Docket Number: PHMSA-2020-0058

Respondent was assessed a civil penalty of $18,240 for four violations of the HMR when it offered for transportation a hazardous material (UN3178, Flammable solid, inorganic, n.o.s., 4.1, PG III), that was misclassified on the shipping paper with incorrect markings, labels, and placards; offered for transportation (UN0432, Articles, pyrotechnic, 1.4S), in an amount requiring placarding, while having an incomplete security plan; offered for transportation (UN0485, Substance, explosives, n.o.s., 1.4G), while failing to comply with the terms of an explosive approval; and allowed employees to perform a function subject to the requirements of the HMR when the employees had not received hazardous materials general awareness, function-specific, safety, and security awareness training.