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OSHA Safe + Sound Week Set for August 2018 Back in the 14th century, sailing ships were a primary means...

ICC Regulatory Expert May 30, 2018

Going Above and Beyond ICC Compliance Center’s line of UN approved boxes now meet ASTM D5118 Standard Practice for Fabrication...

Michael Zendano May 25, 2018

Classification, Personal Electronic Devices, Consumer Commodities, and Preparing Hazardous Materials for Transport Welcome back to the Regulatory Helpdesk where we...

Karrie Ishmael, CDGP May 25, 2018

Dear Valued Customer, In an effort to continuously improve the quality and performance of our UN packaging, we occasionally must...

Michael Zendano May 22, 2018

IATA declaration, limited quantity labels, training requirements, and placarding Welcome back to the Regulatory Helpdesk where we answer your dangerous...

Karrie Ishmael, CDGP May 18, 2018

2mm Label Border Requirement Changed As most hazardous goods professionals know, HM-215N was intended to harmonize the 49 CFR regulations...

Michael Zendano May 16, 2018

Until recently, if you saw someone wandering down the street, eyes fixed to their smart phone, you might assume they...

Barbara Foster July 28, 2016

Silicosis and OSHA Standards As you may recall in my last blog, I spoke of a tragic story out of...

July 14, 2016

The Hawk’s Nest Incident In Muriel Rukeyser’s book, The Book of the Dead, which is considered poetry, it tells of...

July 07, 2016

When you work in the field of safety, and so does your husband, it makes for interesting living situations. I...

May 27, 2016

Chlorine gas is a scary material. This yellowish gas can kill people at very low concentrations in air. Travelling wherever...

Barbara Foster May 18, 2016

There are lots of songs out in the world about letters. You remember those things we used to write and...

April 22, 2016

DG / HazMat Industry Acronyms Have you ever spoken with a seasoned Hazmat professional who is seemingly talking in gibberish??...

In addition to changes documented in the IATA 2016 (57th Edition) DGR, and the anticipated 2017 changes outlined in Appendix...

ICC Regulatory Expert January 06, 2016

Training is needed in everything we do. Whether it is work, play or home we are constantly learning or being...

December 15, 2015

We have all used a fiberboard (or cardboard as most people call it) box to ship something. It may have...

ICC Regulatory Expert October 21, 2015

One of the confusing aspects of transporting dangerous goods is the web of different regulations that can affect a shipment....

Barbara Foster October 13, 2015

Have you ever prepared a shipment that you were 100% certain was done according to regulation, only to have it...

ICC Regulatory Expert August 28, 2015

Despite the publicity and awareness campaigns around the labels, SDS and classification aspects of WHMIS 2015, there are a few...

ICC Regulatory Expert August 21, 2015