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Rutgers University is responsible to comply with the Department of Transportation (DOT) / International Air Transportation Association (IATA) regulations as they apply to our operations. If you are involved in shipping hazardous materials or dangerous goods, please read the information below.
To ensure the safe transportation of these materials and to comply with regulations, the University must adhere to the following guidelines regarding all shipments of Hazardous Materials and/or Dangerous Goods. Hazardous Materials/Dangerous Goods are articles or substances, which pose an unreasonable risk to health, safety or to personal property when transported.
- Anyone who offers for shipment (via land, air, mail, etc.) Hazardous Materials or Dangerous Goods must have the appropriate DOT training, even when the transporter/carrier (i.e. Federal Express) completes the necessary paperwork.
- Examples of these materials include, but are not limited to:
- Laboratory chemicals, cryogenic materials, and samples containing flammable, toxic, explosive, radioactive, oxidizer, and/or corrosive materials;
- Biological Substances:Examples would include- Infectious substances (substances known to contain pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, fungi), HHS/USDA Select Agents, animal and human tissue, blood, genetically modified organisms (plants, bacteria, animals, viruses that have been genetically modified).
- Paints, stains, thinners, refrigerants, aerosols, medicines, pesticides, disinfectants, fuels (diesel, gasoline, ethanol, etc.), and ammunition; or
- Equipment containing hazardous materials, such as mercury, compressed gases, batteries (wet, lithium, and dry batteries containing sodium, potassium hydroxide), etc
- Rutgers Mail and Document Services cannot handle/transport either Hazardous Materials or Dangerous Goods.
If you must ship Hazardous Materials or Dangerous Goods, you must:
- Contact REHS (732-445-2550) for guidance and assistant. REHS has personnel with the appropriate DOT training to ensure the proper shipment of all Hazardous Materials or Dangerous Goods.
If your department will ship Hazardous Materials or Dangerous Goods on a frequent basis, REHS can provide the appropriate training to designated personnel.
Please note that these procedures only apply to shipping Hazardous Materials or Dangerous Goods. You may still receive these materials as prescribed by University Procedures (i.e. delivery of chemicals to your stockrooms, delivery of radioactive material to REHS, etc.) |
