A.B.C. COMPOUNDING COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to mark the proper shipping name and UN identification number on a packaging.
[172.301(a)]
Case No. 01T-073-SB-SW
$742
ABC FIRE, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to calibrate within 500 psi of cylinder test pressures utilized on the date of retesting.
[173.34(e)(4)(iii), 173.34(e)(4)(iii)(A)]
Case No. 02T-035-CR-CE
$840
ACTION EQUIPMENT SALES COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offering corrosive liquid, n.o.s., in plastic drums marked as meeting the UN1H1/Y standard, when they were not assembled and closed as tested; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that contained additional info within the basic shipping description.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.201(c), 172.202(a)]
Case No. 02T-016-SD-CE
$1,400
ADVANCED CHEMICALS LIMITED
(Shipper)
Failed to mark a packaging with the required UN certification marking.
[178.3(a)]
Case No. 01T-085-SBG-SW
$375
ADVANCED COILED TUBING
(Shipper)
Offered nitrogen, refrigerated liquid, in non-DOT specification portable tanks, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.320]
Case No. 02T-012-EXR-HQ
$500
ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste in a DOT exemption package that was altered; offered it accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the DOT exemption; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[173.22(a)(2)(v), DOT-E 11185, 172.203(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 02T-003-SIBC-CE
$3,620
AEROSOL SPECIALTIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to subject filled aerosol cans to a water bath at 131 degrees F; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to provide general awareness and function specific employee training.
[173.306(a)(3)(v), 173.306(h), 172.604(a) and (b), 172.201(d), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 02T-003-SC-SO
$2,040
AGRILIANCE
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in an unauthorized, non-UN standard packaging.
[173.203(b)]
Case No. 01T-098-SB-SW
$1,875
AIR & SEA ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICAL WASTE SERVICES
(Motor Carrier)
Accepted a hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a shipper’s certification.
[177.817(b)]
Case No. 02T-016-CAR-SW
$500
AIR LIQUIDE AMERICA CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to check and record the average daily compression of cylinders; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to properly list the hazard class.
[173.302(e)(1), 172.202(a)(2)]
Case No. 01T-074-SC-EA
$2,340
AIRGAS SOUTHWEST
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect proper shipping name and UN identification number; affixed an incorrect hazard warning label on a package; marked an incorrect proper shipping name and UN identification number on a package.
[172.202(a)(1) and (3), 172.401(a)(2), 172.301(a)]
Case No. 02T-050-SC-SW
$3,075
AIRMIX WELDING SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number, and no emergency response information; and that failed to include a proper shipping name and hazard class.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.604(a), 172.600(a), 172.202(a)]
Case No. 02T-088-SC-SW
$2,212
AKZO NOBEL COATINGS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to properly close 55-gallon drums containing hazardous materials; failed to provide employee training.
[173.173(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-068-SD-EA
$3,060
ALLEGRO INTERNATIONAL SERVICE, INC.
(Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect proper shipping name; failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training.
[172.202, 107.608, 107.612, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-034-TREG-WE
$1,900
ALLIED MATERIALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to properly prepare shipping papers; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping that did not list a working emergency response telephone number; failed to conduct function-specific employee training.
[172.200(a), 172.604(a), 172,702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 02T-005-TRN-EA
$160
ALLTEL COMMUNICATIONS PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-036-TRN-SO
$600
AMEC EARTH & ENVIRONMENTAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training; offered radioactive materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the basic description in the correct order.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2), 172.202(a), 172.203(d)]
Case No. 01T-069-RMS-HQ
$1,000
AMERICAN FREIGHTWAYS
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to file a written hazardous materials incident report within 30 days of an unintentional release of hazardous materials.
[171.16]
Case No. 02T-028-HMI-HQ
$1,000
AMERICAN PACKAGING
(Fiber Box Manufacturer)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-025-TRN-WE
$750
AMERICAN PAPER & TWINE CO.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included an unauthorized abbreviation and additional information in the shipping name, and an unsigned shipper’s certification.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.200(a), 172.201(a)]
02T-008-SB-SO
$1,200
AMERICAN PROGRESSIVE CIRCUIT, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[107.601(a)(4), 107.608(a) and (b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d), 172.604(a)(1)]
Case No. 01T-055-SIBC-CE
$1,937
AMERICAN STEVEDORING INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 01T-051-TRN-EA
$250
AMERICAN WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to provide a copy of a DOT exemption to waste generators.
[DOT-E 12227]
Case No. 01T-059-CAR-EA
$1,040
AMERITECH ENVIRONMENTAL
(Motor Carrier)
Accepted a hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a shipper’s certification.
[177.817(b)]
Case No. 02T-017-CAR-SW
$500
AMOCO OIL
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to file a written hazardous materials incident report within 30 days of an unintentional release of hazardous materials.
[171.16]
Case No. 02T-018-HMI-HQ
$1,000
ANCHOR CHEMICAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to provide general awareness recurrent employee training.
[172.604(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-039-SD-SW
$1,225
THOMAS J. ANGELOZZI, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered explosives accompanied by a shipping paper that listed incorrect explosives approvals numbers; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.320, 172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-064-SE-HQ
$850
ANGUS INDUSTRIES
D/B/A ANGUS – PALM
(Shipper)
Offered flammable liquids accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to contain a 24-hour emergency response telephone number and/or listed a number that was not monitored at all times while the shipment was in transportation.
[172.604(a) and (b)]
Case No. 02T-023-SB-CE
$1,235
AQUASOL/COMMERCIAL CHEMICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Unloaded certain Class 8 liquids from intermediate bulk containers marked as meeting the UN UN31H2 or UN31HA1 standard without removing them from the vehicle on which they was transported, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[177.834(h)]
Case No. 02T-102-EXR-HQ
$500
ARCH WOOD PROTECTION, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a 24-hour emergency response telephone number that was not monitored at all times during transportation.
[172.604(a)]
Case No. 01T-050-SB-SO
$520
ARTEVA SPECIALTIES, S.A.R.L.
D/B/A KOSA
(Shipper)
Loaded and unloaded cargo tanks containing elevated temperature material, when the attending person was more than 25 feet away from the cargo tank, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[177.834(i)]
Case No. 01T-053-EXR-HQ
$500
ASI AG SOUTH, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA for the years 1999, 2000, and 2001.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b)]
Case No. 02T-029-REG-SO
$800
ASSOCIATED SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquid, n.o.s., accompanied by shipping papers that failed to include the proper shipping name, a shipper’s certification, and a 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.202(a), 172.204, 172.604(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 01T-049-SB-CE
$1,760
ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to file a written hazardous materials incident report within 30 days of an unintentional release of hazardous materials.
[171.16]
Case No. 02T-041-HMI-HQ
$1,000
J. ASTENGO COMPANY
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[107.608, 107.612, 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-024-TREG-WE
$1,250
ATLANTIC CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous material without preparing a shipping paper; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.200, 172.201, 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-011-SB-SO
$1,800
AURORA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS
(Shipper)
Offered hypochlorite solution accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a proper shipping name.
[172.202(a)(1)]
Case No. 02T-002-SD-CE
$320
AUSTIN POWDER HOLDINGS COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to properly mark an exemption number on a bulk packaging; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list an exemption number; and failed to list an explosives approval number.
[DOT – E 8554–Paragraph 8.e., 172.203(a), 172.320(a) and (d)]
Case No. 01T-047-SE-HQ
$1,050
AV-OX, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide initial and recurrent employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.704(c)(2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-020-TRN-CE
$600
AVECIA, INC.
(Shipper)
Allowed railroad tank cars to remain standing with unloading connections attached when no product was being transferred with a minimal level of monitoring, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[174.67(i) and (j)]
Case No. 02T-055-EXR-HQ
$500
B & B WELDERS SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1)]
Case No. 02T-102-TRN-SW
$250
B-D CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training.
[107.601(a)(6), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-082-SBD-SW
$937
BATES FIRE EQUIPMENT CO., INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to stamp “CONDEMNED” on a cylinder or render it incapable of holding pressure.
[173.34(e)(6)(ii)]
Case No. 01T-099-CR-SW
$300
BEACON CONTAINER CORPORATION
(Fiber Box Manufacturer)
Failed to use sufficient weight in conducting design qualification testing on fiberboard boxes.
[178.603(c)]
Case No. 01T-078-BM-EA
$3,360
BELFOR USA
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous material without executing a shipping paper; failed to provide employee training.
[172.200(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-055-SB-SW
$1,525
BEST CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-043-SD-SW
$250
BEST FOODS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered consumer commodities in quantities greater than 30 kilograms, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.156(b)(2)]
Case No. 02T-011-EXR-HQ
$500
BIC CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number monitored at all times during transportation.
[172.604(a), 172.201(d)]
Case No. 01T-070-SB-SO
$520
BINNS & STEVENS EXPLOSIVES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered explosives in bags with a stitched top closure that was not waterproof or completely sift-proof, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.62]
Case No. 02T-003-EXR-HQ
$500
BLAISING FIRE & WATER, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous material without executing a shipping paper; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.200(a), 172.202, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 01T-046-SC-SO
$1,600
BLITZ U.S.A.
(Steel Jerrican Manufacturer)
In marking the UN certification on steel jerricans, failed to include the address or symbol of the manufacturer, nominal thickness of the metal, the correct year of manufacture, and added unauthorized items to the marking; failed to maintain complete and accurate design qualification testing records; failed to provide written closure notifications to persons to whom packaging was transferred; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[178.503(a), 178.511(b)(1), 178.601(l), 178.2(c), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-104-DM-SW
$2,124
BLUE CHIP METALWORKING FLUIDS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquids, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a proper shipping name, UN identification number, or packing group; failed to provide recurrent employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.201, 172.202(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2) and (d)]
Case No. 02T-039-SD-CE
$2,100
BORDEN CHEMICAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-041-TRN-WE
$750
BOWDEN INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b)]
Case No. 01T-058-REG-SO
$429
BOWLING SUPPLY CO.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-054-TRN-SO
$600
BRENNAN & COMPANY, INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a 24-hour emergency response phone number; that did not follow the required sequence for entering a basic description; that did not list the packing group; and that did not include a shipper’s certification.
