A & A INDUSTRIAL FLOOR COATINGS
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered corrosive liquid, n.o.s., without preparing a shipping paper.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d), 172.200]
Case No. 01T-006-SP-CE
$2,262
A+ CHEMICAL SALES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper with an incorrect shipping description; failed to provide general awareness employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.200(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1)]
Case No. 01T-002-SB-SW
$890
A-1 CHEMICAL
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-039-TRN-WE
$750
A-BARR SALES CORPORATION
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain accurate records of reinspection and retest.
[173.34(e)(8)(ii)]
Case No. 00T-045-CR-CE
$750
ABASSI WHOLESALES
(Shipper)
Failed to mark a package containing cigarette lighters with the proper shipping name; failed to provide general awareness employee training.
[172.301(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1)]
Case No. 01T-012-SB-SW
$1,300
ABX DIAGNOSTIC, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training; offered a PGIII hazardous material by air in an unauthorized packaging.
[107.601(a)(6), 172.702(b), 172.704(a), 173.27(a)]
Case No. 00T-051-SB-EA
$3,000
AC DELCO
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 00T-068-SC-SW
$1,200
ACME FINISHING COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-014-TRN-CE
$712
ADCHEM, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not properly describe them, and contained an unsigned shipper's certification; and did not include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.202(a) and (b), 172.204(d), 172.604(a)(1)]
Case No. 01T-018-SD-EA
$2,240
ADHESIVES AND CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to properly close drums in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.24(f)(1)]
Case No. 00T-043-SD-EA
$1,800
ADVANCED CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in improperly closed drums; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included a 24-hour emergency response telephone number not monitored at all times; failed to include the designation " RQ" on the shipping paper.
[173.202, 172.604(a), 172.203(c)(2)]
Case No. 01T-039-SD-EA
$2,870
ADVANCED POLYMER COATINGS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect UN identification number.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.202(a)(3)]
Case No. 01T-041-TRN-EA
$1,150
AIR LIQUIDE AMERICA CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to verify the pressure of a cylinder representative of that day's compression, and maintain a record thereof for at least 30 days.
[173.302(e)(1)]
Case No. 01T-052-SC-SW
$375
AIRCRAFT SPRUCE, INC.
Failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 00T-064-TRN-SO
$320
AIRGAS SOUTH, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered and transported oxygen, compressed, in a cylinder that had not been retested as required and thus was not authorized to be used.
[173.301(c), 173.22, 173.24]
Case No. 01T-039-SC-SO
$2,920
ALASKA – PACIFIC POWDER COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials under the terms of an exemption accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the exemption number.
[172.203(a)]
Case No. 01T-026-SE-HQ
$500
ALBUQUERQUE CHEMICAL CO.
(Shipper)
Offered a hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper that listed the 24-hour emergency response telephone number of an organization that had not accepted responsibility for providing information about the material; failed to provide employee training.
[172.604, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-058-SBD-SW
$1,538
ALL FIRE TEST, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain accurate records of hydrostatic retest, including failing to record daily calibration of the calibrate cylinder.
[173.34(e)(8)(ii)]
Case No. 00T-044-CR-CE
$1,000
ALL STATE CAULKING SUPPLY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a 24-hour emergency response telephone number that was not correct and/or operational; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.604(a) and (b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 00T-041-SB-CE
$1,350
ALLIANCE PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 01T-034-TRN-SW
$375
ALLIANT MISSILE PRODUCTS
D/B/A ALLIANT TECH SYSTEMS
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.608, 107.612]
Case No. 00T-045-REG-WE
$500
ALTA GENETICS USA, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain record of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 00T-046-TRN-CE
$750
AMERICAN CHECK TRANSPORT, INC.
(Carrier)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.608]
Case No. 01T-012-REG-HQ
$400
AMERICAN CHEM – PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-009-TRN-SW
$600
AMERICAN FIREWORKS MANUFACTURING CO, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-049-SE-EA
$250
AMERICAN FREIGHTWAYS, INC.
(Motor Carrier)
Accepted and transported a shipment of hazardous material when the shipper's certification on the shipping paper had not been signed.
[171.2(b), 171.2(a), 172.204(d)]
Case No. 01T-019-CBD-SW
$300
AMERICAN RADIOLABELED CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-031-TRN-HQ
$750
AMITRON CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 01T-015-TRN-CE
$576
ANCHOR LITHKEMKO
(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. 01T-034-SD-SO
$1,400
ANKO PRODUCTS
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-056-SD-SW
$938
API INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-007-TRN-CE
$600
APPLIED TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1)]
Case No. 01T-003-TRN-SO
$320
APRIA HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-042-SC-EA
$600
AQUA LAB INDUSTRIES
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of the test equipment to within one percent of test pressure; failed to provide employee training; failed to maintain accurate records of visual reinspection and hydrostatic retest.
[173.34(e)(4)(iii), 172.702(b), 172.704(a), 173.34(e)(8)(ii)]
Case No. TKT-99-27-WE
$1,880
ARDAMAN & ASSOCIATES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered radioactive materials accompanied by a shipping paper the listed the elements of the basic shipping description in an incorrect sequence; and that did not list the activity in SI units; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.202(b), 172.203(d)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)]
Case No. 01T-020-RMS-HQ
$1,250
ARGO FIRE EQUIPMENT COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered fire extinguishers, 2.2, accompanied by a shipping paper that mis-described them and did not include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.201, 172.202(a) and (b), 172.604(a) and (b), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 00T-037-SC-CE
$2,037
ARGYLE WELDING SUPPLY, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
After equipment malfunction, repeated the retest at the same pressure, rather than at a pressure 10% or 100 psi higher, whichever is lower.
[173.34(e)(4)(v)]
Case No. 00T-052-CR-SW
$1,162
ARIES PAPER & CHEMICAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper; failed to provide general awareness employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[[172.200(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (d)]
Case No. 00T-075-SBD-SW
$1,375
ARMADILLO PHOTO SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 00T-069-SB-SW
$750
ASHLAND, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered incompatible materials in lab packs in the same motor vehicle, after its authority under a DOT exemption had expired.
[177.848]
Case No. 01T-017-EXR-HQ
$500
ASHLAND, INC.
D/B/A ASHLAND DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in a packaging that was unauthorized because it was improperly closed; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that had additional unauthorized information interspersed in the basic shipping description.
[178.2(a), 172.201(a)(4)]
Case No. 01T-035-SD-EA
$2,420
ATCO INTERNATIONAL
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-037-SD-SO
$320
ATOTECH USA, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 01T-012-SD-EA
$1,968
B-WAY CORPORATION
(Jerrican Manufacturer)
Failed to mark a UN certification on a packaging in a permanent manner.
[178.3(a)(3)]
Case No. 01T-008-JM-SO
$250
BACON EQUIPMENT CO.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to perform a hydrostatic retest at the minimum test pressure.
[173.34(e)]
Case No. 01T-049-CR-SW
$866
BECKHART ENVIRONMENTAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in a drum marked as meeting the UN1H1/Y standard that was not closed as designed and tested.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-047-SD-CE
$1,250
BEIKIRCH AMMUNITION CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered smokeless powder accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect packing group; marked a package containing smokeless powder with an incorrect UN identification number.
[172.202(a)(4), 173.171(d), 172.301(a)]
Case No. 01T-014-SE-HQ
$800
BELL & HOWELL
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. TKT-99-51-CE
$863
BELL INDUSTRIES
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 01T-036-TRN-CE
$562
BENNETTE PAINT MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Offered paint related material without including them on an accompanying shipping paper; failed to affix hazard warning labels on the same package surface as the shipping name.
[172.200(a), 172.202(a), 172.406(a)(ii)]
Case No. 01T-024-SB-EA
$1,375
BERKLEY EXPRESS, INC.
(Carrier)
Failed to provide employee training; accepted and transported hazardous materials without a shipping paper.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.200(a), 172.202(a)]
Case No. 01T-016-CC-EA
$2,250
BESCO GRAPHIC SYSTEMS CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered a "n.o.s." hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect shipping name and did not list a proper shipping name followed by the technical name; failed to mark an overpack with the statement that the inside packages complied with prescribed specifications.
[172.202(a) and (d), 173.25(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-028-SD-CE
$2,300
E. BESLER & COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional unauthorized information before or within the basic shipping description, and did not list a 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.201(a)(4), 172.604(a) and (b)]
Case No. 01T-010-SB-CE
$1,237
BEST PACKAGING & CRATING, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-043-TRN-WE
$250
BESTON CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.608]
Case No. 00T-061-SE-SW
$375
BETCO CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials that exceeded the authorized gross mass for the packaging, and then re-shipped the material.
