Packaging Misuse
There are regulations you must pay attention to regarding the misuse of packaging for shipments. The violations in packaging can include using incorrect packaging and using packaging that is not code compliant. To see more specifics violations as well as their solutions, see below.
Offeror Requirements
All hazardous materials
Failure to close a UN standard packaging in accordance with the closure instructions:
Cite: 173.22(a)(4).
Baseline assessment: $500 - $5,000
Overfilling or underfilling a package so that the effectiveness is substantially reduced:
Cite: 173.24(b).
Baseline assessment: $3,700 - $11,200
Offering a hazardous material for transportation in a packaging that has been successfully tested to an applicable UN standard but is not marked with the required UN marking (including missing specification plates)
Cite: 173.32(d), 173.24(c)
Baseline assessment: $4,500
Offering a hazardous material for transportation in a self-certified packaging that has not been subjected to design qualification testing:
Cite: 178.601, Various.
Baseline assessment: $7,500 - $13,500
Offering a hazardous material for transportation in an unauthorized non-UN standard or non-specification packaging (includes failure to comply with the terms of a special permit authorizing use of a non-standard or non-specification packaging):
Various.
Baseline assessment: $6,200 - $11,200
Offering a hazardous material for transportation in an improper package:
Cite: Various.
Baseline assessment: $3,000 - $8,000
Solutions
- Consulting
- Labelmaster Services
- Labels & Markings
- Hazard Class Labels
- Air Markings & Labels
- Battery Markings & Labels
- Regulated Markings & Labels
- Waste Labels
- GHS, Hazcom & NFPA Labels
- Regulatory Publications
- Air Transport
- Ground Transport
- Maritime Transport
- Emergency Response Guide
- Code of Federal Regulations Books
- Software
- Dangerous Goods Information System (DGIS)
- Shipping Paper Software
- Lithium Battery Advisor
- Training Software
- Training
- Air Training
- Ground Training
- Maritime Training
- Lithium Battery Shipping Training
- GHS- Hazcom Training
- UN Packaging
- 4GV Packaging
- Glass Packaging
- Metal Packaging
- Plastic Packaging
- 173.13 Packaging
- Oxygen Shippers
- Battery Packaging
- Electronics Packaging
- Infectious Substance Packaging
- Parts Packaging
- Temperature Controlled Packaging
- Drums
- Jerricans & Pails
- Wooden Boxes
- Components & Accessories
This website is designed to provide accurate information regarding the subject matter covered. The violations listed can be found in the Code of Federal Regulations 49-Parts 100- 185. Early Edition published by Labelmaster. Pages 41-54. Every effort has been made to provide a simplified guid consistent with the various applicable regulations. However, if there is a discrepancy, the regulations are the final authority.
