A-1 JANESVILLE EXTINGUISHER
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered fire extinguishers, 2.2, accompanied by shipping papers that failed to list the hazard class or UN identification number; failed to include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d), 172.201(a), 172.202(a) and (b), 172.604 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 00T-001-SC-CE
$2,138
AAA-ABC FIRE EXTINGUISHER, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of the retest equipment to within 500 psi of actual test pressure for test pressures at or above 3000 psi.
[173.34(e)(4)(iii)(A)]
Case No. 00T-019-CR-EA
$840
ABBOTT FIRE EXTINGUISHER CO.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to perform a complete external inspection of cylinders marked as having been successfully retested.
[173.34(e)(3)]
Case No. 00T-043-CR-SW
$866
ABC FIRE EQUIPMENT CO., INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to hold a current retester's identification number; failed to maintain accurate records of reinspection and retest; failed to provide employee training.
[173.34(e)(2)(i), 173.34(e)(8)(ii), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-015-CR-SO
$2,800
ABITEC CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquids, n.o.s., in steel drums marked as meeting the UN1A1/X1.4 standard that were not closed as designed, tested and certified.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.201(c)]
Case No. TKT-99-43-CE
$1,250
ACC SHIPPING U.S.A., LTD.
(Shipper)
Failed to properly include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number on a shipping paper; failed to provide recurrent function-specific training.
[172.604, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. TKT-99-33-EA
$570
ACME BARREL COMPANY
(Drum Reconditioner)
Represented, marked, and certified reconditioned steel drums as meeting the UN1A1 and UN1A2 standards, when records of annual periodic testing were not maintained.
[178.601(l)]
Case No. 00T-011-DR-CE
$800
ACME SOAP COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to enter a proper shipping name on a shipping paper.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.202(a)(1)]
Case No. 00T-022-SD-SW
$1,860
ACME WHOLESALE SUPPLY COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-045-SB-SW
$562
ACTIVATED METALS & CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-043-SD-SO
$1,000
ADVANCED FIRE SYSTEMS OF TEXAS, LLC
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to execute a shipping paper for the shipment of a hazardous material; failed to provide function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.200, 172.201, 172.202, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-012-CR-SW
$1,375
ADVANCED IMPORTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-44-SW
$250
ADVERTISING UNLIMITED, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials normally classed as 2.2 and 4.1 as ORM-D, under the terms of an exemption that expired.
[173.184, 173.304, 173.309]
Case No. 00T-007-EXR-HQ
$500
AERKO INTERNATIONAL
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in used UN standard drums that were not tested for leak-proofness; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include the technical name in the shipping description and did not list the required information in the proper order.
[173.28(b)(2)(i), 172.202(b), 172.203(k)]
Case No. TKT-99-68-SO
$1,680
AGL WELDING SUPPLY CO., INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to verify the accuracy of the testing equipment to within 500 psi of actual test pressure; failed to maintain accurate records of hydrostatic retest.
[173.34(e)(4)(ii)(A), 173.34(e)(8)]
Case No. 00T-004-CR-EA
$2,040
AGRO DISTRIBUTION, LLC
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training; failed to include a shipper's certification on the shipping paper.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (c)(2), 172.204(d)]
Case No. 00T-036-SBD-SW
$550
AIR SEA CONTAINERS
(Fiber Box Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold fiberboard boxes as meeting the UN4G standard, when complete records of UN design qualification tests were not maintained; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[178.601(l), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-98-43-SO
$250
AIRTEX PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number on a shipping paper.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.604(a)]
Case No. 00T-027-SB-EA
$1,640
ALCHEMY SOUTH, LTD.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to mark the package with the proper shipping name, UN identification number, and the company name and address.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.301(a)(1) and (d)]
Case No. 00T-027-SD-SO
$2,600
ALLFIRE PROTECTION COMPANY
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain accurate records of reinspection and retest.
[173.34(e)(8)(ii)]
Case No. TKT-99-08-SO
$750
ALLIED SIGNAL, INC.
BURDICK & JACKSON
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-04-CE
$750
ALLIED UNIVERSAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered sulfuric acid after October 1, 1996 in a packaging marked as manufactured to DOT specification no longer authorized to be manufactured or used; failed to mark the package with the proper shipping name and UN identification number.
[171.14(a), 173.203, 172.301(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-62-SO
$2,400
AMCOR MANUFACTURING, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to ensure closure devices were applied in accordance with manufacturer's notification; listed an improper 24-hour emergency response telephone number on shipping papers; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[173.24(b) and (f), 172.604, 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. TKT-99-45-WE
$2,000
AMERICAN CUSTOM DRYING CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to provide any basic shipping description or emergency response information; failed to properly describe hazardous materials on shipping papers; failed to list a 24-hour emergency response telephone number on the shipping paper; failed to mark a package with the proper shipping name; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.201(a) and (d), 172.604, 172.301(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-002-SB-EA
$2,920
AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered organophosphorus pesticides, liquid, toxic in packaging marked as meeting the UN1A1/X standard that was not closed as designed and tested.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-003-SD-CE
$1,000
AMERICAN FIREWORKS COMPANY, INC.
(Fiber Box Manufacturer/Shipper)
Conducted periodic retesting on at least five packaging types without maintaining accurate records of the tests; failed to provide employee training.
[178.601(k), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-011-BMS-HQ
$2,000
AMERICLEAN SYSTEMS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered a hazmat in an unauthorized, non-specification packaging.
[173.212]
Case No. TKT-99-09-SW
$2,570
AMERIGAS PROPANE, L.P.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain records of reinspection and retest; failed to provide recurrent training and function-specific training.
[173.34(e)(8) and (13), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2) and (c)(2)]
Case No. 00T-018-CR-EA
$3,350
AMERON PROTECTIVE COATINGS GROUP
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a shipping name, hazard class or division number, UN identification number, or packing group; represented on a shipping document the presence of a hazardous material when the material was not actually loaded on the vehicle; failed to sign the shipper's certification on a shipping paper.
[172.202(a), 171.2(f)(2), 172.204(d)]
Case No. 00T-018-SD-SW
$2,024
AMTICO INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-034-SD-SO
$1,000
ANITOX CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in used drums marked as meeting a UN standard, when the drums were not tested for leak-proofness; failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.(b)(2)(i), 173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-44-SO
$2,200
APOLLO CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 00T-016-SD-WE
$600
AQUA BLUE POOLS
(Shipper)
Offered hydrochloric acid accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to identify the material as hazardous, did not include a correct shipping description, and failed to list a 24-hour emergency response telephone number; offered and transported hazardous materials in a motor vehicle that failed to display the appropriate placards; failed to provide employee training.
[172.201(a)(1), 172.202(a), 172.604(a), 172.504(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-31-SO
$2,200
ARGYLE WELDING SUPPLY, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
After equipment malfunction, repeated the retest at the same pressure, instead of 10% or 100 psi higher, whichever is lower.