[173.202]
Case No. 01T-032-SB-EA
$3,062
BFPE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of its test equipment to within 500 psi of actual test pressure.
[173.34(e)(4)(iii)(A)]
Case No. 01T-007-SC-EA
$2,052
BIMAX, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide the foreign shipper and forwarding agent at the place of entry into the United States with timely and complete information about the packaging closure.
[173.2(c)]
Case No. 00T-037-SD-EA
$1,300
BLENTECH, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in a non-UN standard packaging.
[173.203(a)]
Case No. 01T-017-SD-SW
$1,875
BOC GASES
(Shipper)
Offered hydrogen and mixtures of hydrogen with helium, argon, and nitrogen in cylinders that were pressurized to 110% of the marked service pressure, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.304(c)]
Case No. 01T-025-EXR-HQ
$500
BOCK DRUM COMPANY, INC.
(Drum Reconditioner)
Represented, marked, certified, and sold reconditioned drums as meeting a UN standard, when they were not capable of passing the drop test; failed to return used drums to their original shape and contour; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[178.601(b), 173.38(c)(3), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 00T-061-DR-EA
$6,437
BOX CONSOLIDATOR S USA, LLC
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.608]
Case No. 00T-038-SD-EA
$750
BPI
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a shipper's certification; failed to provide employee training.
[172.204(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-068-SD-SW
$1,275
BRETFORD MANUFACTURING, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1)]
Case No. 01T-011-TRN-CE
$350
BRISTOL BAY CONRACTORS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered and transported hazardous materials in a cargo tank without maintaining records of inspections of the hose and safety valves, and without maintaining ASME U1A certification data; failed to register with RSPA.
[180.416(d)(5), 180.417(a)(1), 107.601]
Case No. 01T-006-SCT-HQ
$1,800
BROADWAY WAREHOUSES OF ILLINOIS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-017-TRN-CE
$600
BROWN MEDICAL IMAGING, LLC
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-026-TRN-CE
$600
BRUNO'S DIVE SHOP, INC.
D/B/A PRESSURE VESSEL TESTING
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain accurate records of reinspection and retest by failing to record cylinders that failed the visual inspection prior to conducting the hydrostatic retest; failed to provide written notification to owners of cylinders that they had been condemned.
[173.34(e)(8)(ii), 173.34(e)(6)(iii)]
Case No. 00T-032-CR-CE
$2,375
BUFFALO CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-045-SD-SW
$250
THE BULLEN COMPANIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in fiberboard combination packaging that was not properly closed; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[173.202(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 01T-001-SB-EA
$2,474
BURNAM INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL & PAPER, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a basic shipping description or a shipper's certification; without executing a shipping paper; failed to provide employee training.
[172.200(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-043-SBD-SW
$1,265
BUSCH AND SCHMITT, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list a 24-hour emergency response number monitored at all times; failed to provide employee training.
[172.604(a)(1), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-033-SD-CE
$1,120
BUTLER CHEMICALS
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-031-SB-WE
$750
C.F. MARINE SUPPLIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[107.601(a)(6), 172.200, 172.201, 172.202, 172.600, 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 00T-062-SB-SO
$2,500
CAE, INC.
D/B/A WILDCAT FUELS
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that did not list a hazard class or division, that listed the basic shipping description in an incorrect sequence, and did not include the technical name in parentheses.
[172.202(a)]
Case No. 00T-029-SB-CE
$800
CALCIQUEST, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included unauthorized abbreviations in the basic shipping description, listed it in an incorrect sequence and with additional unauthorized information within, failed to include a unit of measurement for the quantity, listed the hazard class incorrectly, failed to include an "X"designation in the HM column, failed to sign the shipper's certification; and that did not include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number monitored at all times.
[172.200(a), 172.201(a)(iii), (a)(3) and (4), 172.202(a)(5), 172.202(b), 172.604(a)]
Case No. 00T-035-SD-EA
$1,050
CAMPBELL FIRE PROTECTION
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to conduct testing with equipment demonstrated to be accurate (the calibrated cylinder exhibited permanent expansion).
[173.34(e)(4)(iii)]
Case No. 01T-022-CR-EA
$1,460
CANPAK, INC.
(Jerrican Manufacturer)
Failed to provide closure notification for packages marked as meeting a UN standard.
[178.3(c)]
Case No. 01T-030-JM-EA
$250
CAPITOL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in lab pack quantities in the same container or transport vehicle as certain other hazardous materials not in compliance with the segregation requirements, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[174.81, 176.83, 177.848]
Case No. 01T-045-EXR-HQ
$500
CAR BRITE, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in packaging that was not closed as designed and tested.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-049-SD-CE
$938
CAROLINA CARBONIC AND HYDROTESTING, INC.
(Cylinder Retesting)
Failed to conduct recurrent function-specific employee training; filed to maintain complete records of hydrostatic retesting, by not recording information about the calibrated cylinder or the percent of permanent expansion for each cylinder; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2), 173.34(e)(8)(ii)(B), 172.604(b)]
Case No. TKT-99-09-EA
$905
CAROLINA WATER SYSTEMS
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training.
[107.601(a)(6), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-011-SPT-SO
$720
R. CARTER & ASSOCIATES, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to verify the accuracy of the test equipment to within 500 psi of the actual test pressure; failed to maintain complete and accurate records of reinspection and retest.
[173.34(e)(4)(iii)(A), 173.34(e)(8)(ii)]
Case No. 00T-046-CR-SO
$1,860
CASAS INTERNATIONAL BROKERAGE, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered a hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper with no shipper's certification; and without listing a 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.204(d)(1), 172.604(a), 107.608(b)]
Case No. 01T-040-SD-SW
$1,750
CATER CHEMICALS CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-040-TRN-CE
$562
CGI INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training; failed to verify the accuracy of the test equipment to within 500 psi of the actual test pressure; marked several cylinders with a "star" marking when it was not authorized for the cylinders.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2), 173.34(e)(4)(iii)(A), 173.34(e)(16)(i)(A)]
Case No. 00T-044-CR-EA
$2,740
CENTER INDUSTRIAL & MAINTENANCE SUPPLY CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to identify them as hazardous; failed to provide employee training.
[172.200(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-51-EA
$1,260
CHELSEA BOTTLE COMPANY, 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. 01T-048-TRN-EA
$450
CHEM TECH
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included the items of the basic shipping description in the wrong sequence, that listed an incorrect shipping name and hazard class, and included an unsigned shipper's certification.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.202(b), 172.204(d)(1)]
Case No. TKT-98-104-SW
$500
CHEM-TREND, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered flammable liquids, n.o.s., in drums marked as meeting the UN1A2 standard that were not closed as designed and tested.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.201(c)]
Case No. 01T-024-SD-CE
$937
CHEMCENTRAL LOS ANGELES
(Shipper)
Failed to conduct an alternate leakage tests on reconditioned drums, and to properly mark a UN certification on a packaging.
[173.28(b)(2)(i), 178.503(c)(iv)]
Case No. 00T-033-SD-WE
$1,250
CHEMCO INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in used plastic drums marked as meeting a UN standard without reconditioning them or testing them for leakproofness; offered them accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a proper shipping name and technical name, and that failed to list a 24-hour emergency response number.
[173.28(b)(2)(i), 172.202(a)(1), 172.203(k), 172.604(a)]
Case No. 00T-059-SD-SO
$2,520
CHEMICAL CONSULTANTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.608, 107.612]
Case No. 01T-005-REG-WE
$750
CHEMICAL SPECIALTIES MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered a hazardous material in an improperly closed combination packaging.
[178.2(b)(2)]
Case No. 01T-009-SB-EA
$2,343
CHEMPLEX
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 01T-064-SD-SW
$937
CHEMSONG, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-038-TRN-CE
$750
CHEMSTATION SOUTHEAST
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b)]
Case No. 01T-044-SD-SO
$400
CITATION TEXAS FOUNDRIES
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.704(d), 172.604(a)]
Case No. 01T-061-SD-SW
$1,225
CK WITCO 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. 00T-070-SD-SW
$1,238
CLARK PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper the failed to list the basic shipping description in the proper sequence.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.201(a), 172.202(b)]
Case No. 01T-009-SB-CE
$1,100
CLAWSON CONTAINER COMPANY
(IBC Manufacturer)
Represented and marked intermediate bulk containers as meeting the UN31H1 standard, while failing to notify in writing each person to whom the packaging was transferred of the requirements needed to complete the standard.
