When a hazardous material shipment does not appear to be properly prepared for transportation, what must you do?

When a hazardous material shipment does not appear to be properly prepared for transportation, what must you do?

• A. Not accept or pull the hazardous material shipment or allow it to continue transportation
• B. Accept the shipment and correct it later
• C. Inform the customer and allow it to continue if supervised
• D. Remove the hazard label and proceed

Answer: (A)

When a hazardous material shipment doesn’t look properly prepared, you must not move it. Hazmat rules require each shipment to be correctly packaged, labeled or marked, and accompanied by the proper shipping papers and emergency information before it can be transported. If any of those elements are missing or seem defective, the correct course is to refuse the shipment or pull it from movement, hold it, and immediately inform the customer and your supervisor so the shipment can be properly corrected—packaged, labeled, documented, and secured—before any transportation occurs. Moving it or attempting to fix it later would violate safety and regulatory requirements, and altering labels or proceeding under supervision is dangerous and not allowed.

When a hazardous material shipment doesn’t look properly prepared, you must not move it. Hazmat rules require each shipment to be correctly packaged, labeled or marked, and accompanied by the proper shipping papers and emergency information before it can be transported. If any of those elements are missing or seem defective, the correct course is to refuse the shipment or pull it from movement, hold it, and immediately inform the customer and your supervisor so the shipment can be properly corrected—packaged, labeled, documented, and secured—before any transportation occurs. Moving it or attempting to fix it later would violate safety and regulatory requirements, and altering labels or proceeding under supervision is dangerous and not allowed.