[173.34(e)(4)(v)]
Case No. 00T-033-CR-SW
$1,162
ARIZONA CHEMICAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-69-SO
$1,000
ARMOR RESEARCH CO. INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to retain a copy of a DOT exemption at its facility; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[DOT-E 10232, 172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-005-SB-EA
$800
ASTA BROTHERS, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to test and inspect high pressure cylinders; failed to maintain complete and accurate records of reinspection and retest; failed to conduct recurrent employee training; failed to maintain a current copy of the Hazardous Materials Regulations at its facility.
[173.34(e)(1), 173.34(e)(8), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2), 173.34(e)(2)(v)(A)]
Case No. 00T-006-CR-EA
$3,760
ATHENA CHAMPION TECHNOLOGY
(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-99-38-WE
$500
AUTO COLOR COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials with a shipping paper that listed the basic shipping description in the incorrect order and listed two packing groups for one hazardous material; failed to provide employee training.
[172.202(a) and (b), 172.202(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-50-SO
$1,200
AUTOMOTIVE REFINISHING DISTRIBUTORS
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-013-SB-SO
$320
BACON EQUIPMENT COMPANY
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain complete and accurate records of cylinders reinspection and retest; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper containing additional unauthorized information within the basic shipping description; and failed to include the entry "Limited Quantity" or "Ltd Qty" on the shipping paper.
[173.34(e)(8), 172.201(a)(4), 172.203(b), 00T-011-CR-SW
$1,162
BAKER-ATLAS
(Cylinder Manufacturer)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-24-HQ
$1,200
BAKER PETROLITE, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to maintain the minimum required information on periodic test records for intermediate bulk containers.
[173.22(a)(4), 180.352(e)]
Case No. TKT-99-40-SO
$1,600
BARNETT, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-009-TRN-SO
$600
BARNETT, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-029-SB-SW
$563
BARNETT, INC.
(Shipper)
Failing to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that failed to include a shipper's certification.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.204(a)]
Case No. 00T-019-SB-SO
$850
BEAVER ISLAND BOAT COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered acetylene and certain liquefied petroleum gases on ferry vessels transporting more than 25 passengers, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[171.2(a)and 172.101(column 10)]
Case No. TKT-99-09-HQ
$500
BELTSERVICE CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-013-TRN-CE
$600
BENCHMARK RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-039-SBD-SW
$938
BERENFIELD CONTAINERS, LTD.
(Steel Drum Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold steel drums as meeting the UN1A1 standard, when complete records of UN design qualification tests were not maintained.
[178.601(l)]
Case No. TKT-99-45-SO
$400
BERLIN PACKAGING
(Steel Drum Manufacturer)
Failed to notify in writing each person to whom a packaging is transferred of all closing requirements not met at the time of transfer.
[178.2(c)]
Case No. 00T-008-DM-SW
$938
BEST CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide employee training; failed to mark a shipping name and UN identification number on a package; listed additional unauthorized information within the basic shipping description.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.301(a), 172.202(b)]
Case No. 00T-017-SD-SW
$2,426
BIESTERFELD U.S., INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a technical name in the basic shipping description and for which a shipper's certification had not been signed; failed to conduct recurrent function-specific employee training.
[107.601(e), 172.203(k) and (k)(3), 172.203(l), 172.204(d), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2) and (c)(2)]
Case No. TKT-99-38-EA
$1,750
BIO-LAB, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in a packaging that had been tested to a UN standard, but had not been marked with the required UN standard certification marking.
[178.503(a)]
Case No. 00T-007-SB-SW
$1,350
BLUE RIBBON DENTAL
(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-99-39-WE
$500
THE BOC GROUP, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered division 2.1 and division 2.2 hazardous materials in non-DOT specification portable tanks, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.318, 173.320, 178.338, and 176.76(h)]
Case No. TKT-99-16-HQ
$750
THE BOEING COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered an aerosol formulation pressurized with nitrogen in a DOT-39 specification cylinder that was not equipped with a proper pressure relief device, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.34(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-11-HQ
$500
BONAR PACKAGING, INC.
(Plastic Bag Manufacturer)
Failed to maintain complete records of design qualification testing; failed to provide employee training.
[178.601(1), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-99-SW
$796
BORDEN CHEMICAL, 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. TKT-99-52-SO
$1,400
BOREN-IRECO COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered division 1.5 hazardous materials for transportation in MC-306, MC-307, and MC-312 cargo tanks, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.62, 173.240, 173.242, 177.848(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-17-HQ
$500
BRADBURN SCHOOL SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-035-TRN-CE
$750
BRISTOL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 00T-037-TRN-SO
$600
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-46-WE
$500
BRITZ FERTILIZERS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-009-SD-WE
$600
BROWNE LABORATORIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect UN identification number; failed to mark the proper shipping name and UN identification number on a package.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.202(a), 172.301(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-70-SO
$2,120
BUCH BOTTLE & PACKAGING, INC.
(Steel Drum Distributor)
Failed to provide the manufacturers closure notification.
[178.2(c)]
Case No. 00T-001-DD-EA
$263
BUCKMAN LABORATORIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-42-SO
$1,000
BUSINESS AVIATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the proper shipping name and, in some instances, the correct UN identification number and packing group; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.202(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. TKT-98-34-CE
$500
C&O DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training; offered compressed gas n.o.s. accompanied by shipping papers that listed additional unauthorized information within the basic shipping description, and listed it in an incorrect sequence.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2), 172.202(b)]
Case No. 00T-013-CRS-EA
$750
CALGON CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-36-SO
$1,000
CAR CLEEN SYSTEMS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered compounds, cleaning, liquid(containing potassium hydroxide)in plastic drums marked as meeting the DOT 34 specification, when they were no longer authorized to be manufactured or used; offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that did not list the technical name of the material, the numeric hazard class, the unit of measure for the total weight of the material, and did not include a signed shipper's certification; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[173.22(a)(2), 173.203(a), 172.202(a) and (d), 172.203(k), 172.204(d), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-98-22-EA
$2,565
CBT COMPANIES
(Shipper)
Offered ammonia solutions in unauthorized packaging.
[173.22(a)(2), 173.203(b)]
Case No. TKT-99-34-CE
$1,875
CECO CHEMICAL MFG., INC.
(Shipper)
Offered a hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list a valid 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[172.604(a) and (b), 173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-98-46-SO
$1,520
CELEX SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper; failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide employee training.