[172.202(d), 172.604(a), 172.202(a) and (b), 172.202(a)(4), 172.204(a)]
Case No. 02T-021-FF-SW
$1,900
BRENNTAG SOUTHWEST, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in an intermediate bulk container for which the required inspection and retest had not been performed.
[180.352(a)]
Case No. 01T-091-SIBC-SW
$1,312
BRENNTAG SOUTHWEST, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed keep complete and accurate records of cylinder and ton tank reinspection and retest.
[173.34(e)(8)(ii)(B), 180.519(d)]
Case No. 01T-103-CR-SW
$375
BRUCETON EXPLOSIVES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazard materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include a proper shipping description, a unit of measurement, and a correct identification number.
[172.201]
Case No. 02T-110-SE-HQ
$2,250
BUCKEYE CORRUGATED, INC.
D/B/A KOCH CONTAINER
(Fiberboard Box Manufacturer)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-065-TRN-EA
$400
C.I.M. INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered a hazardous material in a packaging that had been tested to a UN standard, but was not marked with the required UN marking.
[178.3(a), 173.22(a)]
Case No. 02T-098-SD-SW
$1,350
C. T. SPECIALTIES
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.24(b)]
Case No. 01T-043-SD-SO
$1,000
CAIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[178.601(b), 173.24(f)(2), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-001-SD-SO
$1,400
CANYON STATE CHEMICAL
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; failed register with RSPA.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 107.608, 107.612]
Case No. 01T-006-TRN-WE
$1,250
CAPE FEAR VALLERY HOSPITAL
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-037-TRN-SO
$250
CAPITAN CHEMICAL, LLC
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed the basic shipping description in an incorrect sequence.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.202(d)]
Case No. 02T-040-SD-SW
$1,187
CARAVA & ASSOCIATES INKS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered printing ink and flammable liquid, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a proper shipping name; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.202(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-052-SB-CE
$1,080
CARIBBEAN INFLATABLE SERVICE
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to verify the accuracy of the test equipment to within 500 psi of the actual test pressure.
[173.34(e)(4)(iii)(A)]
Case No. 02T-041-CR-SO
$1,460
CARLTON – BATES COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper with an unsigned shipper’s certification.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.204(a)]
Case No. 01T-049-SB-SO
$720
CATALINA FREIGHT LINES
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to file a written hazardous materials incident report within 30 days of an unintentional release of hazardous materials.
[171.16]
Case No. 02T-064-HMI-HQ
$1,000
CB DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered lighters, 2.1, accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the "T" approval number.
[172.102–Special Provision N10]
Case No. 02T-040-SB-CE
$400
CCM FIRE PROTECTION INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to hold a current retester’s identification number; failed to maintain records of reinspection and retest; failed to provide employee training.
[173.34(e)(2)(i), 173.34(e)(8), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-033-CR-EA
$3,950
CENTERFIRE INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an approval number.
[172.102(b)(5)]
Case No. 01T-044-SB-WE
$600
CENTURA X–ray
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquid, acidic, organic, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an invalid emergency response telephone number; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.604(a), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-024-SB-CE
$1,360
CENTURY INTERNATIONAL ARMS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-047-TRN-EA
$600
CERTIS USA, LLC
(Shipper)
Failing to register with RSPA.
[107.601(a)]
Case No. 02T-026-REG-EA
$400
CHASE FIRE EXTINGUISHER SERVICES, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to keep and maintain complete and accurate records of cylinder requalification; failed to notify a cylinder owner, in writing, that a cylinder had been condemned.
[173.34(e)(8)(ii)(B), 173.34(e)(6)(iii)]
Case No. 02T-026-CR-SW
$625
CHEETAH EXPRESS, INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 02T-031-FFTRN-CE
$600
CHEM-A-CO, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquid, n.o.s., in packaging marked as meeting the UN1H1 standard that was not closed as designed and tested; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.201(c), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 02T-041-SD-CE
$2,000
CHEMAX CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-081-TRN-SW
$250
CHEMICAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification; failed to provide employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-011-SD-SW
$1,490
CHEMLAN COLORS & CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a 24-hour emergency response telephone number of a person who did not accept responsibility for providing information and who could not provide any information about the hazardous materials.
[172.604(a) and (b), 172.201(d)]
Case No. 01T-054-SB-SO
$520
CHEMSON, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107-601(a)]
Case No. 01T-072-REG-EA
$450
CHEROKEE PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to mark motor vehicles with an exemption number; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an exemption number.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), DOT-E 8554–Paragraphs (8)(e) and (f), 172.203(a)]
Case No. 02T-096-SE-HQ
$1,280
CHICK PACKAGING OF CALIFORNIA
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(b), 172.604(a)(3), 172.201(d)]
Case No. 02T-062-SBD-SW
$1,350
CHOATE FIRE PROTECTION, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 02T-021-TRN-CE
$600
LOUIS J. CHRISTEN & COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-101-TRN-SW
$250
CITY JANITORIAL SUPPLY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without executing a shipping paper; failed to provide employee training.
[172.200(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-067-SD-SW
$2,000
HOLLICE CLARK TRUCK FABRICATION, INC.
(Portable Tank Manufacturer)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 01T-057-TRN-HQ
$250
CLEAN ADVANTAGE
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper without a shipper certification.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.24(f)(2), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2), 172.204(a)]
Case No. 02T-050-SB-SO
$1,570
COASTAL ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT SALES, LLC
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a 24-hour emergency response telephone number that was not monitored at all times the materials were in transportation.
[172.604(a)(1)]
Case No. 01T-107-SD-SW
$487
COATING SYSTEMS AND SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that was missing two or more required elements in the description, and had additional unauthorized information before the basic shipping description.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.202(a), 172.201(a)(4)]
Case No. 02T-093-SD-SW
$1,687
COGNIS CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in a DOT 57 portable tank taht was out of test.
[180.606(a)]
Case No. 02T-018-SIBC-EA
$1,750
S. W. COLE ENGINEERING, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered radioactive materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed the basic description in the wrong sequence, listed the “RQ” designation prior to the basic description, failed to list the activity in SI units, and listed an incorrect Transport Index; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.202(b), 172.203(c) and (d), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 01T-050-RMS-HQ
$1,816
THE COLEMAN COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered butane and propane mixtures in DOT 2Q aerosol cans that exceeded their maximum charging pressure, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.304(d)(3)(ii)]
Case No. 02T-015-EXR-HQ
$500
COLLECTRON INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping name that listed an incorrect shipping name; failed to provide employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.24(b) and (f), 172.202, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-012-SB-WE
$2,050
COLONIAL BAG COMPANY
(Paper Bag Manufacturer)
Failed to provide closure notification to persons to whom the packaging was transferred.
[178.2(c)(1)]
Case No. 02T-082-BGM-HQ
$1,250
COLONIAL CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b)]
Case No. 01T-056-REG-SO
$400
COMMERCE CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to affix a placard to an intermediate bulk container; failed to provide employee training.
[172.514(c)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-004-SIBC-WE
$2,825
COMPASS FORWARDING CO., INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601(a)(5)]
Case No. 01T-070-REG-EA
$1,750
CONCORDIA PARISH FIRE EXTINGUISHER SERVICE
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to hold a current retester’s identification number; failed to maintain complete and accurate records of visual inspections.
[173.34(e)(2), 173.34(e)(8)]
Case No. 01T-083-CR-SW
$850
CONSOLIDATED CONTAINER COMPANY, INC.
(Fiber Box Manufacturer)
Failed to provide closure notifications to persons to whom packaging was transferred; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[178.2(c), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 01T-047-BM-EA
$1,750
CONSUMER ENERGY COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to set all hand brakes and chock all wheels on all tank cars in a series before off-loading, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[174.67(a)(2)]
Case No. 01T-052-EXR-HQ
$750
CONTAINER RESOURCES , INC.
(Fiber Box Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold fiberboard boxes as meeting the UN4G standard without notifying customers in writing of all assembly and closure instructions and components needed to satisfy performance test requirements not met at the time of transfer.
[178.2(c)(1)(i) and (ii)]
Case No. 01T-060-BM-EA
$250
CONTROLLED DEMOLITION INCORPORATED
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list a proper shipping name.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.202(a)(1)]
Case No. 02T-098-SE-HQ
$1,350
BEN COOK & ASSOCIATES
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 01T-093-TRN-SW
$375
CORNELLIER FIREWORKS COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered fireworks, 1.4G, without executing a shipping paper.
[172.200(a), 172.201, 172.202(a)]
Case No. 01T-044-SE-CE
$2,250
COWLEY CONTAINER CORPORATION
(Drum Reconditioner)
Failed to provide general awareness employee training and failed to retain records of function-specific training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-006-DR-SO
$400
CRC INDUSTRIES, INC
(Shipper)
Offered tetraflouroethane, dimethylether mixtures, and 1,1 diflouroethane in DOT 2Q containers that were not authorized for these materials, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.304(a)]
Case No. 02T-101-EXR-HQ
$500
CRESCENT HARDWOOD SUPPLY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 02T-003-TRN-SW
$500
CRESTWOOD, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-092-TRN-SW
$562
CROMPTON CORPORATION
D/B/A UNIROYAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 02T-051-SD-SW
$1,187
CROSS COUNTRY COURIER
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by various shipping paper that failed to note all or parts of the basic shipping description; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.200(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 01T-050-SB-CE
$1,800
CSX LINE
(Multi – modal Carrier)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-038-CTRN-WE
$250
CUSTOM CARE PHARMACY
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-092-TRN-HQ
$250
CUSTOM CORRUGATED CONTAINERS, INC.
(Fiber Box Manufacturer)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 02T-038-TRN-SO
$400
WALTER DAVENPORT & SONS
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to file a written hazardous materials incident report within 30 days of an unintentional release of hazardous materials.
