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5 Star Industrial Containers, LLC

Company Name:
5 Star Industrial Containers, LLC
Enforcement Order Type:
Orders of the Chief Counsel
Case Number:
21-0160-PC-SW
Report Date:

Docket Number: PHMSA-2021-0096

Respondent was assessed a civil penalty of $6,380 for three violations of the HMR when it distributed UN standard IBCs while failing to notify in writing each person to whom a packaging is transferred of all requirements not met at the time of transfer, including closure instructions; allowed employees to perform functions subject to the requirements of the HMR, while failing to provide general awareness, function-specific, and security awareness training to hazmat employees; and represented and certified UN standard IBCs as meeting the requirement of the HMR, while failing to keep records of periodic retest and inspection for each packaging.