[178.2(c)(1)]
Case No. 01T-028-SIBC-WE
$1,500
CLAYTON GROUP SERVICES
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number monitored at all times the materials were in transportation.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.604(a)(1)]
Case No. 01T-022-SB-CE
$1,325
CMP COATINGS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 00T-060-SD-SW
$563
COBBLESTONE ENGINEERING, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list only one 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), (c)(2), and (d), 172.604(a)(3)]
Case No. 00T-005-RMS-SW
$1,265
THE COLUMBUS SERUM COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper the failed to list a proper shipping name; failed to provide employee training.
[172.202(a)(1), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-038-SB-CE
$1,350
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF SAN BERNARDINO
(Shipper)
Failed to properly close packages; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[173.24a(a)(3), 173.24(b) and (f), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-001-SD-SO
$1,250
COMPASS CHEMICAL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide a foreign shipper and forwarding agent at the place of entry into the United States with timely and complete information as to the requirements of the Hazardous Materials that will apply to a shipment of hazardous materials within the United States.
[171.12(a)]
Case No. 01T-015-IMP-SW
$800
CONTAINER PACKAGING, INC.
(Fiber Box Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold combination packaging as meeting the UN4G standard, when the packaging was marked with the symbol of a company other than the certifying agency.
[178.2(b), 178.3(a), 178.503(a)(8)]
Case No. 00T-027-BM-CE
$3,600
CONTINENTAL COATINGS CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.24(b)]
Case No. 00T-069-SD-SO
$1,000
CORNELL UNIVERSITY, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of its test equipment to within one percent, prior to retesting cylinders; failed to maintain complete and accurate records of hydrostatic retesting.
[173.34(e)(4)(iii), 173.34(e)(8)]
Case No. 01T-020-CR-EA
$1,350
COTEY CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper listing a 24-hour emergency response telephone number that was not monitored at all times while the materials were in transportation; failed to provide general awareness employee training.
[172.604(a)(1), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1)]
Case No. 01T-013-SD-SW
$770
COUNTY CHEMICAL
(Shipper)
Failed to ensure that the closure devices were applied in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training.
[178.2(a)(2), 173.22(a)(4), 107.608, 107.612, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-003-SD-WE
$1,750
CPO2, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-019-SC-EA
$750
CREATIVE PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in Classes 2, 3, 8, 9, and Division 5.1 as Consumer Commodity when the weight exceeded 30 Kg per package, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.156(a)]
Case No. 01T-002-EXR-HQ
$500
CUBIST PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-027-TRN-HQ
$250
CVC SPECIALITY CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to mark packages with a shipping name and UN identification number; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that include additional unauthorized information within the basic shipping description; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; failed to properly close packages containing hazardous materials in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[172.301(a), 172.202(a) and (b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-057-SD-EA
$4,660
CYLSERVE, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain complete records of reinspection and retest; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; failed to notify the Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety about a change in retesting personnel.
[173.34(e)(8)(ii)(B), 172.704(d), 173.34(e)(2)(iv)]
Case No. 00T-046-CR-EA
$1,000
D.P. FIRE & SAFETY, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to create and maintain records of hydrostatic testing for DOT low-pressure cylinders.
[173.34(e)(8)(ii)]
Case No. 00T-045-CR-EA
$1,125
DALLAS STEEL DRUMS, INC.
(Drum Reconditioner)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-020-TRN-SW
$250
DANA/PACERS INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper covering several items that either listed incorrect, or did not list at all, shipping names, hazard classes, identification numbers, packing groups, technical names, unit of measure for the total quantity; and that listed a 24-hour emergency response telephone number belonging to a party who did accept responsibility for providing information; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.200(a), 172.202(a), 172.604(a) and (b), 172.201(d), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 01T-041-SB-SO
$2,040
DAY FIRE & SAFETY, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to verify the accuracy of its test equipment to within one percent of actual test pressure; failed to maintain complete records of reinspection and retest; failed to maintain at its test facility copies of DOT exemptions being retested.
[173.34(e)(4)(iii)(A), 173.34(e)(8)(ii), 173.34(e)(2)(v)(B)]
Case No. 01T-019-CR-SO
$1,490
DE ENTERPRISES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered ethyl methacrylate, 3, accompanied by a shipping paper that contained additional unauthorized information within the basic shipping description; and a 24-hour emergency response telephone number that was not monitored at all times; failed to provide employee training.
[172.202(b), 172.604(a)(1), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-029-SP-CE
$1,440
DEEP REEF TRADING CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the proper shipping name, hazard class, and UN identification number, and failed to include the required emergency response information; failed to provide employee training.
[172.201(a), 172.600, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-047-SB-SO
$1,800
DIVERS EQUIPMENT AND REPAIR SERVICE, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain the prescribed information on a record for each cylinder retested or visually inspected.
[173.34(e)(8)(ii)(B)]
Case No. 01T-054-CR-SW
$375
DIVERSITECH TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide employee training; failed to register with RSPA.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.24(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a), 107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b)]
Case No. 00T-065-SB-SO
$1,720
DONAHUE INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Allowed railroad tank cars to remain standing unattended with their unloading attachments connected, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[174.67(i) and (j)]
Case No. 00T-024-EXR-HQ
$750
DPC INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to conduct a retest or inspection of an intermediate bulk container within the required 2.5-year period.
[180.352(b)]
Case No. 01T-038-SIBC-SW
$1,312
DURACOAT PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.608, 107.612]
Case No. 01T-030-REG-WE
$750
DURAFLEX, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list a complete proper shipping name, that failed to list a technical name or the "Limited Quantity" designation, and that included an unsigned shipper's certification; failed to properly complete packages of hazardous materials, including failure to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.201(a)(1) and (4), 172.203(b) and (k), 172.204(a) and (d), 173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 01T-010-SB-EA
$2,740
DURDEN DRUM SERVICE AND RECYCLING
(Drum Broker/Shipper)
Represented, marked, and certified reconditioned steel drums as meeting the UN1A1 standard when notification of closure instructions was not provided to satisfy performance test requirements; failed to provide general awareness employee training.
[178.2(c)(1), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1)]
Case No. 01T-026-SD-SO
$1,250
EASTERDAY FLUID TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.704(c)(2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-041-TRN-CE
$600
EASTON HOSPITAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized 24-hour emergency response telephone number; offered hazardous materials in an unauthorized packaging.
[172.201(d), 172.604(a), 173.22(a)(2), 173.24(d)(1), 173.134(a)(4), 173.197 and DOT-E 11686]
Case No. 00T-060-SBG-EA
$3,925
ECONOMY FIRE EXTINGUISHER COMPANY, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to have a current retester's identification number; failed to maintain current copies of DOT exemptions for exemption cylinders being retested at its facility; failed to maintain records of employee function-specific training testing.
[173.34(e)(2)(i), 173.34(e)(2)(v)(A), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-011-CR-EA
$1,570
ELLSWORTH ADHESIVE SYSTEMS
(Fiber Box Manufacturer/Shipper)
Represented, marked, and certified fiberboard boxes as meeting a UN standard when the packages had not been periodically tested and were marked with an incorrect third-party certifier designator.
[178.601(c), 178.503(a)]
Case No. 01T-001-BMS-CE
$1,125
EM ENGINEERED COATING SOLUTIONS
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed the basic shipping description in other than the correct sequence; failed to provide employee training.
[172.202(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-061-SB-SO
$850
ENVIRONMENTAL WASHING SYSTEMS
(Drum Reconditioner)
Failed to supply and/or failed to maintain the notification of closure instructions needed to satisfy performance test requirements; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[178.601(b), 178.2), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 00T-056-DR-SO
$1,320
EPMAR CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 107.608, 107.612]
Case No. 01T-011-REG-WE
$1,000
ERSPLAS, INC.
(Plastic Drum Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold plastic drumss as meeting the UN1H1 standard that were not tested for leakproofness.
[178.601(c)(3), 178.604(b)(1)(i)]
Case No. 01T-022-DM-SO
$2,500
ESPAR PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold temperature control equipment for use in motor vehicles transporting class 3 and division 2.1 hazardous materials, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[177.834(l)(2)]
Case No. 01T-021-EXR-HQ
$500
ESTES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a signed shipper's certification.
[172.204(a) and (d)]
Case No. 01T-014-SBD-SW
$320
EUROTHERM GAUGING SYSTEMS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered radioactive materials for transportation accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a 24-hour emergency response telephone number not monitored at all times; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; offered radioactive materials for transportation accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include the physical and chemical form for a radioactive material.