[172.201, 173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-42-SW
$2,450
CHEM LAB PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Allowed a tank car containing chlorine to remain standing unattended with unloading connections attached, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[174.67(i) and (j)]
Case No. TKT-99-21-HQ
$750
CHEM-BRIGHT INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-022-TRN-CE
$675
CHEMCENTRAL CORPORATION – TULSA
(Shipper)
Failed to close packagings in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-49-SW
$1,017
CHEMCENTRAL CORPORATION – ATLANTA
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-65-SO
$1,000
CHEMCENTRAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered alcohols, n.o.s. in steed drums marked as meeting the UN1A1 standard that was not closed in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.201(c)]
Case No. TKT-99-50-CE
$1,303
CHRISTIANSON CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-50-SW
$562
CITY WIDE CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-39-SW
$630
LIZ CLAIBORNE COSMETICS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials containing ethyl alcohol that was not properly packaged, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.150 and 173.203]
Case No. TKT-99-12-HQ
$500
CLEAR COTE CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-46-SO
$1,000
COASTAL ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT SALES, LLC
(Shipper)
Failed to close 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-013-SD-SW
$1,138
COASTAL WELDING SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Filled and offered compressed gas in cylinders that were overdue for re-qualification testing, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.34(e)]
Case No. 00T-005-EXR-HQ
$1,250
COBB CARPET SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness employee training; failed to enter a correct packing group number on the shipping paper.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1), 172.202(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-38-SW
$570
COLUMBIA BARREL & DRUM, INC.
(Drum Reconditioner)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; failed to provide and/or failed to maintain notification of closure instructions to satisfy a performance test requirement.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 178.2(c)]
Case No. 00T-035-DR-SO
$1,320
COLUMBIA FIRE & SAFETY, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to verify the accuracy of its retest equipment to within 500 psi of the actual test pressure.
[173.34(e)(4)(iii)(A)]
Case No. TKT-99-72-SO
$1,460
COLUMBIA WELDING & CONSTRUCTION SERVICE, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a hazard class and UN identification number; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.201, 172.202(a)(2) and (3), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. TKT-99-49-SO
$2,100
COMPUFAB, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-008-TRN-SO
$600
CONSOLIDATED FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of its hydrostatic test equipment to any point within 500 psi of the actual test pressure.
[173.34(e)(4)(iii)(A)]
Case No. 00T-026-CR-WE
$1,825
CORCO CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that listed an incorrect shipping name and did not include the "RQ" designation.
[172.704(d), 172.202(a), 172.203(c)(2)]
Case No. TKT-99-19-EA
$1,134
CRANSTON WELDING SUPPLY CO.
(Cylinder Retester/Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an erroneous 24-hour emergency response telephone number; that failed to list a proper shipping name on shipping papers, listed additional unauthorized information within the basic shipping description, and failed to list a 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to maintain a current copy of CGA pamphlet C-6 at its retest facility; failed to maintain complete and accurate records of visual examination; failed to provide function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[107.601(e), 172.604)(a), 172.200(a), 172.201(d), 173.34(e)(2)(v)(C), 173.34(e)(8)(ii)(B)and 173.34(e)(13), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)and(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-32-EA
$3,330
CUMBERLAND ELECTRONICS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.704(d), 172.604(a)]
Case No. 00T-003-SB-EA
$900
CUSTOM BLENDERS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601(e)]
Case No. TKT-99-31-WE
$1,000
D'ANGELOS AUTOMOTIVE & INDUSTRIAL COATINGS
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-023-SB-WE
$600
DANA CONTAINER, INC.
(Intermediate Bulk Container Reconditioner)
Failed to properly re-certify intermediate bulk containers; failed to maintain accurate records of intermediate bulk container re-qualification.
[180.325(b), 180.352(f)]
Case No. 00T-029-IBCR-EA
$2,825
DANMAR PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-023-TRN-CE
$600
DAVECO INDUSTRIAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to properly describe a hazardous material on a shipping paper.
[172.704(a), 172.202(a)]
Case No. 00T-028-SB-SW
$1,362
DAVIS MANUFACTURING
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-66-SO
$1,000
DEEP SOUTH CHEMICAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-034-SD-SW
$938
DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered various corrosive materials accompanied by shipping papers that listed incorrect shipping names and the basic shipping description in an incorrect sequence; offered corrosive liquids, toxic, n.o.s. accompanied by shipping papers that failed to include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d), 172.201(a), 172.202(a) and (b), 172.604 (a)]
Case No. TKT-99-49-CE
$2,138
DISTRIBUTION SERVICES OF ATLANTA
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.702(d)]
Case No. 00T-032-SB-SO
$320
DPC INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to perform a leak-proofness test prior to reuse on a drum marked as meeting the UN1H1 standard.
[173.28(b)(2)]
Case No. 00T-053-SD-SW
$1,500
DRUMMOND AMERICAN CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific training.
[172.702(a),172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 00T-008-TRN-CE
$400
DSM RESINS, US, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered resin solution accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the material first, highlight it, or mark it with an X in a "HM" column; failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.201(a)(1), 107.601(e), 107.608(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 00T-023-SD-SO
$1,250
E & C CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failure to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that included additional unauthorized information within the basic shipping description, that failed to list the technical name of a hazardous material, that failed to include a signed shipper's certification, and that listed a 24-hour emergency response telephone number that was not monitored at all times; failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[107.601(e), 107.608, 172.201, 172.202, 172.203(k), 172.204(d), 172.604 (a), 173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-033-SIBC-SO
$2,840
EAGLE BRIDGES – MARATHON CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-010-SD-SO
$1,400
ECOLOGY CONTROL INDUSTRIES
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous material in division 4.2 on the same motor vehicle as hazardous material in division 8, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[177.848(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-28-HQ
$500
ECOLOGY CONTROL INDUSTRIES
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous material in packaging that did not meet the requirements of the Hazardous Materials Regulations, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.304, 173.156(b)]
Case No. 00T-001-EXR-HQ
$550
EMPIRE CLEANING SUPPLY
(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-002-SB-WE
$750
ENVIRONMENTAL INKS AND COATINGS
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that included additional unauthorized information within the basic shipping description and failed to follow any of the prescribed formats for listing hazardous materials; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.202(a), 172.201(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 00T-020-SP-CE
$1,350
EPIC HOLDING COMPANY, INC.
D/B/A EPIC INDUSTRIES
(Fiber Box Manufacturer/Shipper)
Represented, marked, and certified a fiberboard box as meeting the UN4G standard, for which design qualification testing was not conducted; offered compounds, cleaning, liquid(containing potassium hydroxide)in an unauthorized packaging; failed to mark the shipping name and UN identification number on a package; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional unauthorized information within the basic shipping description.
[178.601(d), 173.22(a)(2), 173.202(a) and (b), 172.301(a), 172.201(a)(4), 172.204(a)]
Case No. 00T-024-SB-EA
$2,875
EQUISTAR
(Shipper)
Offered ethyl alcohol in steel drums marked as meeting the UN1A1/Y standard that were not closed in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-005-SD-CE
$1,250
ESBRO CHEMICAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in reusable plastic drums older than five years from their date of manufacture without testing for leak-proofness prior to reuse; offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that included an improper shipping name and the letters "RQ" when no reportable quantity was being offered; marked a package with an unauthorized exemption number; failed to provide employee training.
[173.24(g)(3), 173.28(b)(2) and (7), 172.202(a)(1), 172.203(a)and (c), 172.301(c), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-43-WE
$3,950
EXPRESS OCEAN CONTAINER LINES, LTD.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-34-EA
$250
F&M FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to verify that the pressure-indicating device on its retest equipment was accurate to within one percent.