[171.16]
Case No. 02T-053-HMI-HQ
$1,000
DAVIS & FLOYD, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a 24-hour emergency response telephone number of a person who did not accept responsibility for providing information and could not provide any detailed information.
[172.604(a) and (b), 172.201(d)]
Case No. 01T-066-SC-SO
$1,040
DELTA AIR LINES, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
After equipment malfunction, repeated the hydrostatic retest at the same pressure, rather than at 10 percent or 100 psi higher (whichever is lower).
[173.34(e)(4)(v)]
Case No. 01T-048-CR-SW
$1,162
DETCO INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 01T-096-SD-SW
$1,437
DIAMOND DELCHESTER OIL CO.
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to file a written hazardous materials incident report within 30 days of an unintentional release of hazardous materials.
[171.16]
Case No. 02T-063-HMI-HQ
$1,018
DIAMOND DELCHESTER OIL CO.
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to file a written hazardous materials incident report within 30 days of an unintentional release of hazardous materials.
[171.16]
Case No. 02T-069-HMI-HQ
$1,018
DIAZ INTERMEDIATES CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-032-TRN-SW
$250
DIVERSIFIED CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to restore specification markings on a packaging.
[173.35(b)(2)]
Case No. 01T-084-SIBC-SW
$500
DIXIE AEROSPACE BEARINGS
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a 24-hour emergency response telephone number not monitored at all times the material was in transportation.
[172.604(a)]
Case No. 01T-051-SB-SO
$520
DIXIE PRODUCTS SALES AND SERVICE, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[178.601(b), 173.24(f)(2)]
Case No. 02T-016-SD-SO
$1,000
DOUGLAS PRODUCTS AND PACKAGING COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered quantities of hazardous materials requiring placards without the appropriate placard, under the terms of an exemption that had expired; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.500, 172.502, 172.504, 107.608]
Case No. 02T-099-REXR-HQ
$1,500
DPC INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 02T-012-TRN-SW
$250
DRAEGER SAFETY, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to hold test pressure for at least 30 seconds during the calibration process; failed to include the dimensions or owners on the cylinder test records; failed to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional unauthorized information with the basic description; failed to provide recurrent general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[173.34(e)(4)(v), 173.34(e)(8)(ii)(B), 107.601(a)(6), 172.200(a), 172.201(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-011-CRS-EA
$1,860
THE DYCHO COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 02T-024-TRN-SO
$400
DYNASTY TRANSPORTATION, INC.
(Motor Carrier)
Transported hazardous materials in a vehicle that did not display the proper hazard warning placard; transported hazardous materials in an intermediate bulk container that did not display the UN identification number; transported hazardous materials without a proper shipping paper.
[172.502(a)(1), 172.331(a), 177.817(a)]
Case No. 02T-115-CIBC-HQ
$4,750
DYNO NOBEL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 01T-062-TRN-HQ
$800
DYNO NOBEL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered a hazardous material under the terms of an exemption accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the DOT exemption number.
[172.203(a)]
Case No. 02T-043-SE-SO
$400
EARTH TECH
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a 24-hour emergency response telephone number of a person who did not accept responsibility for providing information; failed to provide employee training.
[172.604(b), 172.201(d), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-068-SB-SO
$1,640
EAST WEST LOGISTICS, INC.
(Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered hazard materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional unauthorized information within the basic shipping description.
[107.608, 107.612, 172.201(a)(4), 171.202(a)(1)]
Case No. 02T-009-REG-WE
$1,350
EDO SPECIALTY PLASTICS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered various flammable liquids accompanied by various shipping papers that failed to list a proper shipping name, hazard class, and/or packing group; that failed to list a 24-hour emergency response telephone number; and that included an unsigned shipper’s certification; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.202(a)(1), (2), and (4), 172.604, 172.204(d), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-001-SBD-SW
$2,650
ELECTROLOCK, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a 24-hour emergency response telephone number that was not monitored 24 hours per day; failed to provide employee training.
[172.604(a), 172.201(d), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-069-SB-SO
$1,120
ELITE INSPECTION SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered radioactive materials in a Type B packaging without registering with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission as a user of the packaging; offered the material accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to indicate the material was a reportable quantity and failed to list the activity of the material in SI units.
[173.471(a), 172.203(c) and (d)]
Case No. 01T-051-RMS-HQ
$1,650
EMERALD PETROLEUM SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Refilled and reused certain packages normally requiring testing for leakproofness without testing for leakproofness, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.28(b)(2)]
Case No. 02T-108-EXR-HQ
$500
EMERY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
D/B/A EMERY CUSTOM BROKERS
(Freight Forwarder)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that described the materials in an incorrect sequence; that failed to include a shipper’s certification; and that failed to include a working 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.202(b), 172.204(a), 172.604(a), 107.601]
Case No. 01T-046-REG-EA
$2,300
EMMONS FIRE EQUIPMENT
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of the retest equipment to within one percent of the actual test pressure; failed to keep accurate records of reinspection and retest; failed to mark the letter “S” on a cylinder retested according to the modified retest method.
[173.34(e)(4)(iii)(A), 173.34(e)(8)(ii)(B), 173.34(e)(7)(ii), 173.34(e)(11) and (19)]
Case No. 01T-047-CR-SO
$2,110
EMPRESAS JOFFROY CIA., S.C.
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-007-TRN-WE
$750
EMULSIONS CONTROL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification;. failed to register with RSPA; requirements, Failing to maintain records of employee training testing.
[178.2(a)(2), 173.22(a)(4), 173.24(b) and (f), 107.608, 107.612, 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-042-SD-WE
$2,250
ENERGY FREIGHT SYSTEMS
(Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a]
Case No. 02T-091-TRN-SW
$562
ENNIS CONTAINERS, INC.
(Steel Drum Manufacturer)
Failed to supply a closure notification for UN packages being manufactured and sold; failed to conduct general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[178.2(c)(1)(ii), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 02T-045-DM-SO
$1,400
ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT UNLIMITED
(Shipper)
Failing to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification.
[178.601(b), 173.24(f)(2)]
Case No. 02T-032-SB-SO
$1,000
ESM II, L.P.
(Shipper)
Offered magnesium powder, 4.3, in packages that were not closed in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.212(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-020-SD-EA
$1,960
ESTES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-103-TRN-SW
$562
EURO-HUB INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.200(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 02T-055-FF-SW
$1,500
EVERPOLE SHIPPING, INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a working 24-hour emergency response telephone number; on a 172.604; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.604, 107.608, 107.612]
Case No. 02T-027-TREG-WE
$1,720
EXPLOSIVES EXPERTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain complete records of employee training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list a DOT exemption number in association with the shipping description.
[172.704(d), 172.203(a)]
Case No. 02T-097-SE-HQ
$570
EXXEL EXPRESS LINE
(Freight Forwarder)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that described the materials in an incorrect sequence; that listed an incorrect shipping name; failed to provide employee training; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.202, 172.702(b), 172.704(a), 107.608, 107.612]
Case No. 01T-035-SB-WE
$2,300
EXXENE CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper with no shipper's certification statement; failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; and failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.204(a), 173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 02T-033-SD-SW
$1,562
FACTORY MOTOR PARTS COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered batteries, wet, filled with acid, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a shipping name, hazard class, UN identification number, packing group, weight of the material, or a 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.202(a), 172.604(a)]
Case No. 02T-009-SB-CE
$2,800
FARIAS & FARIAS, INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a shipper's certification; and listed a non-working 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.204(a), 172.604(a)(2)]
Case No. 02T-024-FF-SW
$862
FIBRE CHEMICALS, LLC
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages containing hazardous materials in accordance with the package manufacturer’s closure notification.
[178.601(b), 173.24(f)(2) ]
Case No. 02T-017-SD-SO
$1,000
FIDELITY TRANSPORT, INC.
(Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier)
Fail to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-026-TRN-WE
$750
FINE INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT, LTD.
(Shipper)
Offered a flammable gas in an unauthorized package; failed to mark packages with a proper shipping name and UN identification number; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a shipper’s certification; or a 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[173.308, 172.301(a), 172.204(a), 172.604(a)]
Case No. 01T-076-SB-EA
$3,358
FIRE EQUIPMENT SALES & SERVICE OF NORTH GEORGIA
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to have a current retester’s identification number; failed to verify the accuracy of the retest equipment; failed to maintain records of reinspection and retest; failed to maintain a copy of the regulations and applicable CGA pamphlets at the retest facility; failed to provide employee training; failed to mark cylinders with the "S" marking cylinders retested with the modified hydrostatic test; offered hazardous materials without a shipping paper.
[173.34(e)(2)(i), 173.34(e)(4)(iii)(A), 173.34(e)(8)(ii), 173.34(e)(2)(v)(A) and (C), 172.702(b), 172.704(a), 173.34(e)(7)(ii), 172.202(a), 172.200(a)]
Case No. 01T-040-CR-SO
$5,060
FIRE-SAFE EXTINGUISHER SALES & SERVICE
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper; failed to keep accurate records of cylinder requalification; failed to maintain a current copy of an applicable exemption at its retest facility; failed to notify RSPA about a change in retest personnel.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.200(a), 172.201, 172.202, 173.34(e)(8)(ii), 173.34(e)(2)(v)(B), 173.34(e)(2)(iv)]
Case No. 01T-048-CR-SO
$3,650
FIREWORKS WORLD
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-018-SE-SW
$937
FLEXSTEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-028-TRN-SW
$562
FLINT INK CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered printing ink in packaging not closed as designed and tested.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.201(c)]
Case No. 01T-034-SD-CE
$937
FOREE AND VANN, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered radioactive materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a correct shipping name, UN identification number, or a transport index; failed to have emergency response information immediately available; failed to have shipping papers accessible to the driver while operating the vehicle; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.202(a), 172.203(d)(6), 172.602(a), (b), and (c)(1), 177.817(e), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-003-RMS-WE
$5,850
FORT INTERNATIONAL
(Freight Forwarder)
Offered flammable liquid accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.604(a) and (b)]
Case No. 02T-027-FF-CE
$1,040
FREIGHT MASTERS, INC.
