardous Materials in Plain English Packaging. HAZARD CLASS PACKAGING LABELING SHIPPERS MILLION DG shipments per DAY 1 OF ALL CIVIL PENALTIES IN DG SHIPPING 50% are imposed because companies neglect to train or retrain their DG shipping personnel according to the required schedule (or at all). 2 1,267+ pages of Title 49 CFR, parts 100–185, are essential knowledge for every DG shipper. The world of transporting Dangerous Goods (DG) is complex and ever - changing. Multiple parties are involved/responsible for the safe moving of DG: CARRIERS Ensure proper placarding and marking For every five tons of freight that goes on trucks, trains, planes, and ships, one ton is DG. 2 of DG tonnage is transported via air, water, rail, and pipeline. 1 DG DG DG DG DG DG DG 57% RECEIVERS DG Determine DG ON THE MOVE THERE’S A LOT YOU DON’T KNOW! 1in5 There are 94 % OF WHICH are transported by highway. 1 the

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  • of DG are moved by commercial

    carriers in the US1...

    3billiontons ...thats the weight of 500 HooverDams!

    Ensure proper labeling for storage

    Must comply with workplace safety regulations (e.g., OSHA)

    May be required to prepare for re-shipment

    No matter what role you may have in the movement of DG, Labelmaster can provide you with real-time expertise matched with the most comprehensive assortment of products, software and services on all matters relating to Dangerous Goods.

    labelmaster.com 800.621.5808

    1 US Government Accountability Office. Defense Transportation: DOD Needs to Take

    Actions to Improve Transportation of Hazardous Material Shipments. May 2014. 2 Cox, Jerry. Transportation of Hazardous Materials in Plain English Packaging.

    HAZARD CLASS

    PACKAGING LABELING

    SHIPPERS

    MILLIONDG shipments per DAY1

    OF ALL CIVIL PENALTIESIN DG SHIPPING 50%

    are imposed because companies neglect to train or retrain their DG shipping personnel according to the required schedule (or at all).2

    1,267+ pages

    of Title 49 CFR, parts 100185, are essential knowledge for every DG shipper.

    The world of transporting Dangerous Goods (DG) is complex and ever-changing. Multiple parties are involved/responsible for the safe moving of DG:

    CARRIERS

    Ensure proper placarding and marking

    For every five tons of freight that goes on trucks, trains, planes,

    and ships, one ton is DG.2

    of DG tonnage is transported via air, water, rail, and pipeline.1

    DG

    DG

    DG

    DG

    DG

    DG

    DG

    57%

    RECEIVERS

    DG

    Determine

    DG ON THE MOVE

    THERES A LOTYOU DONT KNOW!

    1in5

    There are

    94%OF WHICH are transported by highway.1

    the