NZS 5433.1:2012
Transport of dangerous goods on land - Part 1: Technical information
Part 1 details technical requirements, including classification criteria and packaging performance standards. The 2012 version includes many updates and now incorporates section 5 from Part 2, updated details of packaging codes and marking, performance tests for packaging for dangerous goods in excepted quantities. Packaging instructions are now included in section 3.
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NZS 5433:Part 1:2012
COMMITTEE REPRESENTATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
COPYRIGHT
CONTENTS
REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
LATEST REVISIONS
REVIEW OF STANDARDS
Foreword
Outcome statement
Note to readers
Section
1 SCOPE
1.1 Policy
1.2 Application
1.3 Terms, definitions, and abbreviations
1.4 Summary of the requirements of the Dangerous Goods Rule
2 CLASSIFICATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS
2.0 Introduction
2.1 Class 1 – Explosives
2.2 Class 2 – Gases
2.3 Class 3 – Flammable liquids and desensitised explosives
2.4 Class 4 – Flammable solids; substances liable to spontaneous combustion; substances which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases
2.5 Class 5 – Oxidizing substances and organic peroxides
2.6 Class 6 – Toxic and infectious substances
2.7 Class 7 – Radioactive material
2.8 Class 8 – Corrosive substances
2.9 Class 9 – Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles including environmentally hazardous substances
3 PACKAGING
3.0 Definitions specific to packaging
3.1 General requirements
3.2 Code for designating types of packages
3.3 Packaging performace and specification markings
3.4 Markings for intermediate bulk containers
3.5 Markings for large packagings
3.6 Packagings for dangerous goods in excepted quantities
4 USE OF PACKAGINGS, INCLUDING INTERMEDIATE BULK CONTAINERS AND LARGE PACKAGINGS
4.0 Introduction
4.1 References to Part 6 of the UNRTDG
4.2 Use of portable tanks and multiple-element gas containers
4.3 Use of bulk containers for solid dangerous goods
4.4 Use of bulk containers
5 MARKING AND LABELLING
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Overpack markings
5.3 Special marks
5.4 Labelling
5.5 Positioning of class labels
5.6 Empty containers
5.7 Salvage packagings
6 DOCUMENTATION
6.1 General
6.2 Dangerous goods declaration
6.3 Container packing certificate
6.4 Emergency response telephone number
6.5 Tracked substances
6.6 Schedule of quantity information
7 CHECKING DANGEROUS GOODS BEFORE TRANSPORT
7.1 Acceptance checks
7.2 Key elements
7.3 Packaging
7.4 Labelling
8 SEGREGATION
8.1 Application
8.2 Separation distance
8.3 Foodstuffs
8.4 Fire risk substances
8.5 Segregation groups
8.6 Segregation devices
8.7 Transport of dangerous goods by sea
8.8 Class restrictions for transport by sea
8.9 Segregation device use for maritime transport
9 PLACARDING
9.1 General
9.2 Design
9.3 Emergency information panel
10 TRANSPORT PROCEDURES
10.1 Special provisions applicable to the transport of self-reactive substances of Division 4.1 and organic peroxides of Division 5.2
10.2 Special provisions applicable to the transport of substances stabilised by temperature control (other than self-reactive substances and organic peroxides)
11 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
11.1 Elements to consider in an emergency
11.2 Fire extinguishers
11.3 Quickguide
11.4 Emergency procedures
12 TRAINING
12.1 General awareness/familiarisation training
12.2 Function-specific training
13 AUDITING
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Responsibility
Appendix
APPENDIX A – HAZCHEM EMERGENCY ACTION CODE KEY (Informative)
APPENDIX B – (RESERVED)
APPENDIX C – DANGEROUS GOODS LABELS AND PLACARDS (Normative)
APPENDIX D – DANGEROUS GOODS DECLARATION (Informative)
APPENDIX E – SPECIFICATION FOR SEGREGATION DEVICES (Normative)
APPENDIX F – INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCES (Informative)
Table
Table 1 – List of topics covered by the Dangerous Goods Rule and referenced in this Standard
Table 2 – Dangerous goods transported for your own domestic or recreational use (see 2.1(1) of the Dangerous Goods Rule)
Table 3 – Dangerous goods transported as tools of your trade, for agricultural use or for a commercial purpose, but not for hire or direct reward (see section 2.1(2) of the Dangerous Goods Rule)
Table 4 – Dangerous goods transported by a commercial transport operator for hire or reward (See 2.2 of the Dangerous Goods Rule)
Table 5 – Classes of dangerous goods
Table 6 – HSNO/Dangerous goods pictogram and classification comparisons
Table 7 – Precedence of hazards and packing groups for Classes 3, 4 and 8 and for Divisions 5.1 and 6.1
Table 8 – Compatibility group and classification codes
Table 9 – Combination of division and compatibility group
Table 10 – Packing group of flammable liquids
Table 11 – Self-reactive substances
Table 12 – List of currently assigned organic peroxides
Table 13 – Grouping criteria for administration through oral ingestion, dermal contact and inhalation of dusts and mists