(Motor Carrier)
Fail to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-014-TRN-WE
$750
FREUND CONTAINER, INC.
(Steel Drum Manufacturer)
Failed to provide closure notifications to persons to whom packaging was transferred.
[178.2(c)]
Case No. 02T-001-DM-EA
$1,000
FRITZ FIRE EQUIPMENT
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain complete and accurate records of reinspection and retest; failed to provide function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[173.34(e)(8)(ii), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2) and (d)]
Case No. 02T-012-CR-CE
$1,480
FRY TECHNOLOGY
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification.
[173.24(f)(2), 178.601(b)]
Case No. 02T-002-SB-SO
$1,000
FUJI PHOTO FILM USA, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper with an unsigned shipper’s certification and that failed to list a technical name consistent with that marked on the pacakging.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2), 172.204(d), 172.203(k)]
Case No. 01T-067-TRN-CE
$1,040
FYR FYTR SALES & SERVICE, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain complete and accurate records of hydrostatic retest; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[173.34(e)(8)(ii), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-011-CR-EA
$650
GCI FORWARDING COMPANY, INC.
(Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-097-NVO-SW
$1,250
GEHRING – MONTGOMERY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional unauthorized information within the shipping description.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2), 172.202(a)(4)]
Case No. 02T-033-TRN-EA
$1,280
GEO SPECIALTY CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include the hazard class within the basic shipping description.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.202(a)(2)]
Case No. 02T-017-SP-EA
$1,500
GEORGIA LABELING AND FILLING, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[107.608(a) and (b), 107.601(a)(6), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-019-TREG-SO
$650
GH PACKAGE & PRODUCT TESTING AND CONSULTING, INC.
(Third-Party Package Certifier)
Represented and certified multi-walled paper bags as meeting the UN5M2 standard, and prepared test reports that did not include the closure method for the open end of the tested package.
[178.601(l)(6)]
Case No. 02T-083-PC-HQ
$1,250
GILLIS CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered compounds, cleaning, liquid, accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to identify the hazardous material; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an emergency response telephone number.
[172.201(a), 172.202(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d), 172.604(a) and (b)]
Case No. 02T-006-SP-CE
$2,307
GLEASON CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered sodium hydroxide solution accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number; offered nitric acid accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional unauthorized information within the shipping description.
[172.604(a), 172.201(d), 172.202(b)]
Case No. 02T-036-SD-EA
$1,050
GNB INDUSTRIAL POWER
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-100-TRN-SW
$300
GOLDSCHMIDT INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[173.24(c)(1) and (d), 173.202(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2) and (d)]
Case No. 02T-022-SD-EA
$1,320
JEFFERY GRAHAM
D/B/A GRAHAM’S FYR – FYTR
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain complete and accurate records of hydrostatic retest.
[173.34(e)(8)(ii)]
Case No. 01T-086-CR-EA
$500
GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a 24-hour emergency response telephone number of a person who did not accept responsibility for providing information; failed to provide employee training.
[172.604(a), 172.201(d), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-072-SB-SO
$1,640
GREIF BROS. CORPORATION
(Steel Drum Manufacturer)
Failed to provide recurrent general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 01T-061-TRN-EA
$500
D. T. GRUELLE COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed the shipping description in an incorrect sequence and included additional unauthorized information, and listed an incorrect emergency response telephone number; failed to register with RSPA; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.200(a), 172.600(c), 107.601(a)(6), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-010-SB-EA
$2,560
GSI - GENERAL MATERIALS, LLC
(Shipper)
Failing to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-039-TRN-SO
$600
GUERLAIN, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered limited quantities of certain liquids and solids containing ethyl alcohol without complying with the Hazardous Materials Regulations, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.150]
Case No. 02T-088-EXR-HQ
$500
HAIR SYSTEMS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in a packaging marked as meeting the UN4G standard that was unauthorized because it exceeded the maximum authorized gross mass; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.213(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 02T-003-SBG-EA
$2,750
HALL EXPLOSIVES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to mark each vehicle transporting 1.5D and 5.1 explosives with a required DOT exemption number; offered these materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the exemption number.
[172.302(c), DOT-E 8554, 172.203(a)]
Case No. 01T-042-SE-HQ
$800
HALL OXYGEN CO.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain complete and accurate records of hydrostatic retest; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[173.34(e)(8)(ii), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 01T-097-CR-SW
$875
J. B. HAN, INC.
D/B/A JOINUS FREIGHT SYSTEMS
(Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.604(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 107.601(a)(6), 107.608(b)]
Case No. 02T-064-NVO-SW
$1,725
HANLEY INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 01T-063-TRN-HQ
$750
HARTCO SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a UN identification number, hazard class, or packing group; and listed an unauthorized 24-hour emergency response telephone number of a person who did not accept responsibility for providing information; failed to provide employee training.
[172.202(a), 172.201(a), 172.201(d), 172.604(a) and (b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-042-SC-SO
$1,920
HAWKINS CHEMICAL, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain complete and accurate records of retest calibration equipment and cylinder testing information.
[173.34(e)(8)(ii)]
Case No. 01T-057-CR-CE
$1,500
HBI PRIORITY FREIGHT, INC.
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to adequately secure a packaging against movement resulting in the unintentional release of hazardous materials; failed to report this unintentional release.
[177.834(a), 171.15, 171.16]
Case No. 01T-058-CCYL-EA
$3,000
HEDAHL’S AUTO PARTS
(Shipper)
Offered batteries, wet, filled with acid, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a proper shipping description or a 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.200(a), 172.202(a), 172.604(a)(1)]
Case No. 01T-059-SB-CE
$2,560
HENSON FIRE EXTINGUISHER
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain complete and accurate records of cylinder reinspection and retest; failed to maintain current copies of applicable exemptions at its facility.
[173.34(e)(8)(ii)(B), 173.34(e)(2)(v)(B)]
Case No. 02T-073-CR-SW
$500
HESSEN FORWARDING, LTD.
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-076-FF-SW
$562
HIGH POINT TEXTILE AUXILLARIES, LLC
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-002-TRN-WE
$250
HONEYWELL AEROSPACE SERVICES
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number monitored at all times.
[172.604(a), 172.201(d)]
Case No. 01T-071-SB-SO
$520
HUECK ENGRAVING USA, LLC
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a 24-hour emergency response telephone number not monitored at all times during transportation; failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide general awareness employee training.
[172.604, 172.205, 107.601(a)(4), 107.608(a) and (b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1)]
Case No. 01T-053-SD-SO
$1,170
CHARLES WARD HUGHES
D/B/A FIRE EXTINGUISHER SALES & SERVICE
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to hold a current retester’s identification number; failed to maintain accurate records of reinspection and retest; failed to provide employee training; failed to maintain a current copy of the regulations at its retest facility.
[173.34(e)(2)(i), 173.34(e)(8)(ii), 172.702(b), 172.704(a), 173.34(e)(2)(v)(A) and (C)]
Case No. 01T-063-CR-SO
$3,000
HUNTSMAN CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 02T-002-SD-SW
$937
HYDRITE CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Discharged certain Division 5.1 and Class 8 liquids from intermediate bulk containers without removing them from the transport vehicle, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[177.834(h)]
Case No. 02T-086-EXR-HQ
$500
INMARK, INC.
(Fiber Box Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold fiberboard boxes as meeting the UN4G standard without conducting the required periodic test.
[178.601(e)]
Case No. 02T-007-BM-SO
$2,560
INTEGRITY INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(b), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-014-SBG-SW
$625
INTERCON CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)] , 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-047-SB-CE
$400
INTERMODAL LOGISTICS SYSTEMS, INC.
(Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 02T-056-NVO-SW
$500
INTERMOUNTAIN WEST ENERGY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered detonators in unauthorized packaging, 1.5D materials in non-specification hopper vehicles, and 1.5D materials and 5.1 oxidizers for bulk transportation, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.62(c), 177.835(g), 177.848, 173.62, 173.242, 176.83, 176.415]
Case No. 01T-056-EXR-HQ
$2,250
INTERNATIONAL FIREWORKS COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training.
[107.601, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-22-WE
$1,250
INTERNATIONAL FORWARDING & STORAGE CORP.
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-086-FF-SW
$937
$1,250
INTERNATIONAL WAREHOUSES OF BROWNSVILLE, INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 02T-077-TRN-SW
$375
$1,250
IR FORWARDING
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-080-TRN-SW
$250
$1,250
ISPAT INLAND, INC.
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to file a written hazardous materials incident report within 30 days of an unintentional release of hazardous materials.
[171.16]
Case No. 02T-075-HMI-HQ
$1,000
$1,250
ITD, INC.
A/K/A INDUSTRIAL and TRANSPORTATION DETERGENTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b)]
Case No. 02T-020-REG-SO
$600
$1,250
J & J CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-018-TREG-SO
$850
$1,250
JABON FREIGHT FORWARDERS
(Freight Forwarder)
Offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper; failed to have a 24-hour emergency response telephone number for a shipment of hazardous materials; failed to provide employee training.
[172.202(a), 172.203(k), 172.604, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-020-TRN-WE
$3,550
$1,250
JACO INDUSTRY SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.604(b)]
Case No. 02T-044-SD-SW
$975
$1,250
JADE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[107.601(a)(5), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 01T-073-REG-EA
$700
DON JERRY X – PLO, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional unauthorized information within the basic description.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2), failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.202(b), 172.203(c) and (d), 172.702(b)]
Case No. 01T-088-TRN-EA
$650
WILLIAM JOFFROY CUSTOM BROKERS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list a 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.604(a)(3)]
Case No. 01T-045-SB-WE
$1,300
$1,250
JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL, INC.