[172.604(a), 172.704(d), 172.203(d)(3)]
Case No. 00T-028-RMS-HQ
$2,400
F.W. TRANSPORTATION, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered ammonia in drums marked as meeting a UN standard that did not meet the requirements for closure and venting, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.24(g), 173.24a(b)(4)]
Case No. 01T-001-EXR-HQ
$500
FANG CHEMICAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to mark a package with the proper shipping name and UN identification number
[173.22(a)(4), 173.24(b), 172.301(a)]
Case No. 01T-027-SP-SO
$2,200
FEDERAL INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
(Fiberboard Box Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold fiberboard boxes as meeting the UN4G standard, when design qualification testing was not conducted as required.
[178.601(d)]
Case No. 00T-040-MB-EA
$2,267
FICKLING & ASSOCIATES CHEMICAL CO.
(Shipper)
Offered acetone accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a 24-hour emergency response telephone number of a party who did not accept responsibility for providing information; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; failed to register with RSPA; offered isopropanol accompanied by a shipping paper with incorrect or missing shipping names and UN identification numbers, information in the basic shipping description in the wrong place, unauthorized abbreviations, and no total weight.
[172.201(d), 172.604(a) and (b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b), 172.201(a)(3), 172.202(a)(2) and (5)]
Case No. 01T-025-SD-SO
$2,440
FIRE FIGHTERS EQUIPMENT COMPANY
(Cylinder Retester)
After equipment failure, repeated the hydrostatic retest at the same pressure, instead of 10% or 100 psi higher (whichever is lower).
[173.34(e)(4)(v)]
Case No. 01T-035-CR-SO
$1,240
FLANDERS CHEMICAL CO., INC.
(Shippers)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide general awareness employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the packing group.
[107.608(b), 107.601(a)(6), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1), 172.202(a)(4)]
Case No. 01T-059-SD-SW
$500
FLEXABAR CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the unit of measurement of the material being offered and that included an unsigned shipper's certification.
[107.601(a)(6), 172.202(a)(5)]
Case No. 00T-056-SD-EA
$1,100
FLORIDA SANITARY SUPPLIERS
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a 24-hour emergency response number of a company that did not accept responsibility for provide information.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.201(d), 172.604]
Case No. 01T-018-TRN-SO
$1,440
FRITZ COMPANIES CZECH, SRP
(Shipper)
Failed to mark packages containing hazardous materials with a shipping name and UN identification number; failed to label packages containing hazardous materials; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper the did not properly described the material as hazardous; and did not list a 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.301(a), 172.400(a), 172.202(a), 172.604(a)]
Case No. 01T-017-FF-EA
$5,462
J. M. FRY COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the materials in one of the three approved formats; and that failed to list a 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training.
[172.201(a), 172.604, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-003-SD-EA
$3,100
FUGRO SOUTH, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 01T-008-TRN-HQ
$750
GS Polymers
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-038-TRN-WE
$750
GAS TECH, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered compressed gas in cylinders that did not meet the requirements of the Hazardous Materials regulations, in skid-mounted and manifolded rail car tanks, and in cylinders taht were out of test, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.228(b), 173.304, 173.338, 178.38(b), 173.314(c), 173.34(e)(16)(A)]
Case No. 00T-033-EXR-HQ
$2,295
GEER GAS CORPORATION
(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. 00T-031-TRN-CE
$562
GEMINI CIRCUITS
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training.
[172.604, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-064-SD-SW
$1,538
GENERAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close drums certified to a UN standard as designed and tested; offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that did not list the total quantity or the "RQ" designation, and included an unsigned shipper's certification; failed to mark "RQ" on packages in association with the proper shipping name.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.202(a)(5), 172.203(c)(2), 172.204(d), 172.324(b)]
Case No. 01T-042-SD-EA
$2,227
GENESIS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-040-TRN-HQ
$750
GENUINE PARTS COMPANY/EIS HOLDEN DIV.
(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-035-TRN-CE
$750
THE P. D. GEORGE COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in drums marked as meeting the UN1A1 standard that was not closed as designed and tested.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.201(c)]
Case No. 01T-023-SD-CE
$937
GEORGIA – PACIFIC CORPORATION
(Fiber Box Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified and sold fiberboard boxes as meeting the UN4G/Y standard, when the design qualification testing was not conducted as prescribed.
[178.601(d), 178.603, 178.606]
Case No. 01T-043-BM-EA
$3,125
GETINGE/CASTL E, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.604(c), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-055-SD-EA
$1,225
GIVAUDAN FLAVORS, INC.
(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)(1)]
Case No. 01T-020-SB-CE
$520
GLOBAL TERMINAL AND CONTAINER SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601(a)(6)]
Case No. 01T-052-REG-EA
$500
GOURMET GAS PLUS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide a foreign shipper with the requirements of the Hazardous Materials Regulations that would apply to a shipment of hazardous materials within the United States; failed to mark packages with the shipping name and UN identification number; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional unauthorized information within the basic shipping description and did not list the "Limited Quantity" designation.
[171.12(a), 172.301(a), 172.202(b), 172.203(k)]
Case No. 00T-053-SC-EA
$2,437
GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste in unauthorized, untested packages marked as meeting a UN standard, when the design of the packages had changed from the original certification; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[173.134(b)(4)(ii), 173.197, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 01T-030-SB-SO
$2,500
GREIF BROS. CORPORATION
(Plastic Drum Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold plastic drums as meeting the UN1H1 standard while failing to provide a proper closure instruction.
[178.3(a)(3) and (b)]
Case No. 01T-009-PDM-SO
$250
GREIF BROS. CORPORATION
(Steel Drum Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold steel drums as meeting the UN1A1 standard without conducting the test for leakproofness; failed to maintain accurate records of employee training testing.
[178.604(d), 172.704(d)(4) and (5)]
Case No. 01T-003-DM-SW
$1,120
GUARANTEED SUPPLY COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a 24-hour emergency response telephone for which no authorization for its use had been provided.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.201(d), 172.604]
Case No. 01T-016-TRN-SO
$1,440
GULF COAST INTERNATIONAL INSPECTION, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered radioactive material accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the activity in each package, did not use SI units, and did not accurately list the transport index for each package; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.203(d), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-021-RMS-HQ
$650
HANNA RUBBER COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered adhesives, 3, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the hazard class or division, the UN identification number, or the packing group; failed to provide employee training, or create and maintain records of training testing.
[172.201(a), 172.202(a)(2), (3), and (4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 01T-039-SB-CE
$1,912
HANSEN FIRE EQUIPMENT, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain complete and accurate records of reinspection and retest, and failed to maintain current copies of applicable CGA pamphlets at the retest facility.
[173.34(e)(8)(ii)(B), 173.34(e)(2)(v)(C)]
Case No. 01T-031-CR-WE
$1,000
HEALTH CARE WASTE SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste under the terms of a DOT exemption when the effectiveness of the packaging was substantially reduced, due to a lid that was not secure.
[DOT-10833Paragraph 7.b.(1)]
Case No. 01T-031-EX-EA
$2,700
HENDERSONVILLE HOSPITAL
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste in non-standard packaging; failed to mark a package with the shipping name; offered the material without preparing a shipping paper; failed to provide general awareness employee training.
[173.134(b)(4)(ii), 173.197, 172.301(a), 172.202(a), 172.204(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1)]
Case No. 00T-044-SD-SO
$4,800
HILL & GRIFFITH COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in a steel drum marked as meeting the UN1A1/Y standard that had not been closed as designed and tested.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.201(c)]
Case No. 00T-048-SD-CE
$938
WILLIAM HIRD & CO., INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to hold a current approval or retester's identification number; failed to maintain records of visual reinspection and hydrostatic retest; failed to conduct recurrent employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper failed to list a correct shipping name and the numerical hazard class, and that contained additional unauthorized information within the basic shipping description.
[173.34(e)(2)(i), 173.34(e)(8), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2), 172.202(a) and (b)]
Case No. 00T-041-CR-EA
$4,120
HOCKING INTERNATIONAL LABS
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's close notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 01T-036-SBD-SW
$1,187
HONOLULU FREIGHT SERVICE
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-010-TRN-WE
$750
HOWLAND HOOK CONTAINER TERMINAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide empoyee training.
