Freightquote makes shipping hazmat easy and fast.
We've listed the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) list of
hazardous materials classes. Identifying a hazardous material before
you ship will protect you from costly charges from the carrier later.
Coming soon: hazardous products you may not know about.
What is a hazardous material?
If you don’t know if your product is hazardous, call Freightquote for assistance.
Hazardous materials are defined by the U.S. Department of Transportation in
accordance with the Federal Hazardous Material Law regulations. A hazardous material
is hazmat if the transportation of the material in a
particular amount and form poses an unreasonable risk to health and safety or
property.
DOT hazardous material may include: an poison, explosive, radioactive material, etiologic
agent, flammable or combustible liquid or solid, oxidizing or corrosive
material, and compressed gas. Hazardous materials are accepted in most cases
as long as they are properly classified, packaged, and labeled. However, many
hazardous material commodities are prohibited from transportation by
Freightquote.com and its carriers. Please call customer service or your
salesperson for specific information. Hazardous materials may cost a little more
to ship.
Hazard class list
Dangerous goods are substances which pose risk to safety, health, property or
the environment during operation
and/or transportation. All of these substances are divided in classes in
accordance to the specific chemical
characteristics resulting in a degree of danger.
Class 1: Explosives
- Division 1.1: Substances and articles which have a mass explosion hazard
- Division 1.2: Substances and articles which have a projection hazard but not a
mass explosion hazard
- Division 1.3: Substances and articles which have a fire hazard and either a
minor blast hazard or a minor
projection hazard or both, but not a mass explosion hazard
- Division 1.4: Substances and articles which present no significant hazard
- Division 1.5: Very insensitive substances which have a mass explosion hazard
- Division 1.6: Extremely insensitive articles which do not have a mass explosion
hazard
Class 2: Gases
- Division 2.1: Flammable gases
- Division 2.2: Non-flammable, non-toxic gases
- Division 2.3: Toxic gases
Class 3: Flammable liquids
Class 4: Flammable solids; substances liable to spontaneous combustion;
substances which, on contact with water, emit flammable gases
- Division 4.1: Flammable solids, self-reactive substances and solid desensitized
explosives
- Division 4.2: Substances liable to spontaneous combustion
- Division 4.3: Substances which in contact with water emit flammable gases
Class 5: Oxidizing substances and organic peroxides
- Division 5.1: Oxidizing substances
- Division 5.2: Organic peroxides
Class 6: Toxic and infectious substances
- Division 6.1: Toxic substances
- Division 4.2: Substances liable to spontaneous combustion
- Division 4.3: Substances which in contact with water emit flammable gases
Class 7: Radioactive material
Class 8: Corrosive substances
Class 9: Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles
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