D/B/A JOHNS HOPKINS BAY
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste, purportedly under the terms of a DOT exemption, when the inner plastic film bags were not certified to the prescribed ASTM standard, the fiberboard boxes were not certified to a UN standard, and the film bags were not closed and sealed as required, resulting in leakage of some material.
[173.22(a)(2), 173.179(a), DOT-E 11327–Paragraphs 7.a.(1), 7.b.(2), and 7.2.(7)]
Case No. 01T-083-SBG-EA
$2,100
$1,250
JUPITER ALUMINUM CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 01T-062-TRN-CE
$600
$1,250
KANTO CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offering hazardous materials in DOT IM 101 intermodal tanks that had not been visually inspected, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.32b(b), 173.32c(c)]
Case No. 02T-008-EXR-HQ
$500
$1,250
KEMET ELECTRONICS
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list a 24-hour emergency response telephone number monitored at all times during transportation.
[172.604(a), 172.201(d)]
Case No. 01T-067-SB-SO
$520
$1,250
KENTUCKY POWDER COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to properly closed packaging marked as meeting the UN5M2 standard; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a technical name for a “n.o.s.” shipping name; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.62, 173.22(a)(4), 172.203(k), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 02T-113-SE-HQ
$2,000
CARLAN KILLAN CONSULTING GROUP, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-114-RMS-HQ
$250
$1,250
KOORSEN PROTECTION SERVICES
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to mark "CONDEMNED" on cylinders with permanent expansion exceeding 10 percent of total expansion, and failed to render such cylinders incapable of holding pressure.
[173.34(e)(6)(ii) and (iii)]
Case No. 02T-018-CR-CE
$320
$1,250
KOREAN AIRLINES COMPANY, INC.
(Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601(e), 107.608(a) and (b)]
Case No. 02T-045-REG-CE
$1,800
$1,250
KUEHNE & NAGEL, INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper; failed to provide a 24-hour emergency response telephone number for a shipment of hazardous materials; failed to provide employee training.
[172.201(a), 172.604(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-066-FF-EA
$3,350
LADSHAW EXPLOSIVES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 02T-076-TRN-HQ
$250
LANCER, USA
(Shipper)
Failing to provide employee training; offered a hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional unauthorized information within the basic shipping description.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.201(a)(4)]
Case No. 02T-033-SB-SO
$920
LANDPORT BROKERS, INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-070-FF-SW
$562
$1,250
KENT H. LANSBERG CO.
(Fiber Box Distributor)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-042-TRN-WE
$750
LANSMONT CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failing to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-013-TRN-WE
$250
LIFE INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to mark a package containing hazardous materials with the proper shipping name and identification number; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.301(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 01T-064-SB-SO
$1,800
LINCO – ELECTROMAGN ETIC MEASUREMENT S
(Shipper)
Offered flammable liquids, combustible liquids, and liquified petroleum gases in non-DOT-specification bulk packaging, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.119, 173.201, 173.203, 173.242]
Case No. 02T-009-EXR-HQ
$500
LOGIS, INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shpping paper that failed to include two or more items in the basic shipping description; and failed to include a 24 – hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.200(a), 172.202(a), 172.201(d), 172.604(a)]
Case No. 02T-022-FF-SW
$2,800
LONZA, INC.
(Fiber Box Manufacturer)
Failed to conduct design qualification for a new package design certified for use with Packing Group II material.
[178.601(d)]
Case No. 01T-069-BM-EA
$2,940
LYBRAND DRUM, INC.
(Steel Drum Manufacturer)
Failed to notify customers about drum closure requirements.
[178.2(c)]
Case No. 02T-040-DM-SO
$1,000
LYKES BROS., INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a 24-hour emergency response telephone number of a person who did not accept responsibility for providing information; and that listed additional unauthorized information prior to the shipping description.
[172.201(d), 172.604(b), 172.200(a), 172.201(a)(4)]
Case No. 02T-009-SB-SO
$1,360
MACARTHUR COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered adhesives accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list a 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.604(a)(1)]
Case No. 01T-051-SB-CE
$650
MAGIC CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-036-TRN-WE
$250
MAJESTIC FIREWORKS CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a packing group and did include additional unauthorized information within the shipping description.
[107.601(a)(2), 107.608(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.202(a)(4), 172.202(b)]
Case No. 02T-032-TREG-EA
$1,800
MANE USA
(Shipper)
Offered limited quantities of certain liquids and solids containing ethyl alcohol without complying with the requirements of the Hazardous Materials Regulations, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.150]
Case No. 02T-085-EXR-HQ
$500
MANUFACTURERS WHOLESALE WAREHOUSE SUPPLY, LTD.
(Shipper)
Offered flammable liquids, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include the proper shipping name, hazard class, UN identification number, packing group, shipper’s certification, and 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.200(a), 172.202, 172.604(a)(1), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 01T-048-SB-CE
$3,550
MARSE WELDING SUPPLIES, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 01T-100-CR-SW
$250
MARTINEZ – GONZALEZ CUSTOM BROKERS
(Motor Carrier)
Accepted and transported hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to describe the materials.
[172.2(b), 172.202, 177.801 and 177.817(a)]
Case No. 02T-017-CAB-WE
$1,500
MASTER PROTECTION CORPORATION
D/B/A FIREMASTER
(Cylinder Retester)
Marked a cylinder with a retester’s identification number belonging to another company.
[173.34(e)(2)(i)]
Case No. 01T-032-CR-WE
$2,250
MATERIALS TESTING LABORATORIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 01T-048-TRN-HQ
$750
MEGACHEM, INC.
(Fiber Box Manufacturer)
Failed to provide closure notifications to persons to whom packaging was transferred; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[178.2(c)(1)(i), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 01T-062-BM-EA
$650
MERCURY DIE & CONTAINER
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-005-TRN-WE
$250
MERCY HEALTH CENTER
(Motor Carrier)
Accepted a hazardous material for transportation that was not accompanied by a shipping paper.
[177.817(a)]
Case No. 02T-071-CB-SW
$1,125
MERITCARE HEALTHCARE ACCESSORIES
(Shipper)
Offered oxygen, compressed, 2.2, accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.604(a)(1), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 01T-046-SC-CE
$920
MERITCARE HEALTHCARE ACCESSORIES
(Shipper)
Offered oxygen, compressed, 2.2, accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include the proper shipping name, hazard class, UN identification number, and a 24 – hour emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.202(a) and (b), 172.604(a)(1), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 01T-047-SC-CE
$2,840
MERRY X-RAY CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.200(a), 172.202(a), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-065-SB-SW
$1,900
MERRY X-RAY CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification; offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper; failed to provide employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.200(a), 172.202(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-081-SBD-SW
$2,624
MESSER – GRIESHEIM INDUSTRIES
D/B/A MG INDUSTRIES
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to keep and maintain complete records of cylinder reinspection and retest.
[173.34(e)(8)(ii)]
Case No. 01T-057-CR-EA
$360
MESSER – GRIESHEIM INDUSTRIES
D/B/A MG INDUSTRIES
(Cylinder Retester)
Charged DOT 3AL cylinders with non-liquefied compressed gases not authorized for the cylinders, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.302(a)(5)]
Case No. 02T-006-EXR-HQ
$500
MEUSCA & INTERNATIONAL FORWARDING CORP.
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 02T-068-FF-SW
$375
MICHAELS OF OREGON CO.
D/B/A HOPPE’S
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training; failed to properly mark overpacks to indicate that the inside packages complied with prescribed specifications; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include the unit of measure for the amount of material.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2), 173.25(a)(4), 172.202(a)(5)]
Case No. 01T-089-SB-EA
$750
MILLER CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 02T-045-SD-SW
$1,187
MIP, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 02T-021-TRN-SO
$400
MOBIL GAS
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to file a written hazardous materials incident report within 30 days of an unintentional release of hazardous materials.
[171.16]
Case No. 02T-071-HMI-HQ
$1,000
MOBIL OIL
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to file a written hazardous materials incident report within 30 days of an unintentional release of hazardous materials.
[171.16]
Case No. 02T-074-HMI-HQ
$1,000
MONROE WELDING SUPPLY, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Performed retests at test pressures that were not within 500 psi of calibrated pressures that day.
[173.34(e)(4)(iii)]
Case No. 02T-042-CR-SW
$1,050
MORGAN SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a shipper's certification statement, a 24-hour emergency response telephone number, or a packing group designation; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.204(a), 172.604(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 02T-059-FF-SW
$1,850
MORIMURA BROS. (USA), INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 107.608(b), 107.601(a)(6)]
Case No. 02T-057-FF-SW
$750
MORRISTOWN SURGICAL CENTER, LLC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 02T-029-TRN-EA
$250
MOTHERLOVE HERBAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-049-EX-SW
$562
THE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste while failing to comply with the inner packaging provisions of a DOT exemption.
[DOT-E 10833–Paragraphs 7.a. and 7.b.(2)]
Case No. 01T-082-SBG-EA
$2,100
MT. STATE BIT SERVICE, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered explosives in bulk packaging, under the terms of an exemption that had expired; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an exemption number, a technical name, or a hazard class.
[173.62, 172.201]
Case No. 02T-111-SE-HQ
$3,250
MOZEL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered flammable liquids, n.o.s., in a steel drum marked as meeting the UN1A1/Y standard that was not closed as designed and tested; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.201(c), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 02T-046-SD-CE
$1,600
W. A. MURPHY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered explosive, blasting (emulsion), type E, 1.5D, in exemption cargo tanks while failing to mark the exemption number in the proper location on the tank; offered this material accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the explosive's approval number; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.301(c), DOT-E 8554–Paragraph 8.e., 172.320(a) and (d), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 01T-061-SE-HQ
$1,750
MURPHY BONDED WAREHOUSE
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to provide general awareness employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1)]
Case No. 02T-041-FF-SW
$300
NANOSCALE MATERIALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-105-SB-SW
$250
NASHVILLE BARREL & DRUM, INC.