[107.601(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-054-REG-EA
$1,250
HUFF PAPER COMPANY
D/B/A UNITED PAPER CO.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-002-TRN-EA
$300
R. S. HUGHES COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional unauthorized information, and listed the basic shipping description in an incorrect sequence.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.201(a)(4), 172.202(b)]
Case No. 01T-009-TRN-WE
$1,500
HYGEIA ENVIRO-CLEAN, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.604(a)]
Case No. 01T-063-SB-SW
$1,537
IBC SERVICES, INC.
(Third-Party Package Certifier)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-075-TRN-SW
$250
IDEAL CHEMICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[107.601(e), 107.608(a) and (b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 00T-057-SD-SO
$720
IHFP, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in Classes 2, 3, 8, 9, and Division 5.1 as "Consumer Commodity", when the package weight exceeded 30 Kg, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.156(b)]
Case No. 01T-003-EXR-HQ
$500
IHS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a 24-hour emergency response telephone number of a party who did not accept responsibility for providing information; failed to conduct recurrent employee training.
[172.604(a) and (b), 172.201(d), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 00T-054-SPT-SO
$1,120
IJS-EJS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-067-SB-SW
$600
ILLINI FIRE EQUIPMENT
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to mark cylinders to be condemned with Xs over the DOT specification and the service pressure, or stamp "CONDEMNED" on the shoulder, top head, or neck of the cylinders, and failed to notify the owners of condemned cylinders in writing.
[173.34(e)(6)(ii) and (iii)]
Case No. 00T-043-CR-CE
$750 IMPERIAL ADHESIVES
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages as designed, tested, and certified.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.201(c)]
Case No. 01T-013-SD-CE
$1,250
INCARE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-067-TRN-SO
$320
INDEPENDENT CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in drums that were not properly closed.
[173.22(a)(4), 178.2(b)]
Case No. 01T-008-SD-EA
$1,406
INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL & MAINTENANCE CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.201(d), 172.604(a) and (b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a), 107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b)]
Case No. 00T-066-SD-SO
$2,040
INDUSTRIAL CONTAINER RECYCLING, INC.
(Drum Reconditioner)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; failed to provide to customers the closure notification required to satisfy performance test requirements.
[172.704(d), 178.200T-025-DR-SO
$1,493
INDUSTRIAL SPECIALTIES Offered hazardous materials without preparing a hazardous materials shipping paper; failed to provide general awareness employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.200(a), 172.202(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (d)]
Case No. 01T-010-SD-SW
$890
INGRAM MOTORS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a 24-hour emergency response telephone number that was not monitored at all times.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.604]
Case No. 01T-015-TRN-SO
$920
INNOVATIVE POLYMER SYSTEMS, INC.
(Shipper)
In marking packages, added unauthorized markings between the proper shipping name and the UN identification number; offered resin solution accompanied by a shipping paper that listed unauthorized information prior to the shipping name, and that did not have the letters "HM" at the top of the column used to denote the hazardous materials from other non-hazardous items; failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training.
[172.301(a), 172.201(a)(1)(iii) and (4), 172.202(b), 107.608 and 612, 107.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-001-SB-WE
$2,050
INTER-PAK
(Intermediate Bulk Container Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold flexible intermediate bulk containers as meeting the UN13H2 standard, without marking the country of manufacture or the designation of the third-party certifying company as part of the UN certification marking; failed to provide employee training or create and retain records of training testing.
[178.703(a)(1)(v) and (vi), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 00T-054-IBCM-SW
$550
INTERNATIONAL FRAGRANCE & TECHNOLOGY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional unauthorized information prior to the basic shipping description, failed to place a X in the " HM" column, did not include a shipping name, included the numerical class designation in the incorrect position, and included an unsigned shipper's certification.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 173.22(a)(4), 173.24(b), 173.24(f)(2), 172.201(a)(iii) and (4), 172.202(a), 172.204(d)]
Case No. 00T-053-SD-SO
$2,800
INTERSTATE CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in a drum marked with a DOT specification after October 1, 1996, when it was no longer authorized to be used; failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[171.14, 173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 00T-047-SD-SW
$2,363
INTERSTATE CONSOLIDATION, INC.
D/B/A PACER CARTAGE
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper the listed an incorrect shipping name.
[172.202(a)(1)]
Case No. 01T-020-SB-WE
$800
ISOTOPE PRODUCTS LABORATORIES
(Shipper)
Offered radioactive materials without a shipping paper; failed to identify the subsidiary hazard of a low-specific-activity radioactive material.
[172.202, 172.203(c),173.421(a), 173.423, 173.4]
Case No. 01T-010-RMS-HQ
$3,000
IWI - MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a basic shipping description, a shipper's certification, and a 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.201(d), 172.202(a), 172.204(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 01T-002-SB-SO
$1,800
JACKSONVILLE FIRE & SAFETY
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to perform complete visual inspections of cylinders; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[173.34(e)(1)(ii), 173.34(e)(3), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-036-CR-SO
$1,880
JANITORIAL SUPPLIES COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-073-SB-SW
$750
JEFFCO PRODUCTS
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a shipper's certification.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.204(a)]
Case No. 01T-030-SD-SW
$1,500
JEM SALES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to mark the shipping name and UN identification number on packages of hazardous materials; failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[172.301(a), 173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-052-SB-SO
$1,480
JETRO CASE & CARRY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-034-SB-WE
$750
JOHN-MICHAELS ENTERPRISES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that had no shipper's certification; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[107.601(a)(6), 172.204(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 01T-004-REG-SO
$970
JONES CHEMICAL INC. A/K/A JCI
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in used drums that had not been reconditioned and retested.
[173.28(b)(2)]
Case No. 01T-020-SD-SO
$1,200
KALMUS AND ASSOCIATES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered waste, corrosive liquid, acidic, inorganic, n.o.s. (containing nitric acid), accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list a 24-hour emergency response telephone number monitored at all times.
[172.604(a)(1)]
Case No. 01T-030-SD-CE
$487
KBC INTERNATIONAL
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a shipping name.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.202(a)(1)]
Case No. 00T-051-SB-CE
$1,350
DONALD B. KELLY, INC.
(Drum Reconditioner)
Represented and offered reconditioned drums on which the UN certification marking was not legibly marked.
[178.503]
Case No. 01T-036-DR-EA
$500
R. A. KERLEY INK ENGINEERS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper without listing the total quantity being offered or including a shipper's certification.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.202(a)(5), 172.204(d)]
Case No. 01T-025-TRN-CE
$1,162
KIK CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in an intermediate bulk container that was out of test; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional unauthorized information within the basic shipping description; and did not include a shipper's certification; failed to provide general awareness employee training.
[173.35(a), 172.201(a)(4), 172.204(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1)]
Case No. 01T-044-SIBC-SW
$2,237 KIK INTERNATIONAL
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper the listed an incorrect proper shipping name; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.202(a)(1), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-053-SD-SW
$2,050
KMCO, 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. 00T-063-SD-SW
$1,258
KOETTER FIRE EQUIPMENT
(Shipper)
Offered compressed gas accompanied by a shipping paper that did not contain a basic shipping description.
[172.200(a), 172.201(a), 172.202]
Case No. 01T-011-SC-SW
$990
KOLS CONTAINERS, INC.
(Fiber Box Manufacturer)
Failed to provide a closure notification to customers.
[178.2(c)]
Case No. 01T-013-BM-EA
$320
KOVOCAS, V.D.
(Shipper)
Failed to properly mark packages; failed to affix hazard warning labels to packages; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect shipping name and failed to list the technical name of the material; or a 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.301(a), 172.400(a)(1), 172.202(a)(1), 172.604(a)]
Case No. 00T-054-SC-EA
$4,425
J. M. & M. LAPLACE
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in drums that failed to meet the minimum thickness requirement; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[173.158(b)(1), 172.604]
Case No. 01T-028-SD-EA
$2,751
LAW ENGINEERING & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered radioactive materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include in the basic shipping description the hazard class and the activity in SI units; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.202(a)(2), 172.203(d)(4), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-026-RMS-HQ
$1,000
LAW ENGINEERING & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered radioactive materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed the basic shipping description in the wrong sequence; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.202, 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 01T-005-RMS-HQ
$800
LAWRENCE SANITARY COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without preparing shipping papers; failed to provide initial and recurrent employee training.
[172.200(a), 172.702(b), 172,704(a) and (c)]
Case No. 01T-005-SD-EA
$2,160
LEADER INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included an incorrect shipping name and identification name, and the letters "RQ" when the material was not a hazardous substance; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing,
[172.200(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-043-SB-CE
$1,912
LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[107.604(a)(3)]
Case No. 01T-033-SD-SW
$975
GUILLERMO LIZARRGA INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMS BROKER, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper; failed to provide employee training.