[173.34(e)(4)(iv)]
Case No. TKT-99-29-EA
$1,460
FINN CONTAINER CARGO SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.608(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-46-SW
$400
FIRE ART BY GRIZ
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 00T-001-SE-WE
$600
FIRESTONE NATURAL RUBBER COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered anhydrous ammonia in non-specification portable tanks marked as meeting a DOT exemption that failed to have specification plates, that had various markings not at least two inches high, that showed inspection and retest markings not marked near the specification plate or the front head, and marked DOT 51 portable tanks as though they were exemption tanks; placarded a portable tank with a subsidiary placard that displayed a hazard class number.
[DOT-E 6746Paragraphs 2.a., 7.a., 7.b. and 8.c., 172.519(b)(4)]
Case No. 00T-032-SPT-SW
$2,400
FIRMENICH, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in packages that were not properly closed in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that did not list the technical name in parentheses, that listed non-hazardous material as hazardous, and that listed Packing Group III materials as Packing Group II.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.24(b)(2) and (d)(1), 173.202(a), 172.200(a)]
Case No. 00T-012-SD-EA
$1,600
FIVE STAR CHEMICALS
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in recondition drums marked as meeting a UN standard that had not been subject to the required leak-proofness test; failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[173.28(a) and (b)(7), 173.22(a)(4), 173.24(f)(2), 172.702(b), 172.704 (a)(2) and (d)]
Case No. 00T-042-SD-SW
$1,938
FLORIDA CARBONIC, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain accurate records of reinspection and retest; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[173.34(e)(8)(ii), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. TKT-99-27-SO
$850
FLUID SYSTEMS COMPONENTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in unauthorized packaging, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.302(a)(1)]
Case No. 00T-002-EXR-HQ
$500
FMC CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to identify a hazardous material on shipping documents as a poison inhalation hazard material.
[172.203(m)]
Case No. 00T-025-SD-EA
$320
FRANK'S SERVICE AND TRUCKING, LLC
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601]
Case No. 00T-014-SB-WE
$500
FRAZER COMMERCIAL WAREHOUSE & DISTRIBUTION SERVICE
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied without preparing any shipping papers and without providing any emergency response telephone number or information; failed to provide employee training.
[172.200(a), 172.602(b), 172.604(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-023-SC-EA
$2,250
FRY METALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-001-SB-SO
$1,000
FULLERTON HYDRO TEST, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
After equipment malfunction, repeated the retest at the same pressure, rather than at 10% or 100 psi higher, whichever is lower; failed to maintain complete and accurate records of reinspection and retest.
[173.34(e)(4)(v), 173.34(e)(8)(ii)(B)]
Case No. 00T-021-CR-SW
$2,050
GARMAN COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-036-TRN-CE
$750
GC AMERICA
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-30-CE
$500
GARNESS INDUSTRIAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-96-09-WE
$600
GENERAL BONDED WAREHOUSE
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that listed an incorrect packing group designation, included additional unauthorized information within the basic shipping description, failed to list a unit of measure for each hazardous material entry, listed a shipping name in abbreviated form, and did not certify the shipment; failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide function-specific employee training, or create and retain certification of training testing.
[172.201(a)(3), 172.202(a)(4)-(5) and (b), 172.204(a), 107.601(e), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2), 172.704(d)(5)]
Case No. 00T-033-SB-EA
$1,400
GENERAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Allowed a tank car containing anhydrous ammonia or ammonia solutions to remain standing unattended with unloading connections attached, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[174.67(i) and (j)]
Case No. TKT-99-20-HQ
$500
GENERAL FIRE & SAFETY EQUIPMENT OF OMAHA, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain accurate records of reinspection and retest; failed to permanently mark condemned cylinders with X's over the DOT specification number, stamp "CONDEMNED" on the cylinders, or render them incapable of holding pressure; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[173.34(e)(8), 173.34(e)(6)(ii), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. TKT-99-33-CE
$1,320
GENERAL OCEAN FREIGHT CONTAINER LINES
(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-005-FF-WE
$600
GEORGIA – PACIFIC CORPORATION
(Intermediate Bulk Container Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold packaging marked as meeting the UN11G standard without performing design qualification testing on each new or different design; failed to notify customers in writing of all closure instructions and components needed to satisfy performance requirements; failed to mark the month and year of manufacture on packaging marked as meeting the UN11G standard.
[178.801(b), 178.2(c)(1)(i) and (ii), 178.703(a)(1)(iv)]
Case No. 00T-031-IBCM-EA
$2,800
GEORGIA – PACIFIC RESINS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to mark a packaging of hazardous materials with the proper shipping name and UN identification number; failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification.
[172.301(a), 173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-98-68-SO
$1,600
GRAINGER AUTO PARTS
(Shipper)
Failed to create retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-020-SD-SO
$320
GRANITE MOUNTAIN HOT MIX PRODUCTS
(Shipper)
Offered radioactive material, special form, n.o.s., without preparing shipping papers; and failed to provide recurrent employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.200, 172.201, 172.202, 172.203(d), 172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.704 (c)(2) and (d)]
Case No. 00T-040-RMS-SW
$1,687
THE GRAPHIC PACKAGING GROUP, INC.
(Fiber Box Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, and sold fiberboard boxes as meeting the DOT 12B specification, when they were no longer authorized to be manufactured.
[178.2(d), 171.2(c) and (d)]
Case No. 00T-015-BM-EA
$1,200
GREAT LAKES CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in a packaging that had been tested to a UN standard, but had not been marked with the required UN standard certification marking.
[178.503(a)]
Case No. 00T-009-SB-SW
$1,350
D. C. GUELICH EXPLOSIVES COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered division 1.5D and division 5.1 hazardous materials in non-DOT specification, non-standard packaging, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.62]
Case No. TKT-99-10-HQ
$750
H.V.T.S., INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in division 2.3 on the same motor vehicle as hazardous materials in Classes 3, 4, 5, and 8, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[177.848(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-18-HQ
$500
GRANT W. HAGBERG COMPANY
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain accurate records of daily calibration; failed to maintain a current copy of the Hazardous Materials Regulations at its retest facility; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[173.34(e)(8)(ii)(A), 173.34(e)(2)(v)(A), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)and(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-39-CE
$1,099
HARVARD CHEMICAL RESEARCH, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-38-SO
$1,000
HAZ MAT SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials classed as 4.2 and 8 in the same motor vehicle, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[177.848(d)]
Case No. 00T-010-EXR-HQ
$500
HERCULES INCORPORATED
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-51-SO
$1,000
HEXAGON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not contain a shipper's certification or signature; and failed to list a 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.201(a)(1), 172.204(d), 172.602(a), 172.604(a), 172.702(b), 172.704 (a) and (d)]
Case No. TKT-99-02-CE
$2,650
HILCO, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the proper shipping name, hazard class, and identification number in the shipping description, and failed to include the required emergency response information; failed to provide employee training.