(Drum Reconditioner)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 02T-005-DR-SO
$400
NATIONAL CASEIN OF CALIFORNIA
(Shipper)
Marked a package with an incorrect proper shipping name and UN identification number; failed to conduct recurrent employee training.
[172.301(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-029-TRN-WE
$2,000
NEORX CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to mark a packaging containing radioactive materials with the required DOT specification marking.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(b), 178.350(b)]
Case No. 02T-015-RMS-SW
$1,500
NEW ENGLAND DISPOSAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered combination packages containing hazardous wastes, 4.2, in the same transport vehicle with packages containing hazardous wastes, 8, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[177.848(d)]
Case No. 02T-105-EXR-HQ
$500
NEWFIELD EXPLORATION COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.604]
Case No. 02T-116-SIT-HQ
$650
NEWTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
(Shipper)
Failed to properly close inner packages containing regulated medical waste; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[DOT-E 10818, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 02T-002-SBG-EA
$1,250
NORAMTECH CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Affixed a hazard warning label to a package that did not contain a hazardous material; prepared a shipping paper indicating the presence of a hazardous material when there was none.
[172.401(a), 171.2(f)(2)]
Case No. 01T-086-SD-SW
$600
NORTH AMERICAN CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquids, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that did not follow an approved format and included an unsigned shipper’s certification; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.201(a), 172.202(a), 172.204(d), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 01T-053-SB-CE
$1,575
NORTHERN COLORADO PAPER
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a]
Case No. 02T-096-TRN-SW
$562
NORTHWEST DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-087-TRN-SW
$250
NTS ENTERPRISES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered radioactive materials in a Type B packaging without registering with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission as a user of the packaging; offered radioactive materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the transport index and type of label applied to the packaging.
[173.471(a), 172.203(d)(4) and (6)]
Case No. 01T-049-RMS-HQ
$1,750
NUCLIN DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-039-TRN-HQ
$250
NUR AMERICAN
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness employee training; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1), 107.601(a)(6)]
Case No. 01T-089-SB-SW
$625
NUTEC DIVISION AMERICA
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; and failed to register with RSPA.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 107.601(a)(6), 107.608(b)]
Case No. 02T-066-SD-SW
$750
OLD BRIDGE METALS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional unauthorized information interspersed within the basic description and did not include a unit of measure for the quantity being offered.
[107.601(a)(6), 172.201(a)(1), 172.202(a)(5)]
Case No. 01T-077-REG-EA
$920
OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC.
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to re-package a leaking drum of hazardous materials into a salvage drum and failed to include absorbent materials; failed to file a written hazardous materials incident report within 30 days of an unintentional release of hazardous materials.
[173.3(c), 173.203(a), 171.16]
Case No. 02T-016-SD-EA
$2,400
OLYMPIC AVIATION
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[107.601(e), 107.607(a) and (b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 02T-034-REG-CE
$1,100
OLYMPUS AMERICA, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to notify a foreign shipper and forwarding agent about the requirements of the regulations that would apply to the shipment within the United States.
[171.12(a)]
Case No. 02T-106-IMP-SW
$800
OPI PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-030-SB-WE
$250
OZARK AUTOMOTIVE, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness employee training. 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1)]
Case No. 02T-010-TRN-SO
$250
PACE INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect proper shipping name and included additional information within the basic shipping description; and failed to include a shipper's certification.
[172.202(a)(1), 172.201(a)(4), 172.204(a)]
Case No. 02T-030-EX-SW
$975
PAIN ENTERPRISES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered compressed gas, n.o.s. (containing nitrogen), and carbon dioxide, accompanied by a shipping paper that (1) failed to list the technical name for nitrogen and (2) included the word “compressed” in the shipping name “carbon dioxide.”
[172.202(a), 172.101(a)(4)]
Case No. 02T-013-SC-CE
$720
PALMER INDUSTRIES
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-106-SD-SW
$562
PARFUMS GIVENCHY
(Shipper)
Offered limited quantities of certain liquids and solids containing ethyl alcohol without complying with the Hazardous Materials Regulations, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.150]
Case No. 02T-087-EXR-HQ
$500
PARKER SOLVENTS COMPANY, INC.
(Drum Reconditioner)
Failed to test reconditioned drums for leakproofness at the minimum test pressure; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a hazard class in the shipping description.
[173.28(b)(2)(i), 172.202(a)(2)]
Case No. 02T-095-DR-SW
$1,125
PATTERSON DENTAL SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to affix hazard warning labels to packages containing hazardous materials; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper with an unsigned shipper’s certification; failed to create and retain complete records of employee training testing.
[172.400(a), 172.204(d), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-087-SB-EA
$3,070
PC DYNAMICS
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification; failed to perform a leakproofness test on a reconditioned drum.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 173.22(a)(4), 173.28(b)(2)]
Case No. 01T-080-SBD-SW
$2,249
PEEL’S SALON SERVICES
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-025-STRN-CE
$400
PFR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Unloading certain Class 3, Division 6.1 and Class 9 liquids from a DOT specification drum or intermediate bulk container without removing the drum or the intermediate bulk container from the vehicle on which it was transported, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[177.834(h)]
Case No. 02T-103-EXR-HQ
$500
PLASTIC OMNIUM ZARN, INC.
(Shipper)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold non-specification high-density polyethylene injection-molded bins as outer packaging for regulated medical waste, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.197]
Case No. 02T-014-EXR-HQ
$500
PLASTICAN, INC.
(Plastic Drum Manufacturer)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; failed to include test protocols, stack weight, lid design, and closure and gasket information in the design qualification test records.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (a)(2), 178.601(l), 178.3(b)]
Case No. 02T-054-PM-EA
$875
PM CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include an emergency response telephone number; failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.604(a), 173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 01T-029-SD-SW
$2,162
POLLOCK PAPER DISTRIBUTORS
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that included additional unauthorized information before the basic shipping description; and that did not follow one of the three approved formats for listing hazardous materials on a shipping paper; failed to provide employee training.
[172.201(a)(4), 172.201(a)(1), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-009-SB-SW
$1,125
PRATT & WHITNEY CHEMICAL SYSTEMS DIVISION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 02T-011-TRN-WE
$250
PRECISION BLASTING, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered and transported explosives without a hazardous material shipping paper; transported explosives without affixing a hazardous material placard to the vehicle.
[172.200, 172.201, 172.506(a)(1)]
Case No. 02T-044-SE-SO
$6,000
PRIME-A-PAC, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the package manufacturer’s closure notification; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.24(f)(2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-013-SD-SO
$1,250
PRO-KEM, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 02T-036-SD-SW
$1,187
PRONORTH TRANSPORTATION, INC.
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to provide immediate notification regarding a hazardous materials incident in which a truck transporting explosives struck a bridge and caused the evacuation of 500 persons for seven hours.
[171.15(a)(1)(iv)]
Case No. 01T-081-HMI-EA
$1,500
PROVENA ST. JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste in unauthorized packaging not complying with a DOT exemption; offered it accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the exemption number; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[173.22(a)(2), DOT-E 11185, 172.203(a), DOT-E 11185, 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 02T-010-SIBC-CE
$3,520
PROVENA ST. THERESE MEDICAL CENTER
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste in unauthorized packaging; offered it accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a DOT exemption; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[173.22(a)(2), DOT-E 11185, 172.203(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-011-SIBC-CE
$3,557
PTL FREIGHT FORWARDERS
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[107.608, 107.612, 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-032-TREG-WE
$1,250
PYRAMID PLASTICS, INC.
TOLBER DIVISION
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-074-SD-SW
$1,499
PYROTEX, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-083-TRN-SW
$562
QUAKER CITY CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in a DOT 57 portable tank that was out of test; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect UN identification number and packing group.
[173.32(d), 173.241(c), 172.202(a)(2) and (4)]
Case No. 02T-007-SIBC-EA
$2,600
QUALITY ASSURANCE LABORATORIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered radioactive materials in a Type B packaging without registering with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission as a user of the packaging; offered the material accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include a hazard class and failed to list the activity of the material in SI units.
[173.471(a), 172.202(a)(2), 172.203(d)]
Case No. 01T-059-RMS-HQ
$2,250
QUALITY CHEMICAL ENTERPRISES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an erroneous 24-hour emergency response telephone number to a party who did not accept responsibility for providing information; failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.604(b), 172.201(d), 107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 02T-035-SD-SO
$2,040
QUALITY PRODUCTS
D/B/A JIM’S FOOD PRODUCTS
(Motor Carrier)
Offered cigarette lighters without complying with Special Provision N10.
[173.22(a)(2)]
Case No. 01T-080-CB-EA
$500
RADO CARBONIC GAS CO.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; failed to include the percent of permanent expansion on the records of hydrostatic retest.
[107.601(a)(6), 172.704(d), 173.34(e)(8)(ii)(B)]
Case No. 02T-012-CRS-EA
$1,050
REYNOLDS INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS
(Shipper)
Offered explosives, 1.4E, in unauthorized non-UN standard packaging, under the terms of an exemption.
[173.62]
Case No. 02T-013-EXR-HQ
$500
REYNOLDS TRANSPORTATION
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to file a written hazardous materials incident report within 30 days of an unintentional release of hazardous materials.
[171.16]
Case No. 02T-070-HMI-HQ
$1,000
RHD MEDICAL CENTER
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not contain a packing group or a shipper’s certification.
[172.202(a)(3), 172.204(d)]
Case No. 02T-031-SD-SW
$500
RHEE BROS., INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-030-TRN-EA
$960
RHODIA, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to properly close UN-certified packages; failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper with an unsigned shipper’s certification.
[173.202, 172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.204(d)]
Case No. 01T-079-TRN-EA
$3,020
RHODIA, INC.
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to file a written hazardous materials incident report within 30 days of an unintentional release of hazardous materials.
[171.16]
Case No. 02T-023-HMI-HQ
$1,000
RHODIA, INC.