[172.201, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-025-SB-WE
$2,250
LONGVIEW FIBRE COMPANY
(Fiber Box Manufacturer)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 01T-034-TRN-WE
$250
LOSOREA, LLC
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous material accompanied by a shipping that listed a 24-hour emergency response number of a person who did not accept responsibility for providing information; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.201(d), 172.604(a) and (b), 107.608]
Case No.01T-029-SC-SO
$920
LUTHER CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in reconditioned drums without testing them for leakproofness; failed to register with RSPA.
[173.28(b)(2)(i), 107.601(a)(6)]
Case No. 01T-013-SD-SO
$1,600
MALLINCKRODT BAKER, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent function-specific employee training.
[107.702(b), 172.704(a)(2), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 01T-055-TRN-EA
$250
MARIANNA, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[107.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 01T-021-TRN-CE
$562
J. F. MARTIN, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to check the average daily compression of cylinders being filled; offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers with incomplete basic shipping descriptions and unauthorized abbreviations; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[173.302(e), 172.200(a), 172.202(a)(1) and (3), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-029-SC-EA
$3,850
MARTINSVILLE DENTAL CLINIC
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 00T-042-TRN-CE
$500
MASS DIVING, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[107.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.704(c)(2) and (d)]
Case No. 01T-040-CR-EA
$650
MASTER PROTECTION
D/B/A FIREMASTER
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to remark an aluminum exemption cylinder as DOT 3AL.
[173.23(c)]
Case No. 00T-065-CR-SW
$300
MATLICK ENTERPRISES, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to notify RSPA in writing of a change in personnel at its retest facility; failed to maintain accurate records of visual reinspection and hydrostatic retesting; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[173.34(e)(2)(iv), 173.34(e)(8)(ii)(B), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-013-CR-WE
$2,500
MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered methyl ethyl ketone in inner packages that had not been closed in accordance with the design specification test report, and with an inner liner that had not been sealed in accordance with the design specification, thereby rendering the packaging unauthorized.
[173.22(a)(2), 173.24(d)(1), 173.202(a)]
Case No. 01T-025-SB-EA
$1,969 MAX 2000, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to mark a packaging with the UN certification marking; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a proper shipping name.
[178.503(a), 172.202(a)(1)]
Case No. 01T-001-SE-SW
$975
MCWHORTER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the shipping name of the material; failed to provide employee training.
[172.202(a)(2), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-049-SB-SO
$1,000
MEIKO AMERICA, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-037-TRN-WE
$250
. W. MENDENHALL COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-008-TRN-CE
$750
MESA SUPPLY COMPANIES
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-070-TRN-SW
$562
METRIC SYSTEMS CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a 24-hour emergency response telephone number of a person not accepting responsibility for providing information; failed to provide function-specific and recurrent employee training.
[172.604(a) and (b), 172.201(d), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2) and (c)(2)]
Case No. 01T-033-SB-SO
$920
METROPLEX HEALTH SYSTEM
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without executing a shipping paper.
[172.200(a)]
Case No. 01T-041-SB-SW
$1,125
MFG CHEMICAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to mark the proper shipping name and UN identification number on packages; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.301(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 00T-051-SD-SO
$800
MICRONUTRIEN TS DIVISION OF HERITAGE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquid, basic, inorganic, n.o.s., in drums marked as meeting the UN1H1 standard that were not closed as designed, tested, and certified.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.201(c)]
Case No. 01T-005-SD-CE
$1,000 MID-AMERICA CHEMICAL SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials transported on its own vehicles without preparing shipping papers, and in other cases without following the prescribed format or sequence; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.201(a), 172.202(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 00T-033-SP-CE
$1,800
MIDWAY CONTAINER
(Fiber Box Manufacturer)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-033-TRN-WE
$250
MOMAR, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages 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. 00T-050-SD-SO
$1,600
MONROE WELDING SUPPLY, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of the test equipment to within one percent of actual test pressure.
[173.34(e)(4)(iv)]
Case No. 01T-007-CR-SW
$788
MONTGOMERY MANUFACTURING COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to mark a package with a proper shipping name; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.301(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 01T-022-SBD-SW
$1,563
MOORE DRUMS, INC.
(Drum Reconditioner)
Failed to supply and/or maintain the notification of closure instructions needed to satisfy performance test requirements.
[178.2(c)]
Case No. 00T-063-DR-SO
$1,000
MULTILAYER TECHNOLOGY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include a hazard class, UN identification number, packing group, and a 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.202(a), 172.604(a), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-059-SD-SW
$1,750
NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste accompanied by a shipping paper that listed the basic shipping description in an incorrect sequence, and listed an unauthorized 24 – hour emergency response telephone number; failed to report in writing an unintentional release of hazardous materials in transportation.
[172.202(a) and (b), 172.604(a) and (b), 171.16(a) and (b)]
Case No. 00T-036-SB-EA
$1,105
NLR WELDING SUPPLY, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Represented and marked a cylinder that had been filled to a pressure ten percent in excess of the marked service pressure with carbon dioxide, a liquefied gas, and not authorized for this overfill; failed to record on the records of reinspection and retest the method by which the maximum wall stress was calculated.
[173.302(c), 173.34(e)(8)(ii)(B)]
Case No. 01T-078-CR-SW
$1,567
NORTHLAND SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered propane in portable tanks under the terms of an exemption on dates not authorized by the exemption; offered the material accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the exemption number.
[178.245-4(c), DOT-12501Paragraph 7.b.(2), 172.203(a), 176.30(a)(6)]
Case No. 01T-009-SPT-HQ
$900
ORTHO MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
(Shipper)
Failed to mark the shipping name and UN identification number on a package; offered regulated medical waste accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a basic shipping description, a 24-hour emergency response telephone number, or a shipper's certification; failed to provide employee training; offered regulated medical waste in packages with closures that were not securely closed to prevent release of the contents during transportation, thereby reducing the effectiveness of the packages.
[172.301(a), 172.201(d), 172.202(a), 172.204(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a), 173.24(b)(1), 173.24(f)(1)]
Case No. 01T-007-SD-SO
$2,000
OVERALL SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-058-TRN-EA
$250
P.E.T. NET PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to maintain complete documentation of tests for a packaging marked as meeting the DOT-7A Type A specification.
[173.415(a)]
Case No. 00T-055-RMS-SW
$750
P.E.T. NET PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, LLC
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered radioactive materials accompanied by a shipping paper the did not include the type of label or transport index.
[107.608, 172.203(d)(5) and (6)]
Case No. 01T-028-REG-HQ
$1,000
P.E.T. NET PHARMLOGIC, LLC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered radioactive materials accompanied by a shipping paper the did not include the activity in SI units.
[107.608, 172.203(d)(4)]
Case No. 01T-027-REG-HQ
$1,000
PA-MAX, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close a package 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 that listed an incorrect UN identification number, such that the emergency response instructions for the material were not the correct ones.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.704(d), 172.202(a)(3)]
Case No. 00T-034-SD-EA
$3,750
PACER TECHNOLOGY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 00T-068-TRN-SO
$320
PALMETTO HEALTH ALLIANCE, INC.
D/B/A PALMETTO BAPTIST HOSPITAL
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste in unauthorized, untested packages marked as meeting a UN standard, when the design of the packages had changed from the original certification; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[173.134(b)(4)(ii), 173.197, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 01T-031-SB-SO
$2,500
PALMETTO RICHLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste in unauthorized, untested packages marked as meeting a UN standard, when the design of the packages had changed from the original certification; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[173.134(b)(4)(ii), 173.197, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 01T-032-SB-SO
$2,500
PAMACO, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a shipping name; failed to create and retain records of employee training.
[172.202(a)(1), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-057-SD-SW
$650
PARK CHEMICAL CO.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper listing a 24 – hour emergency response telephone number of a person not accepting responsibility for providing information.
[107.608, 172.604(a) and (b)]
Case No. 00T-055-SD-SO
$1,120
PENSACOLA POOLS
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 01T-038-SB-SO
$320
PEPIN-IRECO, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered ammonium nitrate, liquid, in non-DOT-specification packaging, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.243]
Case No. 00T-032-EXR-HQ
$500
PGI INTERNATIONAL
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-007-TRN-HQ
$857
PHIBRO-TECH
(Shipper)
Failed to perform a test for leakproofness on a previously used plastic drum prior to reuse.