Table 14 – Indicative examples of infectious substances included in Category A in any form unless otherwise indicated (2.6.3.2.2.1)
Table 15 – Categories for substances hazardous to the aquatic environment(1)
Table 16 – Classification scheme for substances hazardous to the aquatic environment
Table 17 – Classification of a mixture for acute hazards, based on summation of the concentrations of classified ingredients
Table 18 – Classification of a mixture for long-term hazards, based on summation of the concentrations of classified ingredients
Table 19 – Multiplying factors for highly toxic ingredients of mixtures
Table 20 – Comparison of HSNO and UNRTDG aquatic toxicity criteria
Table 21 – Packagings and type designators
Table 22 – Examples of markings for new packagings
Table 23 – Examples of reprocessing markings
Table 24 – Example of a salvage marking
Table 25 – Codes for IBCs
Table 26 – Codes for categories of IBC
Table 27 – Markings on IBCs
Table 28 – Additional markings on IBCs
Table 29 – Markings on large packagings
Table 30 – List of references to Part 6 of the UNRTDG and their descriptions
Table 31 – Examples of required marked test pressures for packagings, including IBCs, calculated as in 4.1.1.10(c)
Table 32 – Approved cleaning procedures or circumstances when empty containers are not dangerous goods
Table 33 – Sea segregation requirements
TABLE 34 – SEGREGATION OF PACKAGES OF DANGEROUS GOODS FOR ROAD TRANSPORT
Table 35 – Derivation of control and emergency temperatures
Table C1 – Guide to minimum label and text marking sizes
Table C2 – Colour of labels
Table C3 – Label details
Table F1 – Liquid or non-liquid infectious effluent and sludges
Figure
Figure 1 – Flow chart scheme for self-reactive substances
Figure 2 – Flow chart scheme for organometallic substances
Figure 3 – Principles for classification of organic peroxides
Figure 4 – Inhalation toxicity: Packing group borderlines
Figure 5 – Categories for substances long-term hazardous to the aquatic environment
Figure 6 – Tiered approach to classification of mixtures for acute and long-term aquatic environmental hazards
Figure 7 – Handling label
Figure 8 – Marking and labelling of a combination package (fibreboard box) containing liquid inner packagings
Figure 9 – Example of marking and labelling for a single packaging (steel drum)
Figure 10 – Clean and empty dangerous goods containers
Figure 11 – Packing
Figure 12 – Labelling
Figure 13(a) – Example of emergency information panel
Figure 13(b) – Placards and marks for diesel classified as: UN 3082, Environmentally Hazardous Substance, Liquid, N.O.S.
Figure 14 – Directory board for use with mixed loads
Figure 15 – ASAP Quickguide
Figure A1 – Hazchem emergency action code
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NZS 5433:Part 1:2012
COMMITTEE REPRESENTATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
COPYRIGHT
CONTENTS
REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
LATEST REVISIONS
REVIEW OF STANDARDS
Foreword
Outcome statement
Note to readers
Section
1 SCOPE
1.1 Policy
1.2 Application
1.3 Terms, definitions, and abbreviations
1.4 Summary of the requirements of the Dangerous Goods Rule
2 CLASSIFICATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS
2.0 Introduction
2.1 Class 1 – Explosives
2.2 Class 2 – Gases
2.3 Class 3 – Flammable liquids and desensitised explosives
2.4 Class 4 – Flammable solids; substances liable to spontaneous combustion; substances which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases
2.5 Class 5 – Oxidizing substances and organic peroxides
2.6 Class 6 – Toxic and infectious substances
2.7 Class 7 – Radioactive material
2.8 Class 8 – Corrosive substances
2.9 Class 9 – Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles including environmentally hazardous substances
3 PACKAGING
3.0 Definitions specific to packaging
3.1 General requirements
3.2 Code for designating types of packages
3.3 Packaging performace and specification markings
3.4 Markings for intermediate bulk containers
3.5 Markings for large packagings
3.6 Packagings for dangerous goods in excepted quantities
4 USE OF PACKAGINGS, INCLUDING INTERMEDIATE BULK CONTAINERS AND LARGE PACKAGINGS
4.0 Introduction
4.1 References to Part 6 of the UNRTDG
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4.4 Use of bulk containers
5 MARKING AND LABELLING
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Overpack markings
5.3 Special marks
5.4 Labelling
5.5 Positioning of class labels
5.6 Empty containers
5.7 Salvage packagings
6 DOCUMENTATION
6.1 General
6.2 Dangerous goods declaration
6.3 Container packing certificate
6.4 Emergency response telephone number
6.5 Tracked substances
6.6 Schedule of quantity information
7 CHECKING DANGEROUS GOODS BEFORE TRANSPORT
7.1 Acceptance checks
7.2 Key elements
7.3 Packaging
7.4 Labelling
8 SEGREGATION
8.1 Application
8.2 Separation distance
8.3 Foodstuffs
8.4 Fire risk substances
8.5 Segregation groups
8.6 Segregation devices
8.7 Transport of dangerous goods by sea
8.8 Class restrictions for transport by sea