[172.200(a), 172.201, 172.602(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-004-TRN-SO
$1,800
HINTZ FIRE EQUIPMENT, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain accurate records of daily calibration, retests, and unsuccessful tests; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; failed to maintain a current copy of the Hazardous Materials Regulations and certain CGA pamphlets at its retest facility
[173.34(e)(8)(ii)(A) and (B), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d), 173.34 (e)(2)(v)(A)]
Case No. TKT-99-45-CE
$1,720
HIPRO ANIMAL HEALTH
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain current records of employee training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect shipping name.
[172.704(d), 172.202]
Case No. 00T-026-SB-SW
$550
HORIZON FORWARDS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601(e), 107.608]
Case No. TKT-99-37-EA
$400
E. T. HORN COMPANY
(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-99-40-WE
$500
HOUSTON CRATING, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-030-SD-SW
$938
HUBBARD – HALL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. TKT-99-34-SO
$1,400
INCRETE SYSTEMS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-007-SD-SO
$1,000
INDUSTRIAL COMPOUNDS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-023-SD-SW
$938
INFINITE INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to affix a package containing flammable gas with a correct hazard warning label; failed to mark packages with a proper shipping name; failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.400(a), 172.417, 172.301(a), 107.608(a), 107.612, 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 00T-024-SB-WE
$2,900
INSTANT GRAPHICS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquids, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training.
[172.604(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-48-CE
$1,140
INTERCIT, INC.
D/B/A FIREMENICH CITRUS CENTER
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-48-SO
$1,000
INTERGLOBAL FORWARDING SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.604]
Case No. TKT-99-35-EA
$1,040
INTERNATIONAL CARGO SERVICE, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601(e)]
Case No. 00T-020-NVO-EA
$400
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered limited quantities of ethyl alcohol without complying with the regulations, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.150]
Case No. 00T-019-EXR-HQ
$750
INTERNATIONAL PAPER - BAG DIVISION
(Paper Bag Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold multi-wall water-resistant paper bags as meeting the UN5M2 standard, when the periodic retests were not conducted at least once every 12 months.
[178.601(e)]
Case No. 00T-038-BGM-SO
$1,200
ISLAND FIRE PROTECTION & SUPPLY CO., INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; failed to demonstrate the accuracy of its retesting equipment to within 500 psi of actual test pressure for cylinders tested at or above 3,000 psi.
[172.704(d), 173.34(e)(4)(iii)(A)]
Case No. . Case No. TKT-99-25-EA
$720
ITT INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous material in packaging that did not meet the requirements of the Hazardous Materials Regulations, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.1(b)]
Case No. 00T-003-EXR-HQ
$500
IVANHOE INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employees training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-016-TRN-CE
$675
J. V. MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 00T-009-TRN-CE
$750
JACKSON BLUE PRINT & SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect shipping name; failed to conduct provide employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.200(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-60-SO
$1,920
JB DENTAL SUPPLY
(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-015-SB-WE
$630
JEMM INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a working 24-hour emergency response telephone number; or a unit of measure in the shipping description; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.604, 172.202(a)(5), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 00T-008-SD-EA
$1,150
JMN SPECIALTIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-001-SD-SW
$937
JOHNSON CITY CHEMICAL CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include the basic shipping description.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.202(a)(1)-(4), 172.204(a)and (d)]
Case No. 00T-042-SBG-SO
$1,520
JOLIET TRI STATE
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to hold a current retesters identification number; failed to maintain accurate records of reinspection and retest.
[173.34(e)(2)(i), 173.34(e)(8)(ii)]
Case No. 00T-018-CR-CE
$2,250
D. D. JONES TRANSFER & WAREHOUSE CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to require a shipping paper when accepting hazardous materials for transportation; failed to provide employee training.
[177.817(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-026-SIBC-EA
$1,800
JT ENTERPRISES
(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-99-41-WE
$500
JUSTICE BROTHERS, 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-020-SB-WE
$600
K.W.I., INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-016-SD-SO
$1,020
KANOX, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain complete and accurate records of reinspection and retest; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[173.34(e)(8), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 00T-046-CR-SW
$1,210
KCI CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in a packaging marked as meeting the UN1H1/Y standard that was not closed as designed and tested.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.201(c)]
Case No. 00T-019-SD-CE
$1,000
KEMIRA PIGMENTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601(e), 107.608]
Case No. TKT-99-56-SO
$600
KIK CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to execute a shipper's certification on a shipping paper.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.204(d)]
Case No. 00T-041-SBD-SW
$1,238
KIMBALL – MARTIN, INC.
D/B/A CAMCO
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-044-SB-SW
$562
KRAMER CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in division 4.1 and class 8 in the same motor vehicle, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[177.848]
Case No. TKT-99-06-HQ
$750
L. W. CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in a packaging marked as meeting the UN1H1/Y standard that was not closed as designed and tested.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.201(c)]
Case No. 00T-014-SD-CE
$800
LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
(Shipper)
Failed to include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number on a shipping paper.
[172.604(a)]
Case No. 00T-004-SD-SW
$975
KENT H. LANDSBERG CO.
(Fiber Box Manufacturer)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 00T-014-BM-SO
$320
LAROCHE INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 00T-024-SC-SO
$250
LAW ENGINEERING & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
(Shipper)
Offering hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.604(b)]
Case No. 00T-021-SB-SO
$1,040
LEHMAN, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that listed incorrect shipping names and UN identification numbers.
[172.202(a)(1) and (3)]
Case No. 00T-015-SB-CE
$1,200
LINDAU CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. Case No. TKT-99-71-SO
$1,600
LINEA PENINSULA
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-53-SO
$600
LONGS DRUG STORE
(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-012-SB-WE
$600
LONGS DRUG STORE GENERAL MERCHANDISE
(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-010-SB-WE
$600
LONZA, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in a packaging marked as meeting a UN standard that was not closed as designed and tested.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.201(c)]
Case No. TKT-99-40-CE
$1,000
LOS ANGELES CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Unloaded Class 5.1 and Class 8 hazardous materials from intermediate bulk containers without removing them from the vehicle in which they were transported, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[177.834(h)]
Case No. 00T-016-EXR-HQ
$500
LUXFER USA LIMITED
(Cylinder Manufacturer)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. TKT-99-27-HQ
$400
M&M CHEMICAL SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; failed to describe a hazardous material by its proper shipping name on shipping papers.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d), 172.202]
Case No. TKT-99-44-WE
$1,150
MAGTECH AMMUNITION CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping paper that included additional unauthorized information prior to the basic shipping description, listed the hazard class name prior to the hazard class division number, and failed to listed a unit of measure for the total quantity being offered; listed an unauthorized 24-hour emergency response number; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.202(a)(2),(4), and(5), 172.204, 172.604(b), 107.601(e)]
Case No. TKT-99-30-EA
$2,205
MAHLE, INC.
(Shipper)
Offering a hazardous material 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 and who could not provide detailed information about the hazardous material; offered hazardous materials under the terms of a DOT exemption without being a party to the exemption; failed to provide when function-specific employee training.