[173.28(b)(2) and (7)]
Case No. 00T-050-SD-SW
$2,000
PHOENIX FIRE EQUIPMENT
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to hold a current retester's identification number; failed to maintain accurate records of reinspection and retest; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[173.34(e)(2)(i), 173.34(e)(8)(ii), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-026-CR-SO
$2,200
POLYDYNE, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 00T-050-TRN-CE
$750
POMONA VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste in packages with closures that were not securely closed to prevent release of the contents during transportation, thereby reducing the effectiveness of the packages; failed to mark the shipping name and UN identification number on a package; offered regulated medical waste accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a basic shipping description, a 24-hour emergency response telephone number, and a shipper's certification; failed to provide general awareness employee training.
[173.24(b)(1), 173.24(f)(1), 172.301(a), 172.200(a), 172.201(d), 172.202(a), 172.204(a), 172.205(h), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1)]
Case No. 01T-005-SD-SO
$4,320
PORT NEWARK CONTAINER TERMINAL, L.I.C.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[107.601(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 01T-053-REG-EA
$800
POWER CHEMICALS
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-069-TRN-SW
$250
PRATT INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Fiber Box Manufacturer)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 00T-048-BM-SO
$600
PRECISION WORLDWIDE TRANSPORT, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training.
[172.604(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-026-FF-EA
$1,770
PRISM, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number monitored at all times; failed to provide recurrent employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.604(a)(1), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2) and (d)]
Case No. 01T-042-SP-CE
$1,120
PRIVATE LABEL LABORATORIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2), 107.608, 107.612]
Case No. 01T-026-TRN-WE
$850
PRO-COLOR PAINT SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered xylene without preparing a hazardous materials shipping paper; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.200(a), 172.201, 172.202, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 01T-014-TRN-SO
$1,600
THE PRONTO COMPANIES
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-016-TRN-CE
$750
PVS NOLWOOD CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Unloaded Class 8 hazardous materials from intermediate bulk containers when they were mounted on a vehicle, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[177.834(h)]
Case No. 01T-004-EXR-HQ
$500 PVS TRANSPORTATION, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered and transported lab pack quantities of cyanide on the same motor vehicle as lab pack quantities of acids, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[177.848(d)]
Case No. TKT-98-23-HQ
$500
PVS TRANSPORTATION, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered and transported lab pack quantities of cyanide on the same motor vehicle as non-lab pack quantities of Class 8 materials, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[177.848(d)]
Case No. TKT-98-24-HQ
$500
PYRO MASTER DISPLAY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed the wrong UN identification number.
[107.608(a) and (b), 172.202(a)(3)]
Case No. 00T-047-SE-EA
$900
QC LABORATORIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; offered radioactive materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the activity of the material in SI units, and failed to list the complete packaging identification marking from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission packaging approval.
[172.704(d), 172.203(d)(4), 172.203(d)(8)]
Case No. 01T-030-TRN-HQ
$720
QUALITY CHEM PRODUCTS
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.704(d), 107.608, 107.612]
Case No. 00T-032-SB-WE
$750
QUISTWENS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include a proper shipping name, technical name, or shipper's certification, and failed to list a 24-hour emergency response telephone number; offered hazardous materials without marking the packages or affixing hazard warning labels to them; failed to provide employee training.
[172.201(d), 172.202(a)(1), 172.203(k), 172.204(a), 172.301(a), 172.400(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-012-SD-SO
$5,298
R & L WAREHOUSE
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-014-TRN-WE
$250 RAMPART COATINGS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list a shipping name and hazard class; failed to mark the package with the shipping name; failed to provide employee training.
[172.202(a)(1) and (2), 172.301(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-006-SBD-SW
$2,050
RICHMOND OXYGEN COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without preparing shipping papers or accompanied by a shipping paper that included unauthorized abbreviations in the basic shipping description, that did not indicate the document had more than one page, and mis-described two materials with the wrong shipping name; failed to register with RSPA; failed to mark packages containing hazardous materials.
[172.200(a), 172.201(a)(3) and (c), 172.201(a)(1) and (3), 107.601(a)(6), 172.328(a)(2) and (b)]
Case No. 01T-004-SC-EA
$2,400
RIVERSIDE FIRE EXTINGUISHER
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to calibrate its test equipment to within 500 psi of actual test pressure; failed to provide employee training.
[173.34(e)(4)(iii)(A), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-015-CR-EA
$2,060
ROCHE BROTHERS BARREL & DRUM CO., INC.
(Drum Reconditioner)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 01T-034-TRN-EA
$500
ROCHESTER FIRE EQUIPMENT CO., INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Marked a cylinder as retested prior to conducting retesting; failed to maintain complete records of hydrostatic retest.
[173.34(e)(4), 173.34(e)(8)(ii)]
Case No. 00T-059-CR-EA
$675
ROMERO AND MCNALLY COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to mark packages with a proper shipping name and identification number; offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper; failed to provide employee training.
[172.301(a), 172.200(a), 172.201, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-022-SB-WE
$2,650
ROMIC ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close drums in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.24(b), 173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-022-SD-WE
$1,052
SAFEGUARD CHEMICALS, INC.
(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; failed to provide employee training.
[107.601(a), 107.608(b), 172.604(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-005-SD-SW
$1,778
ST. BARNABAS HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS
D/B/A UNION HOSPITAL
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training; failed to maintain a copy of a DOT exemption at a facility where it was being used; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the packing group.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2), 173.22a(b), 172.202(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-039-SB-EA
$775
ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL
(Shipper)
Failed to properly secure packages of regulated medical waste; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[173.134(b)(3), 173.24a(a)(3), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 01T-006-SD-SO
$1,400
ST. WORTH CONTAINER, INC.
(Fiber Box Manufacturer)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-007-TRN-WE
$250
SAN JUAN INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional unauthorized information within the basic shipping description and did not a 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.201(a)(4), 172.604(a), 107.601(e)]
Case No. TKT-98-48-EA
$680
SATAIR USA, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the correct proper shipping name, and listed an unauthorized 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[172.202(b), 172.201(d), 172.604(c), 173.22(a)(4), 173.24(b)]
Case No. 00T-045-SD-SO
$2,200
SCHALL CHEMICAL SUPPLY, LLC
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-072-TRN-SW
$562
SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-019-TRN-WE
$780
SCUBA CENTRO
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to verify the accuracy of the retest equipment to within one percent of actual test pressure; failed to maintain complete records of reinspection and retest; failed to maintain current copies of the regulations, applicable exemptions, and CGA pamphlets at the retest facility.
[173.34(e)(4)(iii), 173.34(e)(8)(ii), 173.34(e)(2)(v)]
Case No. 01T-024-CR-SO
$1,640
SELF DEFENSE SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect shipping name and an incomplete division number; failed to provide function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.202(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2) and (d)]
Case No. 00T-072-SB-SW
$650
THE SHERWIN – WILLIAMS COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper.
[172.200(a)]
Case No. 00T-048-SP-EA
$910
SHORE CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to properly close drums in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 01T-023-SD-EA
$2,100
SMALL WORLD SHIPPING (LA), INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect proper shipping name; failed to provide employee training.
[172.202(a)(1), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-029-SB-WE
$1,550
SOCAR CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in drums that had not been tested for leakproofness; failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.28(b)(2)(i), 173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 01T-012-SD-SO
$2,200
SODEXHO MARRIOTT SERVICES
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-017-TRN-WE
$750
SOIL TESTING ENGINEERS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered radioactive materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a hazard class and failed to list the activity in SI units; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; failed to ensure that shipping papers and emergency response information were within the reach of the vehicle operator and readily available during transportation.
[172.202(a)(2), 172.203(d)(4), 172.704(d), 177.817(c), 177.602(c)(1)]
Case No. 01T-011-RMS-HQ
$1,650
SOLVAY FLUORIDES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hydrogen fluoride, anhydrous, in tank cars that were not equipped with pressure-relief devices in compliance with the Hazardous Materials Regulations, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.31(e)(2), 179.15(a)]
Case No. 01T-018-EXR-HQ
$500
SOS GASES, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Marked cylinders with a star marking, indicating a 10 – year retest period, when they did not qualify for the marking; Offered and transported compressed gas in cylinders that were out of test and without retest dates marked on them, and failed to maintain records of cylinder reinspection and retest; offered compressed gas accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect shipping name and UN identification number; failed to record the average daily compression for cylinders; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[173.302(a)(1), 173.34(e)(16)(iii), 173.34(e)(1)(ii), 173.301(c), 173.304(d)(3)(i), 173.34(e)(13), 172.202(a)(1) and (3), 173.302(e), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-050-CR-EA
$5,890
SPINKS, INC.
