SCCJA BLK3 Hazardous Materials TEST with 100- correct answers

Shipping papers Hazardous Material According to the USDOT a material is any substance or material in any form or quantity that poses and unreasonable risk to safety, health, and property when transported in commerce Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:00 / 0:15 Full screen Brainpower Read More Risks of hazardous materials By their very nature can be very damaging to the environment, wildlife,, and human life around them. Unless you are properly equipped and trained you should never go into this type of environment. These material target the Nervous system, skeleton, blood, liver, heart glands ect. upwind uphill upstream Any call for service has the potential to involve hazardous materials. when approaching a potential hazardous material incident approach from The rule of thumb method One way to judge the proper distance of a hazardous materials incident is to use Rule of thumb explained A simple approach to judging the proper distance, extend one arm out and hold up your thumb. much like a hitchhiker would. look down your outstretched arm towards the incident, close one eye and look at your thumb, if any part of the incident scene can be seen around your thumb YOU ARE TO CLOSE What is the role of the first responder 1) protect yourself 2) Identify the problem 3) Identify the material-if possible 4) determine the hazard 5) evacuate and secure the area 6) Set up communications Placard label system an international system that was devised by the United Nations and the USDOT it gives first responders clues to what type of material may be involved in a transportation incident Classes of hazardous materials a. class 1 -explosives b. class 2 -gases c. class 3 -Flammable liquids d. class 4 -Flammable solids e. class 5 -Oxidizers/organic peroxide f. class 6 -toxic and infectious substances g. class 7 -Radioactive materials h. class 8 -corrosives I. class 9 -Miscellaneous NFPA 704 system Blue-health hazard red-flammable hazard yellow-reactive hazard white-special precautions System was devised to be used at fixed facilities or on free standing structures such as stationary storage tanks. It is a large diamond shaped placard comprised of four smaller diamonds. Each individual smaller diamond represents a certain hazard 0-4 this is a scal zero being the least minor 4 being the worst major hazard Within the blue, yellow, and red section there will be a number Indicates a reactive substance, example, w and a line draw through it indicating water is a reactive substance The white section will usually be populated by a symbol that DOT emergency response guide book A compilation of the hazardous material information put together by the united nations and the USDOT. this book is a cross reference manual for first responders to use during the first 30 minutes of a hazardous material it. Yellow section- UN ID numbers listed numerically Blue-chemical names listed alphabetically orange-guide pages with precautionary info Green-table of evacuation/ MSD DOT emergency response guide book, what are the four colors CHEMTREC the white pages also include resource information Who provides a 24 hour emergency response system 30 MIN. The DOT emergency response guidebook is only good for Highways railways waterways airways Shipping papers are required documents during the transportation of hazardous materials on. These papers are the most complete source of information available as to the material in transport shipping papers required to document Four digit UN number proper shipping name dot hazard class packing group emergency contact number information describing the hazard Shipping paper can be found various locations will be in possession of the vehicle operator, or in a marked envelop in the cab during railway transport, in possession of the engineer of the train, engine closest to freight car waterway-wheelhouse, or possession of the captain airway-cockpit with the pilot MSDS Material Safety Data Sheets Fixed facility information sheets on specific chemicals that are stored or used at the facility. These sheets are designed to provide both workers and emergency personnel with the proper procedure for handling or working with a particular substance. they are created by a chemical manufacture and specific to each company's formulation most of these sheets are from 2-4 pages