[172.201(d), 172.604(a) and (b), 173.22a(a) and (c), DOT-E 11602Paragraphs 8(b), 10(a), and 11, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 00T-041-EX-SO
$1,760
MARCHMAN CHEMICAL PRODUCTS CO.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list an emergency response number.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.604]
Case No. 00T-002-TRN-SO
$1,440
MATLACK, INC.
(Carrier)
Allowed tank vehicles to remain attached to transfer connections after unloading had been discontinued, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[174.67(i) and (j)]
Case No. 00T-012-EXR-HQ
$500
McCORMICK INSULATION SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. TKT-99-63-SO
$400
MEYERS AUTO PARTS
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a proper shipping name; failed to provide employee training.
[172.202, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-49-SW
$570
DAVID MICHAEL AND COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials containing ethyl alcohol that was not properly packaged, under the terms of an exemption had expired.
[173.150 and 173.203]
Case No. TKT-99-13-HQ
$1,500
MIDWEST TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the hazard class or division number, and listed the hazardous materials in an incorrect sequence.
[172.202(a), 172.202(b)]
Case No. TKT-99-35-CE
$400
MILAMAR COATINGS
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions; failed to enter additional information after the basic shipping description; failed to execute a shipper's certification; failed to maintain records of employee training testing.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.201(a)(4), 172.204(d), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-027-SD-SW
$1,831
MISS LOU FIRE EQUIPMENT
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to hold a current retesters identification number; failed to maintain records of reinspection and retest; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; failed to have current copies of the Hazardous Materials Regulations and certain CGA pamphlets at its retest facility.
[173.34(e)(2)(i), 173.34(e)(8)(ii), 172.704(d), 173.34(e)(2)(v)(A)and(C)]
Case No. 00T-028-CR-SO
$2,770
MR. BAR-B-Q, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; offered lighters, 2.1, accompanied by shipping papers that listed the basic shipping description in the wrong sequence, that did not list the unit of measure for the quantity offered or a cigarette lighter approval number, and included a shipper's certification that was not signed; failed to mark packages with a proper shipping name.
[172.704(d), 172.200(a), 172.201(a)(2),(4), and(5), 172.202(b), 173.21 (h)(2)(i), 173.308, 172.301(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-28-EA
$2,800
MITCHELL CONTAINER
(Drum Reconditioner)
Failed to supply or maintain the notification of closure instructions needed to satisfy performance test requirements.
[178.2(c), 178.601(b)]
Case No. TKT-99-41-SO
$1,000
I . B. MOORE COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-98-04-CE
$500
MOTHER MURPHYS LABORATORIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-040-SD-SO
$1,000
NARDINI FIRE EQUIPMENT COMPANY
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-44-CE
$675
NATIONAL WELDERS SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered shipments of hydrogen and mixtures of hydrogen with helium, argon and/or nitrogen in unauthorized DOT specification cylinders, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.302(c)]
Case No. TKT-99-23-HQ
$500
NATIONAL WELDER'S SUPPLY COMPANY
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain accurate records of reinspection and retest; failed to verify the accuracy of the pressure-indicating device on its retest equipment to within 500 psi of actual test pressure; failed to maintain current copies of the Hazardous Materials Regulations and CGA pamphlets at its retest facility.
[173.34(e)(8)(ii)(A), 173.34(e)(4)(iii)(A), 173.34(e)(2)(iv)(C)]
Case No. TKT-99-31-EA
$1,440
NATIONAL WELDER'S SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.
(Cylinder Retester/Shipper)
Offered compressed gas in cylinders that were past due for re-qualification, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.34(e)]
Case No. 00T-004-EXR-HQ
$550
NAVY BRAND MANUFACTURING COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-012-TRN-CE
$750
NORTHWEST ENERGETIC SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered division 1.5 hazardous materials in MC-306, MC-307, and MC-312 cargo tanks, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.62, 173.240, 173.242, and 177.848(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-19-HQ
$500
NORTHWEST ENERGETIC SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered explosives in compatibility group B and compatibility group D in the same motor vehicle, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[177.848(d)]
Case No. 00T-009-EXR-HQ
$750
NOVILLE, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered restricted quantities of hazardous materials without complying with marking or shipping paper requirements, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[172.300(a), 172.200(a)]
Case No. 00T-015-EXR-HQ
$600
NOX-CRETE OF NEBRASKA, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close 55-gallon steel drums marked as meeting the UN1A1 standard in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to provide employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-38-CE
$1,600
NSL GROUP (USA), INC.
D/B/A AMERICAN LIGHTER
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training.
[107.601, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-30-WE
$1,269
PACIFIC QUALITY PACKAGING CORPORATION
(Fiber Box Manufacturer/Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-030-BMS-WE
$750
PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC COMPANY
HTL/KIN TECH DIVISION
(Cylinder Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked and sold non-DOT specification pressure vessels for the transportation of compressed gas, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.304(a)(1)]
Case No. TKT-99-05-HQ
$500
PACIFIC TREATMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous material in division 4.2 in the same motor vehicle as division 8 hazardous material, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[177.848(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-25-HQ
$500
PAPER SUPPLY CO.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 00T-036-TRN-SO
$600
PARKS CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-48-SW
$1,187
PC DYNAMICS
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.604(a)]
Case No. 00T-049-SD-SW
$975
PEACH STATE LAB, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-37-SO
$1,000
PER MAR FIRE PROTECTION & FIRE EXTINGUISHER SERVICE
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered fire extinguishers, 2.2, accompanied by shipping papers that failed to include a correct basic shipping description; and failed to include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d), 172.201(a), 172.202(a) and (b), 172.604 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 00T-002-SC-CE
$2,850
PERFORMANCE PROCESS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered phosphoric acid accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.604(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-47-CE
$1,040
PIONEER CHEMICAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered a packaging under the terms of a DOT exemption that was not authorized by the exemption; 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 technical name in parentheses.
[173.22a, DOT – E 11836, 173.22(a)(4), 172.203(k)(3)]
Case No. 00T-002-SD-SW
$1,687
PLAINSMAN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closing instructions.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-031-SD-SW
$938
PORT BIENVILLE TERMINAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-54-SO
$600
PRAXAIR DISTRIBUTION, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered compressed gas, n.o.s., in cylinders that were out of test; offered compressed gas, n.o.s., in cylinders under the terms of a DOT exemption when the cylinders were not authorized by the exemption.
[173.34(e)(1)(ii), 173.301(c), 173.22a, DOT-E 6691]
Case No. 00T-007-SC-CE
$640
PRECISION IBC, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-006-TRN-HQ
$250
PREMIER CHEMICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.200, 172.201, 172.204, 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. TKT-99-59-SO
$1,800
PRENTISS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to affix a hazard warning label on the outside of an over-pack.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.400(a)(5)]
Case No. 00T-011-SD-SO
$3,000
PRIMESOURCE CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that did not include all the required information for the basic shipping description and that failed to include a technical name, a signed shipper's certification, and a 24-hour emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.202(a), 172.203(k), 172.204(a), 172.604(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and(d)]
Case No. 00T-006-SD-WE
$2,760
PRIMUS AB
(Cylinder Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, and sold aerosol cans that did not comply with the DOT 2P specification, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.304, 178.33]
Case No. 00T-014-EXR-HQ
$400
PROCHEM CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.608]
Case No. 00T-039-REG-SO
$600
PRO CHEM SALES
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-003-SD-SW
$563
PROMETHEUS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide a foreign shipper with timely and complete information as to the requirements of the hazardous materials regulations that would be applicable to the transportation of lighters and lighter refills within the United States.
