Hazardous Materials (also referred to as dangerous goods or restricted articles), are described as articles or substances that are capable of posing a significant risk to health, safety or property when transported by air. The following are examples of dangerous goods that must be declared at time of booking: Oil-based paint and thinners (flammable liquids) Industrial solvents Insecticides, garden chemicals (fertilizers, poisons) Lithium Batteries (not in cameras) Magnetized materials Machinery (chain saws, outboard engines containing fuel) Fuel for camp stoves, lanterns, torches or heating elements Automobile batteries Infectious substances Any compound, liquid or gas that has toxic characteristics Bleach Flammable adhesives Perfume Alcohol Refer to the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations Manual for more examples and information.
1: those chemicals or substances that are physical hazards or health hazards as defined and classified in National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 704, whether the materials are in use or in waste conditions. 2: substances or mixtures having properties capable of producing adverse effects on the health or safety of a human.
Materials, substances, or wastes, which, due to their compositional nature, may be toxic, harmful or fatal if accidentally exposed to humans, animals, or the environment.
(HazMat) Any material that is explosive, flammable, poisonous, corrosive, reactive, or radioactive, or any combination thereof, and requires special care in handling because of the hazards it poses to public health, safety, and/or the environment. Any hazardous substance under the Clean Water Act, or any element, compound, mixture, solution, or substance designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ( CERCLA); any hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); any toxic pollutant listed under pretreatment provisions of the Clean Water Act; any hazardous pollutant under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act; or any imminent hazardous chemical substance for which the administrator has taken action under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 7. (Section 101[14] CERCLA)
Any substance which is explosive, flammable, poisonous, corrosive, irritating or otherwise harmful and is likely to cause injury or death.
Any material that is flammable, corrosive, oxidative, explosive, toxic, radioactive, or unduly magnetic.
Any material having one or more of the following attributes: ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, toxicity.
Items identified under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act that require special handling during transportation. Hazardous materials are not by definition hazardous substances or hazardous wastes unless they possess the requisite characteristics.
Substances that may be dangerous. They may or may not be toxic and should be distinguished accordingly.
Chemicals, combustible liquids, compressed gases, controlled substances, corrosives, explosives, flammable materials, oxidizers, poisons, radioactive materials, and toxic materials.
Asbestos and asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), oil or any other petroleum products, natural gas, source material, special nuclear materials, and by-product materials regulated under the Atomic Energy Act (42 U.S.C. Sec 201 1 et G.), pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. Sec 136, et M.) and any hazardous waste, "toxic substance" (or comparable term) in the Comprehensive Environment Responsibility, Compensation and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. Sec 1801, et seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. Sec 6901, et M), the Toxic Substance Control Act (15 U.S.C. Sec 2601, et seq.) and any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to such statutes or any other applicable Federal or State statute, rule, or regulation or local law, ordinance, rule, or regulation, as amended in each case.
Substance/material determined and designated by Secretary of Transportation to be capable of posing unreasonable risk to health, safety and property when transported in commerce.
Any materials exposed on an emergency scene that are hazardous by being poisonous, flammable, explosive, carcinogenic, or environmental pollutants. This is also known as Haz Mat in the emergency services.
Any gases, solids or liquids located or used on the property that may be considered dangerous.
Anything that poses a substantive present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.
Hazardous material is a broad catch-all phrase for materials that are dangerous if inhaled, ingested, touched or otherwise dangerous to humans or the environment. It includes all OSHA and DOT regulated hazardous materials as well as hazardous wastes regulated by EPA.
Commodities classified by the Secretary of Transportation as hazardous, and which require special handling and documentation.
The U.S. Government's official term for Dangerous Goods. Items of freight that are inherently harmful and classified under Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Hazardous Materials may only be transported under certain conditions relative to packaging, quantity carried, airplane type, location on board the airplane, etc., and in conformance with applicable rules. Also see Dangerous Goods.
Also called dangerous goods or restricted articles. Goods that represent a danger unless properly identified, classified packed, marked and labelled as per valid Dangerous Goods Regulations.
The Transportation Safety Act of 1974 defines hazardous material as: "a substance or material in quantity and form which may pose an unreasonable risk to health and safety or property when transported in commerce."
Substances that are harmful to human and environmental health and/or safety in relatively small quantities. Such materials include flammable, combustible, corrosive, reactive, and toxic substances as well as any other substance defined as "hazardous" by the state or federal government.
Materials determined by the Department of Transportation to be a risk to health, safety, and property; including such items as explosives, flammable liquids, poisons, corrosive liquids, and radioactive material.
A substance or material which has been determined to be capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property when transported in commerce.