Explosives are materials or items which have the ability to rapidly conflagrate or detonate as a consequence of chemical reaction.
Commonly Transported Explosives: Select Ammunition/cartridges Fireworks/pyrotechnics Flares Blasting caps / detonators Fuse Primers Explosive charges (blasting, demolition etc) Detonating cord Air bag inflators Igniters Rockets TNT / TNT compositions RDX / RDX compositions PETN / PETN compositions
Gases are capable of posing serious hazards due to their flammability, potential as asphyxiants, ability to oxidize and/or their toxicity or corrosiveness to humans.
Commonly Transported Gases: Select Aerosols Compressed air Hydrocarbon gas-powered devices Fire extinguishers Gas cartridges Fertilizer ammoniating solution Insecticide gases Refrigerant gases Lighters Acetylene / Oxyacetylene Carbon dioxide Helium / helium compounds Hydrogen / hydrogen compounds Oxygen / oxygen compounds Nitrogen / nitrogen compounds Natural gas Oil gas Petroleum gases Butane Propane Ethane Methane Dimethyl ether Propene / propylene Ethylene
Flammable liquids are capable of posing serious hazards due to their volatility, combustibility and potential in causing or propagating severe conflagrations.
Commonly Transported Flammable Liquids: Select Acetone / acetone oils Adhesives Paints / lacquers / varnishes Alcohols Perfumery products Gasoline / Petrol Diesel fuel Aviation fuel Liquid bio-fuels Coal tar / coal tar distillates Petroleum crude oil Petroleum distillates Gas oil Shale oil Heating oil Kerosene Resins Tars Turpentine Carbamate insecticides Organochlorine pesticides Organophosphorus pesticides Copper based pesticides Esters Ethers Ethanol Benzene Butanols Dichloropropenes Diethyl ether Isobutanols Isopropyls Methanol Octanes
Flammable solids are capable of posing serious hazards due to their volatility, combustibility and potential in causing or propagating severe conflagrations.
Commonly Transported Flammable Solids, Spontaneous Combustibles, Dangerous When WetMaterials: Select Alkali metals Metal powders Aluminium phosphide Sodium batteries Sodium cells Firelighters Matches Calcium carbide Camphor Carbon Activated carbon Celluloid Cerium Copra Seed cake Oily cotton waste Desensitized explosives Oily fabrics Oily fibres Ferrocerium Iron oxide (spent) Iron sponge/direct-reduced iron (spent) Metaldehyde Naphthalene Nitrocellulose Phosphorus Sulphur
Oxidizers, although not necessarily combustible in themselves, can yield oxygen and in so doing cause or contribute to the combustion of other materials. Organic peroxides are thermally unstable and may exude heat whilst undergoing exothermic autocatalytic decomposition. Additionally, organic peroxides may be liable to explosive decomposition, burn rapidly, be sensitive to impact or friction, react dangerously with other substances or cause damage to eyes.
Commonly Transported Oxidizers, Organic Peroxides Select Chemical oxygen generators Ammonium nitrate fertilizers Chlorates Nitrates Nitrites Perchlorates Permanganates Persulphates Aluminium nitrate Ammonium dichromate Ammonium nitrate Ammonium persulphate Calcium hypochlorite Calcium nitrate Calcium peroxide Hydrogen peroxide Magnesium peroxide Lead nitrate Lithium hypochlorite Potassium chlorate Potassium nitrate Potassium chlorate Potassium perchlorate Potassium permanganate Sodium nitrate Sodium persulphate
Toxic and infectious substances can pose significant risks to human and animal health upon contact.
Commonly Transported Toxic Substances, Infectious Substances Select Chemical oxygen generators Medical/Biomedical waste Clinical waste Biological cultures / samples / specimens Medical cultures / samples / specimens Tear gas substances Motor fuel anti-knock mixture Dyes Carbamate pesticides Alkaloids Allyls Acids Arsenates Arsenites Cyanides Thiols/mercaptans Cresols Barium compounds Arsenics / arsenic compounds Beryllium/ beryllium compounds Lead compounds Mercury compounds Nicotine / nicotine compounds Selenium compounds Antimony Ammonium metavanadate Adiponitrile Chloroform Dichloromethane Hexachlorophene Phenol Resorcinol
Whilst undergoing radioactive decay radionuclides emit ionizing radiation, which presents potentially severe risks to human health.
Commonly Transported Radioactive Material Select Radioactive ores Medical isotopes Yellowcake Density gauges Mixed fission products Surface contaminated objects Caesium radionuclides / isotopes Iridium radionuclides / isotopes Americium radionuclides / isotopes Plutonium radionuclides / isotopes Radium radionuclides / isotopes Thorium radionuclides / isotopes Uranium radionuclides / isotopes Depleted uranium / depleted uranium products Uranium hexafluoride Enriched Uranium
Corrosives cause severe damage when in contact with living tissue or, in the case of leakage, damage or destroy surrounding materials.
Commonly Transported Corrosives Select Acids/acid solutions Batteries Battery fluid Fuel cell cartridges Dyes Fire extinguisher charges Formaldehyde Flux Paints Alkylphenols Amines Polyamines Sulphides Polysulphides Chlorides Chlorosilanes Bromine Cyclohexylamine Phenol / carbolic acid Hydrofluoric acid Hydrochloric acid Sulfuric acid Nitric acid Sludge acid Hydrogen fluoride Iodine Morpholine
Miscellaneous dangerous goods present a wide array of potential hazards to human health and safety, infrastructure and/ or their means of transport.
Commonly Transported Miscellaneous Dangerous Goods Select Dry ice / cardice / solid carbon dioxide Expandable polymeric beads / polystyrene beads Ammonium nitrate fertilizers Blue asbestos / crocidolite Lithium ion batteries Lithium metal batteries Battery powered equipment Battery powered vehicles Fuel cell engines Internal combustion engines Vehicles Magnetized material Dangerous goods in apparatus Dangerous goods in machinery Genetically modified organisms Genetically modified micro-organisms Chemical kits First aid kits Life saving appliances Air bag modules Seatbelt pretensioners Plastics moulding compound Castor bean plant products Polychlorinated biphenyls Polychlorinated terphenyls Dibromodifluoromethane Benzaldehyde