[171.12(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-32-WE
$3,600
PROPELLEX CORPORATION
(Third-Party Packaging Certifier)
Represented, marked and certified packages as meeting the UN standard 4G/Y2.8 when complete records of performance testing were not maintained.
[178.2(c)(1)(ii), 178.601(l)]
Case No. 00T-017-PC-CE
$500
PROTECTION ENGINEERING
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of recurrent employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-008-SD-WE
$450
R & L WAREHOUSE COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-42-WE
$500
R-SQUARE SALES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect shipping name and UN identification number.
[172.704(a), 172.202(a)(1) and (3)]
Case No. TKT-99-67-SO
$1,080
RAC ENTERPRISES, INC.
(Steel Drum Manufacturer)
Failed to supply or maintain the notification of closure instructions needed to satisfy performance test requirements.
[178.2(c), 178.601(b)]
Case No. 00T-006-DM-SO
$1,000
RANDALL INDUSTRIES
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a 24-hour emergency response telephone number of an agency not accepting responsibility for providing detailed information about the hazardous material.
[172.604(b)]
Case No. TKT-99-45-SW
$520
RIVER SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.604(b)]
Case No. 00T-022-SB-SO
$1,040
ROBINSON CHEMICAL COATINGS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied a shipping paper that failed to list the hazard class; failed to provide employee training.
[172.202(a)(2), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-55-SO
$1,000
ROCKY MOUNTAIN MOTORWORKS
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-037-SB-SW
$1,200
RUSSELL – STANLEY CORPORATION
(Plastic Drum Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold drums marked as meeting the UN1H1 standard that were not capable of passing the drop test.
[178.601(a), 178.603(a)]
Case No. 00T-025-PDM-WE
$4,200
Rx VETERINARY PRODUCTS
(Shipper)
Offered organophosphorus pesticides, liquid, toxic, flammable n.o.s., PG III, as "Limited Quantity" in packages that failed to meet the requirements for "strong outer packages."
[173.24(b), 173.153(b)(1)]
Case No. TKT-99-41-CE
$2,500
RYDER INTEGRATED LOGISTICS
(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-013-SB-WE
$600
S&W WASTE, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training, or create and retain record of training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a 24-hour emergency response telephone number that was not monitored at all times; and that did not list the technical name of the hazardous materials.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2) and (d), 172.604(a)(2), 172.203(k), 172.202 (d)]
Case No. 00T-028-SIBC-EA
$1,400
S&ME, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered radioactive material accompanied by a shipping paper that listed the basic shipping description in the wrong sequence, and failed to enter the activity of the radioactive material in SI units.
[172.202, 172.203(d)(4)]
Case No. 00T-022-RMS-HQ
$250
SAFETY-KLEEN, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2) and (d)]
Case No. TKT-99-41-SW
$1,250
SALES UNLIMITED, 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-017-SD-WE
$600
SAVANNAH FIRE & SAFETY
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain current copies of the Hazardous Materials Regulations, applicable CGA pamphlets, and a current copy of an exemption at its retest facility; failing to provide employee training.
[173.34(e)(2)(v), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-003-TRN-SO
$1,350
SAWYER PETROLEUM, 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-021-SD-WE
$600
SENTRY CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-031-SD-SO
$1,000
SERICOL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered toxic liquids, organic, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include the packing group; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.202(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 00T-025-SB-CE
$1,350
SERICOL, INC.
(Shipper)
Represented, marked, and certified fiberboard boxes as meeting the UN4G standard, when(1)they were marked and certified with a certification that had expired,(2)a periodic retest had not been conducted, and(3)they were marked with the symbol of a packaging certifying company other than the one that actually certified the packaging.
[178.2(b), 178.3(a), 178.601(e), 178.503(a)(8)]
Case No. 00T-026-BMS-CE
$2,700
THE SHERWIN – WILLIAMS COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that failed to list a unit of measure for quantities being offered, that included an illegible signature, that failed to list shipping names, hazard classes, or technical names, and included additional unauthorized information within the basic shipping description; failed to mark packages with a proper shipping name and technical name.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2), 172.201(a)(4), 172.202(a)(1) and (5), 172.203(k), 172.204(d), 172.301(a)(1) and (b)]
Case No. 00T-017-SD-EA
$2,885
SLOSS INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-57-SO
$1,000
SLURRY EXPLOSIVES CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in division 1.5 in non-DOT specification hopper cars, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.62, 176.83, and 176.415]
Case No. TKT-99-14-HQ
$500
SLURRY EXPLOSIVES CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered division 1.5 hazardous materials for transportation in MC-306, MC-307, and MC-312 cargo tanks, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.62, 173.240, 173.242, and 177.848(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-15-HQ
$500
S. J. SMITH WELDING SUPPLY COMPANY
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of its hydrostatic test equipment to within 500 psi of the actual test pressure.
[173.34(e)(8)(iii)(A)]
Case No. TKT-99-46-CE
$840
SNEE CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to close 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-019-SD-SW
$1,281
SOULE STEAM FEED WORKS, 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, nor could provide any detailed information concerning the hazardous material; failed to provide employee training.
[172.201(d), 172.604(a) and (b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-58-SO
$1,120
SOUTHERN CLEANING SUPPLY CO.
(Shipper)
Failing to provide recurrent employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include the proper shipping name and packing group.
[172.702(b), 172.702(c)(2), 172.202(a)(1) and (4)]
Case No. 00T-018-SP-SO
$1,200
SOUTHERN STATES COOPERATIVE, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to conduct a complete visual examination of a DOT specification 4 series cylinder; failed to properly mark DOT specification 4 series cylinders.
[173.34(e)(1), 173.34(e)(1)]
Case No. 00T-030-CR-EA
$1,037
SOUTHERN WATER TREATMENT SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered oxidizing liquid, n.o.s., and corrosive liquid, n.o.s., accompanied by shipping papers that failed to include a proper shipping description, UN identification number, packing group, or a signed shipper's certification; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.202(a)(1),(3), and(4), 172.204(d), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)and (d)]
Case No. 00T-004-SD-CE
$1,550
SOUTHWEST CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper for the shipment.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.202]
Case No. 00T-025-SB-SW
$1,688
SPECIALTY CHEMICALS & SYSTEMS
(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-038-SBD-SW
$1,500
SPURRIER CHEMICALS COMPANIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[107.608(a), 173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-43-SW
$1,400
THE STAMP STORE
(Shipper)
Failed to execute a shipper's certification on a shipping paper; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.204(d), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-024-SB-SW
$550
STANDARD FIRE EQUIPMENT, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of the retest system to within 500 psi of the actual test pressure.