(Shipper/Motor Carrier)
Offered and transported sulfur dioxide in MC 331 cargo tanks that did not fully meet the requirements of the regulations, under the terms of an exemption that had expired; failed to register with RSPA.
[173.315(a), 107.608]
Case No. 02T-100-REXR-HQ
$1,500
G. E. RICHARDS GRAPHIC SUPPLIES OF MD, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include the proper packing group in the shipping description.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.202(a)(4)]
Case No. 02T-043-TRN-EA
$1,560
RITE-WELD SUPPLY, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain the required information on a record for each cylinder retested and visually inspected; failed to verify the pressure of a cylinder representative of that day’s compression after it had cooled to a settled temperature, and failed to maintain a record of this.
[173.34(e)(8)(ii)(B), 173.302(e)(1)]
Case No. 02T-019-CR-SW
$750
RIVER SERVICES, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of the test equipment to within 500 psi of the actual test pressure; failed to maintain current copies of applicable CGA pamphlets at the retest facility.
[173.34(e)(4)(iii)(A), 173.34(e)(2)(v)(C)]
Case No. 01T-065-CR-SO
$1,710
ROLL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a 24-hour emergency response telephone number not monitored at all times the material was in transportation; failed to provide employee training..
[172.604(a), 172.201(d), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-061-SB-SO
$1,120
ROSS FIRE EXTINGUISHER CO.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain a copy of CGA Pamphlet S1.1 at its retest facility; failed to maintain a record of the computation of average wall stress.
[173.34(e)(2)(v)(C), 173.34(e)(8)(ii)(B)]
Case No. 01T-048-CR-WE
$2,500
ROTOCAST PLASTIC PRODUCTS OF TENNESSEE, INC.
(Plastic Drum Manufacturer)
Failed to maintain design qualification and periodic retest records for UN packaging it manufactured; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; failed to provide notification of closure instructions needed to satisfy performance test requirements.
[178.601(l), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 178.2(c)]
Case No. 02T-030-DM-SO
$3,000
RUSSELL – STANLEY CORPORATION
(Steel Drum Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold 20-gallon plastic closed-head drums as meeting the UN1H1/Y1.8/100 standard, when the drums were not capable of pass the leakproofness test and the vibration standard.
[178.601(a), (b), and (d)]
Case No. 02T-037-DM-EA
$3,000
S.A.E. WAREHOUSE, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered batteries, wet, accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include a proper shipping name, hazard class, UN identification number, or packing group; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.201, 172.202(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 02T-038-SB-CE
$1,800
ST. MARKS POWDER
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-091-TRN-HQ
$753
HENRY SCHEIN, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered flammable and corrosive liquids when the inner receptacles were not packed with the closures upright and without orientation arrows marked on the outer packaging.
[172.312(a), 173.25(a)]
Case No. 02T-008-SB-EA
$1,400
SEASTAR CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered nitric acid in unauthorized combination packaging, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.158(e), (f), and (g)]
Case No. 01T-054-EXR-HQ
$500
SELECT PRODUCTS
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an invalid 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.201(d), 172.604(a), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-048-SB-SO
$770
SEVIER FARMERS CO – OPERATIVE
(Motor Carrier)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an erroneous 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; failed to maintain the hazardous material registration (or the number) in the transport vehicle.
[172.201(d), 172.604(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 107.620(b)]
Case No. 02T-026-CAR-SO
$1,690
SHERWIN – WILLIAMS DISTRIBUTION
(Shipper)
Affixed to a package a hazard warning label that did not present the hazard of the material in the package; marked an incorrect shipping name on the package.
[172.401(a)(2), 172.303(a)]
Case No. 01T-087-SB-SW
$2,175
SHESHAM, INC.
D/B/A WILSON SUPPLY COMPANY
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to conduct hydrostatic retesting of a DOT exemption cylinders at the minimum test pressure, and marked the cylinder with the “star” marking when this marking was not authorized.
[173.34(e), DOT-E 9001–Paragraph 8.h., 173.34(e)(16), DOT-E 9001–Paragraph 8.d.]
Case No. 01T-084-CR-EA
$2,152
THE SHIP WAREHOUSE, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.704(d), 172.604(a)(2)]
Case No. 02T-061-SD-SW
$1,225
THE SIEFLOR CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failing to register with RSPA; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[107.608, 107.612, 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-031-TREG-WE
$1,250
SIGNET TESTING LABS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to affix hazard warning labels to a package; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a 24-hour emergency response telephone number that was not monitored at all times the materials were in transportation; failed to have emergency response information available at all times the materials were in transportation.
[172.403(g), 172.604(a)(1), 172.602(a) and (b)]
Case No. 01T-046-RMS-WE
$2,050
SLOSS INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered aryl sulfonic acids, liquid, without labeling the package. 9172.400(a)(1)]
Case No. 02T-050-SD-CE
$2,500
SMITHVILLE REGIONAL HOSPITAL
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper.
[172.200(a)]
Case No. 02T-047-SD-SW
$1,125
SOUTH TEXAS TRAFFIC CO., INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include two or more elements in the basic shipping description; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.202(a)(1) and (4), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-023-FF-SW
$1,350
SOUTHEASTERN FIRE PROTECTION & CO2 SERVICE, INC.
Failed to calibrate the test equipment; failed to maintain accurate records of cylinder re-qualification; failed to maintain a copy of an applicable DOT exemption at its facility; failed to perform a complete visual inspection of a low-pressure cylinder when it failed to remove metal bands and protective boots.
[173.34(e)(4)(iii)(A), 173.34(e)(8)(ii), 173.34(e)(2)(v)(B), 173.34(e)(3) and (4)(i)]
Case No. 02T-004-CR-SO
$3,360
SOUTHERN MARINE SUPPLY CO.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an erroneous 24-hour emergency response telephone number to a party who did not accept responsibility for providing information; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.201(d), 172.604(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 02T-023-SB-SO
$1,440
SOUTHERN MEDICAL DISPOSAL
D/B/A TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL
(Motor Carrier)
Accepted and transported a hazardous material that was not accompanied by a shipping paper.
[177.817(a)]
Case No. 02T-052-CAR-SW
$1,125
SOUTHERN PERFORATORS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent function-specific and safety employee training; failed to maintain on file for at least one year after the latest shipment complete documentation of tests and an engineering evaluation or comparative data showing that the construction methods, packaging design, and materials of construction complied with the DOT 7A Type A specification; offered radioactive materials accompanied by various shipping papers that (1) did not include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number, (2) listed the basic description in the wrong sequence and with additional unauthorized information interspersed, (3) did not include proper shipping names or UN identification numbers, (4) listed an incorrect abbreviation, (5) listed the wrong UN identification number with a shipping name, (6) failed to list a hazard class number, (7) did not list the “RQ” designation, and (8) failed to list the activity of the material in SI units.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2), 173.415(a), 172.201(d), 172.202(a), 172.203(c), 172.203(d)(4)]
Case No. 01T-060-RMS-HQ
$4,000
SOUTHERN WATER TREATMENT
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a 24-hour emergency response telephone number of a person who did not accept responsibility for providing information.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.24(f), 172.604(b), 172.201(d)]
Case No. 01T-073-SD-SO
$2,040
SOUTHERN WATER TREATMENT SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquid, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a shipping name, hazard class, packing group, 24-hour emergency response telephone number, or shipper’s certification; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.202(a), 172.204(a), 172.604(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 02T-005-SD-CE
$3,442
GENE SPEARS SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-008-TRN-SW
$250
SPECTRA TEK SERVICES
(Shipper)
Offered radioactive materials in a package marked as meeting the DOT 7A Type A specification without maintaining complete documentation of tests performed; failed to properly test a DOT 7A Type A packaging.
[173.415(a), 173.466(a)(2)]
Case No. 02T-099-RMS-SW
$1,500
STAR SALES CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; failed to maintain a copy of a DOT approval at the shipping location; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper the failed to list a DOT approval number.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 173.22(a)(2)(iv), Approval T – 0144, 172.101–Provision N10, Approval T-0144]
Case No. 02T-025-SB-SO
$970
STARBOARD TECHNOLOGIES
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a 24-hour emergency response telephone number of a person who did not accept responsibility for providing information; failed to provide employee training.
[172.604(b), 172.201(d), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-055-SB-SO
$1,120
THE STEBBINS ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-035-TRN-EA
$960
STEPAN COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[178.601(b), 173.24(f)(2)]
Case No. 02T-015-SD-SO
$1,000
STERLING LACQUER MANUFACTURING COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered paint in a steel drum marked as meeting the UN1A1/Y standard that was not closed as designed and tested.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d), 173.22(a)(4), 173.201(c)]
Case No. 02T-036-SD-CE
$2,000
STONER, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered difluoroethane, tetrafluoroethane, and dimethylether mixtures in DOT 2Q containers, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.304(a)]
Case No. 02T-005-EXR-HQ
$500
STOP FIRE SALES & SERVICE, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide general awareness employee training, and failed to create and retain records of function-specific training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-060-CR-SO
$320
SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification; failed to mark the inspection date on portable tanks marked as meeting the DOT 57 specification.
[173.22(a)(2) and (4), 173.173(b)(1), 173.202(c), 173.32(a)(2), 180.605(k)]
Case No. 02T-021-SD-EA
$2,200
SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-082-TRN-SW
$250
SUNSET JANITORIAL SUPPLY
(Shipper)
Offered flammable liquids, n.o.s., PG III, without executing a shipping paper or providing a 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.202(a), 172.604(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 02T-015-SB-CE
$2,662
SUPERIOR LINK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[172.601(a)(5)]
Case No. 02T-039-REG-EA
$400
SUPPLYCORE.COM
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.608, 107.612]
Case No. 02T-033-REG-WE
$750
SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offering a hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list a proper shipping name or 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.201(a)(1), 172.604(a), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-031-SD-SO
$1,480
SWARCO INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.601(a) and (b), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-052-SB-SO
$650
TANKINETICS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-029-TRN-SW
$250
TANOX, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 02T-037-TRN-SW
$500
TAYLOR TRUCKING
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to file a written hazardous materials incident report within 30 days of an unintentional release of hazardous materials.