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper listing a 24-hour emergency response telephone number not monitored at all times.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2); 172.604(a), 172.201(d)]
Case No. 01T-017-TRN-SO
$920
SPRAYWAY MANUFACTURING
(Shipper)
Failed to mark an overpack with a statement indicating that inner packages complied with all required specifications.
[173.25(a)(4)]
Case No. 01T-039-SD-SW
$1,125
SSD PLASTICOS MEXICANA, S.A. DE C.V.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.604(b)]
Case No. 01T-023-SB-WE
$1,339
STANDARD PACKAGING CORPORATION
(Fiber Box Manufacturer/Shipper)
Represented, marked, and certified fiberboard boxes as meeting the UN4G standard without notifying in writing each person to whom packaging is transferred about the closure requirements; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[178.2(c)(1), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-027-BMS-WE
$500
STARCO IMPEX, INC.
D/B/A WHOLESALE OUTLET
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not follow one of the three formats for entering hazardous materials; that listed an unauthorized 24-hour emergency response telephone number; and that did not include a hazard class or division number in the basic shipping description; failed to provide employee training.
[172.201(a)(1), 172.604(b), 172.202(a)(2), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-051-SB-SW
$1,874
JOHN A. STEER CO.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601(a)(5)]
Case No. 01T-044-REG-EA
$600
STERLING FIBERS
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 01T-042-SD-SO
$320
W. E. STONE & COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-004-TRN-WE
$750
STRATEGENE
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-018-TRN-WE
$750
SULLIVAN & ASSOCIATES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered radioactive materials in Type B packaging without registering as a party to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approval for the packaging; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; offered radioactive materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed the basic shipping description in an incorrect sequence, and failed to include all the designation "RQ," the activity in SI units, or the USNRC packaging approval marking.
[173.471(a), 172.704(d), 172.202 and 203]
Case No. 01T-038-RMS-HQ
$2,500
SUNBELT CHEMICALS
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-014-SB-SW
$250
SUNREZ CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to mark an overpack with a statement indicating that the inner packages complied with prescribed specifications; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.25(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2),]
Case No. 01T-028-SD-SW
$1,375
SUPER CHEM CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training.
[107.601, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-25-WE
$400
SUPERIOR FIRE & SAFETY EQUIPMENT CO.
(Cylinder Retester)
Retested and marked a DOT exemption cylinder that had exceeded its 15-year service life, requiring it to have been condemned; failed to maintain accurate records of reinspection and retest.
[171.2(c), DOT-E 7235Paragraph 7.c.(3), 173.34(e)(8)(ii)(B)]
Case No. 01T-028-CR-SO
$2,000
SURPASS CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered and transported Division 4.2 and Class 8 hazardous materials in the same vehicle, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[177.848(d)]
Case No. 00T-017-EXR-HQ
$800
SURPASS CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Allowed tank cars of hazardous materials to remain attached to the transfer connections when the unloading process had ceased, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[174.67(i) and (j)]
Case No. 00T-018-EXR-HQ
$400 SYN-CO CHEMICAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include a basic shipping description; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.200(a), 172.202, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 01T-032-SBD-SW
$1,375
SYNCOR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to maintain accurate and complete records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-030-TRN-HQ
$400
TAYLOR WHARTON
D/B/A HARSCO CORPORATION
(Cylinder Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold DOT specification 4L cylinders without including all required information on the inspector's report; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[178.35(g), 178.57(q), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 01T-034-CM-HQ
$750
TCR INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.608, 107.612]
Case No. 01T-027-REG-WE
$750
TEXAS FIREWORKS COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-071-TRN-SW
$300
TRIDENT CRATING & SERVICES
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-008-FF-SW
$250
TRIPLE B FORWARDERS
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-036-SB-WE
$750
TUGWELL SUPPLY CO.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a basic shipping description; and that failed to include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.200(a), 172.201(a), 172.202, 172.704(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 01T-037-SBD-SW
$2,025
ULTRA-CHEM
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-066-TRN-SW
$250 UNICHEM, INC.
D/B/A CARTER ENTERPRISES
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-058-TRN-SO
$320
U.S. ADHESIVES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 00T-060-TRN-SO
$320
U.S. TANK & CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT, INC.
(Cylinder Repairer/Rebuilder)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-029-TRN-HQ
$400
UNITOR SHIPS SERVICE, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of the retest equipment to an accuracy of within one percent; failed to maintain complete and accurate records of reinspection and retest.
[173.34(e)(4)(iv), 173.34(e)(8)(ii)]
Case No. 00T-066-CR-SW
$1,240
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA – CHAPEL HILL
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-025-TRN-HQ
$1,200
VALCO CINCINNATI CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-004-TRN-SW
$900
JAMES F. VALENTINE, JR., INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of the retest equipment to within 500 psi of actual test pressure.
[173.34(e)(4)(iii)(A)]
Case No. 00T-049-CR-EA
$1,050
VULPINE, INC.
D/B/A SHAPE PRODUCTS
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.608, 107.612]
Case No. 01T-008-REG-WE
$750
WAREHOUSE SERVICE, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to mark packages with a proper shipping name and UN identification number; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional unauthorized information within the basic shipping description, that did not include a notation that the material was a limited quantity, and did not list the technical name of the material in parentheses.
[172.301(a), 172.202(b), 172.203(b) and (k)]
Case No. 00T-052-SC-EA
$1,262
WASHINGTON AIR COMPRESSOR RENTAL COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to affix hazard warning labels to cylinders containing liquefied petroleum gas; failed to mark packages with the proper shipping name and UN identification number; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized 24-hour emergency response telephone number; offered liquefied petroleum in cylinders while failing to determine the integrity of the cylinders, failing to visually inspect the cylinders prior to filling, and failing to follow periodic retest requirements.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 173.22(a)(1), 172.400(a)(1), 172.301(a), 172.604(b), 173.22(a)(2)]
Case No. TKT-99-06-EA
$10,350
WATERLINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
POOL SUPPLY OF ORANGE CITY DIV.
(Shipper)
Discharged certain Class 8 liquids without removing the intermediate bulk container from the vehicle on which it was transported, and failed to properly mark the intermediate bulk container, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[177.834(h), 172.302(c)]
Case No. 01T-044-EXR-HQ
$500
WESTCO, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste without marking the package with the proper shipping name; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a basic shipping description, a shipper's certification, or a 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.301(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.202(a), 172.204(a), 172.604(a)(3)(ii)]
Case No. 00T-030-SD-SO
$2,042
WESTERN PARCEL EXPRESS
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a proper shipping name and total weight of the material; and did not list a 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.202(a)(1) and (5), 172.604(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 00T-028-SB-WE
$3,050
WESTERN STATES MANUFACTURING COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list include the "Limited Quantity" notation; failed to provide employee training.
[172.202(a), 172.203(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-002-SB-CE
$1,150
WESTERN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered radioactive materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to have the basic shipping description or additional information entered in the required sequence; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.202, 172.203(d), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 01T-031-RMS-HQ
$650
WHITAKER SALES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper listed a non-hazardous material as hazardous, that listed the basic description in the wrong place, that listed an unauthorized 24-hour emergency response telephone number, and included a shipper's certification that was not signed; failed to register with RSPA; failed to conduct general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.200(a), 172.202(a)(4), 172.204(d), 172.604(a) and (b), 107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b), 172,702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 01T-045-SB-SO
$1,920
WILCHEM, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional unauthorized information before the basic shipping description; failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training.
[172.201(a), 172.202(b), 107.608, 107.612, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-002-SB-WE
$1,650
WILMAR INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that listed a material as hazardous when it was not, that did not include the proper designation for a packing group, that failed to include a unit of measure for each material, that failed to include the technical name for a "n.o.s." entry; and did not include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number; affixed hazard warning labels to packages, some of which were faded and some of which were on a different surface than the shipping name and identification number.
[172.201(c), 172.202(a)(4), (5), (c) and (e), 172.604(a), 172.406(a)(ii) and (d)]
Case No. 01T-038-SB-EA
$2,250
WYLE LABORATORIES
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 107.608, 107.612]
Case No. 00T-040-TRN-WE
$1,250
A. E. YALE ENTERPRISES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional unauthorized information within the basic shipping description; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2), 172.201(a)(4), 107.608(b)]
Case No. 01T-026-SD-SW
$1,237
ZEP MANUFACTURING COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-034-TRN-CE
$500
Total Tickets - 361
Total Penalties - $477,436
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