8.9 Segregation device use for maritime transport
9 PLACARDING
9.1 General
9.2 Design
9.3 Emergency information panel
10 TRANSPORT PROCEDURES
10.1 Special provisions applicable to the transport of self-reactive substances of Division 4.1 and organic peroxides of Division 5.2
10.2 Special provisions applicable to the transport of substances stabilised by temperature control (other than self-reactive substances and organic peroxides)
11 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
11.1 Elements to consider in an emergency
11.2 Fire extinguishers
11.3 Quickguide
11.4 Emergency procedures
12 TRAINING
12.1 General awareness/familiarisation training
12.2 Function-specific training
13 AUDITING
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Responsibility
Appendix
APPENDIX A – HAZCHEM EMERGENCY ACTION CODE KEY (Informative)
APPENDIX B – (RESERVED)
APPENDIX C – DANGEROUS GOODS LABELS AND PLACARDS (Normative)
APPENDIX D – DANGEROUS GOODS DECLARATION (Informative)
APPENDIX E – SPECIFICATION FOR SEGREGATION DEVICES (Normative)
APPENDIX F – INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCES (Informative)
Table
Table 1 – List of topics covered by the Dangerous Goods Rule and referenced in this Standard
Table 2 – Dangerous goods transported for your own domestic or recreational use (see 2.1(1) of the Dangerous Goods Rule)
Table 3 – Dangerous goods transported as tools of your trade, for agricultural use or for a commercial purpose, but not for hire or direct reward (see section 2.1(2) of the Dangerous Goods Rule)
Table 4 – Dangerous goods transported by a commercial transport operator for hire or reward (See 2.2 of the Dangerous Goods Rule)
Table 5 – Classes of dangerous goods
Table 6 – HSNO/Dangerous goods pictogram and classification comparisons
Table 7 – Precedence of hazards and packing groups for Classes 3, 4 and 8 and for Divisions 5.1 and 6.1
Table 8 – Compatibility group and classification codes
Table 9 – Combination of division and compatibility group
Table 10 – Packing group of flammable liquids
Table 11 – Self-reactive substances
Table 12 – List of currently assigned organic peroxides
Table 13 – Grouping criteria for administration through oral ingestion, dermal contact and inhalation of dusts and mists
Table 14 – Indicative examples of infectious substances included in Category A in any form unless otherwise indicated (2.6.3.2.2.1)
Table 15 – Categories for substances hazardous to the aquatic environment(1)
Table 16 – Classification scheme for substances hazardous to the aquatic environment
Table 17 – Classification of a mixture for acute hazards, based on summation of the concentrations of classified ingredients
Table 18 – Classification of a mixture for long-term hazards, based on summation of the concentrations of classified ingredients
Table 19 – Multiplying factors for highly toxic ingredients of mixtures
Table 20 – Comparison of HSNO and UNRTDG aquatic toxicity criteria
Table 21 – Packagings and type designators
Table 22 – Examples of markings for new packagings
Table 23 – Examples of reprocessing markings
Table 24 – Example of a salvage marking
Table 25 – Codes for IBCs
Table 26 – Codes for categories of IBC
Table 27 – Markings on IBCs
Table 28 – Additional markings on IBCs
Table 29 – Markings on large packagings
Table 30 – List of references to Part 6 of the UNRTDG and their descriptions
Table 31 – Examples of required marked test pressures for packagings, including IBCs, calculated as in 4.1.1.10(c)
Table 32 – Approved cleaning procedures or circumstances when empty containers are not dangerous goods
Table 33 – Sea segregation requirements
TABLE 34 – SEGREGATION OF PACKAGES OF DANGEROUS GOODS FOR ROAD TRANSPORT
Table 35 – Derivation of control and emergency temperatures
Table C1 – Guide to minimum label and text marking sizes
Table C2 – Colour of labels
Table C3 – Label details
Table F1 – Liquid or non-liquid infectious effluent and sludges
Figure
Figure 1 – Flow chart scheme for self-reactive substances
Figure 2 – Flow chart scheme for organometallic substances
Figure 3 – Principles for classification of organic peroxides
Figure 4 – Inhalation toxicity: Packing group borderlines
Figure 5 – Categories for substances long-term hazardous to the aquatic environment
Figure 6 – Tiered approach to classification of mixtures for acute and long-term aquatic environmental hazards
Figure 7 – Handling label
Figure 8 – Marking and labelling of a combination package (fibreboard box) containing liquid inner packagings
Figure 9 – Example of marking and labelling for a single packaging (steel drum)
Figure 10 – Clean and empty dangerous goods containers
Figure 11 – Packing
Figure 12 – Labelling
Figure 13(a) – Example of emergency information panel
Figure 13(b) – Placards and marks for diesel classified as: UN 3082, Environmentally Hazardous Substance, Liquid, N.O.S.
Figure 14 – Directory board for use with mixed loads
Figure 15 – ASAP Quickguide
Figure A1 – Hazchem emergency action code
Previous versions
NZS 5433.1:2012
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