2020 emergency response guidebook : ERG2020

Canada. Transport Canada (issuing body.). United States. Dept. of Transportation (issuing body.). Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transports (issuing body.). Centro de Información Química para Emergencias (issuing body.).

Summary: "Stay up to date with the latest Dangerous Goods lists from the United Nations Recommendations, as well as from other international and national regulations, with the standard bound, full size 2020 Emergency Response Guidebook. The ERG is the ideal guide to help when responding to transportation emergencies involving hazardous materials. It is a must-have for everyone who handles and transports dangerous goods and hazmat. This guide helps your company comply with the DOT 49 CFR 172.602 requirement that hazmat shipments be accompanied with emergency response information. The Emergency Response Guidebook is updated every 4 years." -- publisher's website

Record details

Physical Description: print
392 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm
Edition: Standard edition-ERG0027.
Publisher: Chicago, IL : LabelMaster, 2020.
Copyright: [©2020]

Content descriptions

General Note:

"This document should not be used to determine compliance with the hazardous goods regulations or to create worker safety documents for specific chemicals" -- back cover

"A guidebook intended for use by first responders during initial phase of a transportation incident involving hazardous materials/dangerous goods" -- front cover

Formatted Contents Note:

Shipping Papers (Documents) -- How to Use this Guidebook -- Local Emergency telephone Numbers -- Safety Precautions -- Notification and Request for Technical Information -- Hazard Classification System -- Introduction to the Table of Markings, Labels and Placards -- Table of Marking, Labels, and Placards and Initial Response Guide to Use On-scene -- Rail Car Identification Chart -- Road Trailer Identification Chart -- Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) -- Hazard Identification Numbers Displayed On Some Intermodal Containers -- Pipeline Transportation -- ID Number Index (yellow pages) -- Name of Material Index (blue pages) -- Guides (orange pages) -- Introduction to Green Tables Protective Actions -- Protective Action Decision Factors to Consider -- Background on Table 1-Initial Isolation and Protective Action Distances -- Table 1-Initial Isolation and Protective Action Distances -- Table 2-Water-Reactive Materials That Produce Toxic Gases -- Table 3-Initial Isolation and Protective Action Distances for Large Spills for Different Quantities of Six Common TIH (PIH in the US) Gases -- ERG2020 User's Guide -- Protective Clothing -- Decontamination -- Fire and Spill Control -- BLEVE and Heat Induced Tear -- BLEVE-Safety Precautions -- Criminal or Terrorist Use of Chemical, Biological and Radiological Agents -- Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Safe Stand-Off Distance -- Glossary -- Publication Data -- Canada and United States National Response Centers -- 24-Hour Emergency Response Telephone Numbers