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Department of Transportation

These are labels or placards that convey hazard information for containers or shipments of hazardous materials. Each label has a distinctive color pattern, pictogram, and wording or class number. There are nine different classes of hazardous materials under the Department of Transportation classification system.

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Hazard Class

Division

Label

Description

CLASS 1

N/A

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Explosives

CLASS 2

2.1

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Flammable Gases

2.2

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Non-Flammable Gases

2.3

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Poison Gases

CLASS 3

N/A

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Flammable Liquids

CLASS 4

4.1

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Flammable Solids

4.2

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Spontaneously Combustible Materials

4.3

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Dangerous When Wet Materials

CLASS 5

5.1

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Oxidizers

5.2

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Organic Peroxides

CLASS 6

6.1

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Poisons

6.1

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Keep Away From Foodstuffs (less toxic than above)

6.2

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Infectious Substances

CLASS 7

N/A

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Radioactive I

N/A

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Radioactive II

N/A

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Radioactive III

CLASS 8

N/A

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Corrosive

CLASS 9

N/A

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Miscellaneous

 
 


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