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Loading, Unloading, and Bulk Packaging

Loading, Unloading, and Bulk Packaging covers the handling rules for hazmat cargo and bulk packaging, drawn from 49 CFR 172.302(a), 173.24b(a)(1), and 177.834 and 177.837.

Practice Loading, Unloading, and Bulk Packaging

5 Questions

  1. Before any hazardous material is loaded onto or unloaded from your vehicle, what does federal regulation require of the vehicle itself?
  2. Federal regulation restricts the tools that may be used when a Class 1 explosive material or another dangerous article is loaded or unloaded. What is the restriction?
  3. A bulk packaging has to show which material is inside by its identification number. On which faces does that number go, and what decides it?
  4. Except as otherwise provided in the subchapter, liquids and liquefied gases in a bulk packaging have to be loaded so that some outage is left. How much, and judged at what temperature?
  5. You are loading a Class 3 flammable liquid into a cargo tank motor vehicle. What does federal regulation say about the engine while that is going on?