Dangerous Goods Digest Sect A

Road transport products
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Dangerous Goods Digest
Section A: Guidelines

Legislation
Introduction, International regulation What the law expects, Common law, Statutory law (includes an outline of the relevant parts of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the National Road Traffic Act>), SABS/SANS standards> (includes an outline of all the relevant codes and specifications).

Classification
Identification (the UN number), System of classification>, Class 1: Explosives, Class 2: Gases, Class 3: Flammable liquids, Class 4: Other flammables, Class 5: Oxidizers and Organic peroxides, Class 6: Toxic and infectious substances, Class 7: Radioactives, Class 8: Corrosives, Class 9: Miscellaneous, Danger/packing groups, Subsidiary risk, Compatibility, Difficulties in classification (includes generic or not otherwise specified substances, mixtures, waste and precedence of hazards).

Operational requirements
Consignor’s responsibilities, Operator’s responsibilities, Consignee’s responsibilities, Exempt quantity, Mixed load consideration, Load compatibility>, Driver’s responsibilities, Loading and offloading, Routing of vehicles, The driver, Huguenot toll tunnel restrictions, Special provisions concerning the use of IBCs, portable tanks and road tank vehicles.

Documentation
The vehicle, Driver’s documents, Cargo documentation, Transport emergency cards>, Insurance, Incident reporting>.

Packaging, marking and labelling

Placarding
Information on the placards, Warning diamonds>, Placement, Other signage (includes elevated temperature and fumigation signage), Low hazard placards.

Vehicle design and inspection requirements
Requirements for all vehicles, vehicles transporting flammables and vehicles transporting hydrogen peroxide. Road tankers, Tank specifications. Vehicle inspection requirements.

Explosives and radioactive materials

Emergency response
The driver, Communication of information, First responders, Fire and spill control, Decontamination, Recovery, Rehabilitation.

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Section A - Guidelines>
Section B - Directory>
Section C - Dangerous Goods Index>
Section D - Dangerous Goods List>

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Driver's Daily Log and Trip Sheet

With Daily Vehicle Check

Control drivers and vehicles with this off-the-shelf, easy to use, log book system. Monitor fuel usage, distances travelled, driver’s hours and performance, vehicle roadworthiness, and record who drove what, where and when.
It provides for recording, the date, driver’s name, names of employees accompanying the driver, vehicle registration number, trailer registration number, kilometre reading at start and end of duty, distance covered, place started and ended duty, time started and ended work, hours at normal time, overtime hours, as well as the amount of fuel and oil taken on. The log also allows for up to 17 drops or collections to be recorded alongside odometer readings, customer names, consignment numbers, times arrived and departed, etc. More>