Hazardous Materials: Marking and Labeling

Wednesday, February 7, 2024 | 2:00-3:30pm ET 

The Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) apportion responsibilities to “persons” who perform “functions” as applicable in the HMR. The HMR states that:

§171.2 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
“(a) Each person who performs a function covered by this subchapter must perform that function in accordance with this subchapter.”

Box converters often print Marks and Labels on behalf of their customers:

§172.3 Applicability
(a) This part applies to—

(1) Each person who offers hazardous material for transportation, and.....

b) When a person, other than one of those provided for in paragraph (a) of this section, performs a packaging labeling or marking function required by this part, that person shall perform the function in accordance with this part.

Learning Objectives

The requirements of 49 CFR Subparts D (Marking) and E (Labeling) of Part 172 as applicable to box makers.

• Identification of the sections in the regulations applicable to printing marks and labels on hazardous materials packaging.
• Specific regulatory requirements pertaining to required packaging Marks and Labels: size, style, color, background, and placement.
  
  

Who Should Attend?

• Hazmat Employees
• Sales and Marketing Professionals
• Operators, Printers, Designers, Artwork Approvers, Quality Control Personnel, and Customer Service Representatives

Why Should I Attend?

It’s important for a box maker to keep clear lines of responsibility with their customers in the production of hazardous materials packaging to prevent being the cause of a violation; even when the customer has “signed off” on the print specification through a pre- approval procedure. But it’s a much better business practice to prevent violations in the print approval and fabrication process itself. This avoids scenes of mutual recrimination between vendor and customer. Prevention of non-compliant marks and labels preserves customer relationships as effectively as it prevents non-compliance, frustrated shipments, and costly fines.

Understanding the requirements of the HMR with respect to this common function is important for box maker employees who are involved in these specific functions, where even minor mistakes can cause total loss of value for a box run. It is important to prevent non-compliance as a customer service.

Registration
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Meet Your Instructor

Lonnie Jaycox CPP, CDGP is an independent packaging engineer, consultant, and trainer in the implementation of compliance systems and packaging programs for regulated materials including hazardous materials (dangerous goods). Jaycox has spent over 30 years designing, testing, manufacturing, and implementing packaging programs for the transportation of Hazardous Materials. Jaycox is active in industry and related organizations including AICC.

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