[171.16]
Case No. 02T-058-HMI-HQ
$1,000
TECHTON AMERICAN, INC.
(Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[107.601(e), 107.608(a) and (b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 02T-033-REG-CE
$1,250
TELECHEM CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper in which the basic shipping description failed to include a technical name and was entered in the incorrect order; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.201(a)(4), 172.203(k), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-027-SP-SO
$850
TERMINAL TRUCKING CO.
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to file a written hazardous materials incident report within 30 days of an unintentional release of hazardous materials.
[171.16]
Case No. 02T-030-HMI-HQ
$1,000
TESTING ENGINEERS – NEVADA, INC.
(Shipper)
Failing to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-018-TRN-WE
$250
TETRA CHEMICALS
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect shipping name; and listed the basic shipping description in an incorrect sequence.
[172.202(a)(1), 172.202(b)]
Case No. 02T-034-SCTT-SW
$650
TEXAS FIRE & SAFETY EQUIPMENT CO.
(Cylinder Retester)
Performed a hydrostatic retest at a pressure below the minimum test pressure.
[173.34(e)(1)(ii)]
Case No. 01T-088-CR-SW
$787
THREE G PREMIUM SUPPLY
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-038-TRN-SW
$250
TIERRA ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.200(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-084-RMS-SW
$1,375
TIMCO AVIATION SALES CO.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that contained a unauthorized 24-hour emergency response telephone number of a person who did not accept responsibility for providing information.
[172.201(d), 172.604(b)]
Case No. 02T-012-SB-SO
$1,040
TMT PARKWAY
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-039-TRN-WE
$250
TONCEE, INC.
(Shipper)
Failing to register with RSPA.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b)]
Case No. 02T-034-REG-SO
$400
C. A. TORBETT, INC.
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a numerical hazard class or packing group; failed to maintain hazardous materials registration information in the transport vehicle.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.202(a)(2) and (4), 107.620(b)]
Case No. 02T-028-CAR-SO
$1,250
TOUCHDOWN FREIGHT, INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[107.601(e), 107.608(a) and (b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 02T-030-REG-CE
$1,250
TOWER AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601(e), 107.608(a) and (b)]
Case No. 02T-048-REG-CE
$2,250
TRANSBAS, INC./UNITED AGRI PRODUCTS
(Shipper)
Allowed tank cars to remain standing with the loading and unloading connection attached after transfer operations had been completed, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[172.302(c), 174.67(i) and (j)]
Case No. 02T-002-EXR-HQ
$500
TRANSWORLD SHIPPING (USA), INC.
(Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(b)]
Case No. 02T-048-NVO-SW
$375
H. O. TRERICE COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered mercury accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a packing group or a signed shipper’s certification.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d), 172.202(a)(4), 172.204(a)]
Case No. 02T-004-SB-CE
$1,000
TRUE DRILLING, LLC
(Shipper)
Transported certain Class 3 liquids in three non-DOT-specification truck-mounted containers described as mechanical displacement meter provers, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.201, 173.202, 173.203, 173.242, 173.243]
Case No. 01T-066-EXR-HQ
$500
TUNNEL BARREL & DRUM CO., INC.
(Drum Reconditioner)
Represented, certified, and offered reconditioned drums that were not capable of passing the hydrostatic test; failed to provide function-specific employee training; failed to provide closure instructions.
[178.605, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2), 171.2(c)]
Case No. 01T-037-DR-EA
$5,478
U.S. FORWARDING AGENCY, L.L.C.
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-085-FF-SW
$937
UNIMAX EXPRESS, INC.
(Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 107.601(a)(6), 107.608(b)]
Case No. 02T-058-NVO-SW
$750
UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close UN standard drums in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification in the packaging's test report.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 02T-095-SD-HQ
$1,250
UNISERVICE AMERICAS, LLC
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper with an unsigned shipper’s certification.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.704(d), 172.204(d)]
Case No. 02T-089-SD-SW
$1,487
UNISOURCE
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a shipping name; or include a signed shipper’s certification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.202(a)(1), 172.204(d), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 02T-005-SB-SW
$900
UNISOURCE WORLDWIDE, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list an authorized 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.604(a) and (b)]
Case No. 02T-028-SB-CE
$1,300
UNIVERSAL FIRE PROTECTION
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to verify the accuracy of the test equipment to within one percent of actual test pressure; failing to maintain accurate records of reinspection and retest; failed to mark a cylinder with the letter “S” to indicate the modified retest method; failed to provide general awareness employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[173.34(e)(4)(iii), 173.34(e)(8)(ii), 173.34(e)(7)(ii), 173.34(e)(11) and (19), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (d)]
Case No. 01T-059-CR-SO
$3,225
UNIVERSAL PACKAGING SYSTEM, INC.
(Shipper)
Failing to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-022-TRN-WE
$750
US SOUTHWEST EXPRESS, INC.
Failing to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training.
[107.608, 107.612, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-008-REG-WE
$1,500
VALLEY GAS & SPECIALITY EQUIPMENT
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional information prior to the basic shipping description, which was also not in the required sequence.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.202(b), 172.201(a)(4)]
Case No. 02T-079-SC-SW
$812
VARSAL INSTRUMENTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the technical name, unit of measure, and proper shipping name.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.200(a), 172.202(a), (c), and (d)]
Case No. 02T-045-TRN-EA
$1,210
VELOCITY EXPRESS
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; accepted hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that had not been certified by the shipper.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d), 177.817(a)]
Case No. 02T-006-CAR-SW
$1,650
VELOCITY EXPRESS CORPORATION
(Freight Forwarder)
Transported batteries, wet, filled with acid, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a proper shipping name, hazard class, UN identification number, packing group, or total weight; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[177.801, 177.817(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 02T-017-SB-CE
$2,250
VET’S EXPLOSIVES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to mark bulk packaging with the appropriate DOT exemption number; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list a DOT exemption number.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), DOT-E 8554, 172.203(a)]
Case No. 02T-112-SE-HQ
$2,000
VIRGINIA INDUSTRIAL CLEANERS & EQUIPMENT CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without preparing shipping papers; failed to mark packages with the proper shipping name and identification number; offered hazardous materials without affixing a subsidiary label to the packages; failed to provide employee training.
[172.200(a), 172.202, 172.301(a), 172.402(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-025-SD-EA
$3,000
WARREN PAINT & COLOR COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer’s closure notification; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.24(f)(2), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-014-SD-SO
$1,400
WASHINGTON AIR COMPRESSOR RENTAL CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.704(d), 107.601(a)]
Case No. 02T-031-TREG-EA
$650
WATERTECH, INC.
(Shipper)
Unloaded certain Class 5.1 and Class 8 liquids from UN standard intermediate bulk containers without removing them from the motor vehicle on which they were transported, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[177.834(h)]
Case No. 02T-104-EXR-HQ
$500
WATTERS AND MARTIN, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to mark packages containing liquid hazardous materials with orientation arrows.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.312(a)]
Case No. 01T-063-TRN-EA
$2,000
WEBER & TROSETH
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain complete and accurate records of hydrostatic calibrations and retest; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[173.34(e)(8)(ii), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 01T-054-CR-CE
$1,800
WELDING EQUIPMENT AND REPAIR SERVICE, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Marked DOT 4BW240 cylinders by etching, rather than by stamping with steel stamps; failed to include permanent expansion, service pressure, and DOT specification numbers on records of reinspection and retest, and did not maintain any records for low-pressure cylinders; failed to maintain a copy of 49CFR and copies of applicable exemptions at its facility; failed to provide recurrent general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[173.34(e)(7)(ii), 173.34(e)(13), 173.34(e)(8), 173.34(e)(13), 173.34(e)(6), 173.34(e)(2), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-009-CR-EA
$2,520
WESTERN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failing to register with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission as a party to a packaging approval; failed to have emergency response guide information immediately available.
[173.471(a), 172.602(a), (b), and (c)(1)]
Case No. 02T-023-RMS-WE
$2,750
WHEELER’S AUTOBODY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered paint-related material accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list a proper shipping name; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.202(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 02T-037-SB-CE
$1,000
WHITAKER CHEMICAL, LLC
Offered a shipment of sodium hydroxide solution in an intermediate bulk container marked as meeting the UN31HH1 standard that had not been retested for leakproofness in more than 2.5 years, and for which retest records had not been maintained.
[180.352(b)(1), 180.352(f)]
Case No. 02T-022-SPT-SO
$2,100
WHITFORD CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 01T-085-TRN-EA
$300
WILSHIRE CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a 24-hour emergency response telephone number that was not monitored at all times while the materials were in transportation.
[172.604]
Case No. 02T-016-SB-WE
$650
WPC CONSOLIDATOR S, INC.
(Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(b) 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 02T-063-NVO-SW
$1,000
WYLE LABORATORIES, INC.
(Third-Party Package Certifier)
Represented and certified packaging to the UN1A1 standard when design qualification testing was not adequately documented in order to assure a reasonably repeatable method of closure.
[178.601(l)(6), 178.602(a)]
Case No. 01T-057-PC-SO
$1,000
WYLE LABORATORIES, INC.
(Third-Party Package Certifier)
Represented and certified multi-walled paper bags as meeting the UN5M2 standard, and prepared test reports that did not include the closure method for the open end of the tested package, the maximum capacity of the tested bag, and the characteristics of the test contents.
[178.601(l)(6), (7), and (8)]
Case No. 02T-081-PC-HQ
$1,562
YAZAKI NORTH AMERICA
(Shipper)
Represented and certified multi-walled paper bags as meeting the UN5M2 standard, and prepared test reports that did not include the closure method for the open end of the tested package, the maximum capacity of the tested bag, and the characteristics of the test contents.
[178.601(l)(6), (7),and (8)]
Case No. 02T-081-PC-HQ
Total Tickets - 425
Total Penalties - $538,115
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