[173.34(e)(4)(iii)(A)]
Case No. TKT-99-39-SO
$1,460
STATE CHEMICAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive solids, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list a proper shipping name, hazard class and identification number, the required emergency response information, and the shipper's certification.
[172.200(a), 172.201(d), 172.202, 172.204]
Case No. 00T-005-TRN-SO
$1,500
STERLING CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list a proper shipping name, hazard class, packing group, correct quantity of the materials, technical name; and a 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[172.202(a)(1),(2),(4), and(5), 172.202(d), 172.203(k), 172.604(a)(3)]
Case No. 00T-021-SP-EA
$2,800
STONEGATE SHIPPING, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-36-EA
$750
STREGE – WUTTKE TOOL & SUPPLY CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. TKT-99-42-CE
$750
SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered printing ink and n-propyl alcohol accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect proper shipping name.
[172.202(a)(1)]
Case No. 00T-010-SB-CE
$640
SUN CHEMICALS
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-051-SD-SW
$938
SUNBELT CHEMICAL AND EQUIPMENT, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-020-SD-SW
$1,501
SUNFLOWER FIREWORKS
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 107.608(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-47-SW
$804
SUNSHINE BEAUTY SUPPLY
(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-019-SB-WE
$600
SUNTRANS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that used unauthorized abbreviations in the basic shipping description, failed to include the "RQ" designation, the shipper's certification, and a valid 24-hour emergency response telephone number.
[107.601(e), 172.201(a)(3) and (d), 172.203(c)(2), 172.204(d), 172.604 (b)]
Case No. TKT-99-22-EA
$2,196
TECHNICHEM ENGINEERING LTD.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2) and (d)]
Case No. TKT-99-33-WE
$250
TEKNOL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that did not include a shipper's certification; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.204(a) and (d), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. TKT-99-32-CE
$1,000
TELEDYNE ADVANCED MATERIALS
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that included an unsigned shipper's certification; paper; that failed to include emergency response information; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.204(a), 172.600, 172.602, 172.704(d)]
Case No. 00T-013-SD-HQ
$1,090
TILLEY CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include the packing group.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.202(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-99-64-SO
$1,420
THE TRENT CORP.
(Fiber Box Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, and sold fiberboard boxes as meeting the DOT specification 12B boxes when they were no longer authorized to be manufactured.
[178.2(d), 172.2(c)]
Case No. 00T-016-BM-EA
$1,200
TRI-STATE AUTOMOTIVE WAREHOUSE, INC.
(Shipper)
Failing to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized 24-hour emergency response telephone number, that listed the basic shipping description out of proper sequence, an incorrect UN identification number, and did not list a packing group.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.704(d), 172.201(d), 172.604(b), 172.202(a)]
Case No. 00T-017-SB-SO
$1,800
UAP MIDSOUTH
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the proper shipping name and hazard class, and incorrectly listed the "RQ" designation in the basic shipping description; failed to provide employee training.
[172.202(a), 172.203(c), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-029-SD-SO
$1,800
ULRICH CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in division 4.1 in the same motor vehicle as hazardous materials in class 8, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[177.848(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-22-HQ
$500
UNISOURCE WORLDWIDE, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. TKT-99-51-SW
$500
UNITED REFRIGERATION , INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. TKT-99-47-SO
$320
UNITOR SHIPS SERVICES, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of its retesting equipment to within one percent; failed to list the DOT/ICC specification on records of reinspection and retest.
[173.34(e)(4)(iii), 173.34(e)(8)(ii)]
Case No. 00T-003-CR-WE
$1,550
VALCO CHEMICALS DIVISION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent general awareness employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include additional information after the basic shipping description.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.704(c)(2), 172.704(d), 172.201(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-006-SB-SW
$800
VAN LEER CONTAINERS, INC.
(Steel Drum Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold five-gallon steel drums as meeting the UN1A1/X1.8/300 standard, when three of 12 tested drums were not capable of passing the drop test.
[178.601(b), 178.2(b)]
Case No. TKT-99-21-EA
$4,320
VAN WATERS & ROGERS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hypochlorite solutions in an intermediate bulk container marked as meeting a UN standard that had not been marked with the date of the last inspection and leak-proofness test.
[178.703(b)(1)(iv), 178.703(b)(1)(v)]
Case No. TKT-99-37-CE
$400
VAN WATERS & ROGERS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered petroleum distillates, n.o.s., and sodium hydroxide solution, accompanied by shipping papers that failed to use an "X" in the "HM" column, failed to list a proper shipping name and hazard class, which contained a reference to an exemption that had expired.
[172.201(a)(1)(iii) and (4), 172.202(a)(1) and (2), 172.203(a)]
Case No. 00T-006-SIBC-CE
$1,000
VIRGINIA KMP CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; affixed a hazard warning label on a package that did not meet the required color specifications.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.407(d)]
Case No. 00T-035-SD-SW
$1,188
WALTRON, LTD.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that included additional unauthorized information within the basic shipping description; and that failed to list a 24-hour emergency response telephone number that was operational at all times the hazardous materials were in transportation or storage incident to transportation; failed to provide employee training.
[172.201(a)(4), 172.202(b), 172.604(a)(1), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-032-SD-EA
$1,440
WAREHOUSE COLLABORATIVE, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to properly label packages containing hazardous materials; failed to mark a complete shipping name on packages; failed to include orientation arrows on packages to indicate the proper orientation of inner packages filled with liquid hazardous materials; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a basic shipping description, a signed shipper's certification, or the concentration of a hydrogen peroxide solution; failed to provide employee training.
[172.400(a)(1), 172.402(a)(1), 172.407(c)(1), 172.301(a)(1), 172.312 (a)(2), 172.200(a)(1), 172.201(a)(1)(i)-(iii), 172.202(a)(1)-(4), 172.204(d)(1), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 00T-009-SB-EA
$3,210
WAREHOUSE SERVICE, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that included a unsigned shipper's certification, included additional unauthorized information within the basic shipping description, failed to include a unit of measure for the quantity being offered, and listed a hazard class name prior to the class/division number; failed to register with RSPA; listed an unauthorized 24-hour emergency response telephone number on the shipping paper.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.704(d), 172.204(d)(1), 172.201(a)(4), 172.202(a)(2) and (5), 107.601(e), 172.604(b)]
Case No. TKT-99-23-EA
$2,305
WEST COAST SERVICES
(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-018-SD-WE
$600
THE WESTAIM CORPORATION, THIO-PET DIVISION
(Shipper)
Offered hydrogen sulfide in unauthorized tank cars, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.314(c)]
Case No. TKT-99-26-HQ
$500
WILLIS SUPPLY COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper listing a 24-hour emergency response telephone number that was not monitored at all times.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.704(d), 172.604(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-40-SW
$1,260
WONCH BATTERY COMPANY
(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-024-TRN-CE
$750
X-CHEM, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close a package in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 00T-048-SD-SW
$938
XTTRIUM LABORATORIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional unauthorized information within the basic shipping description.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.202(b)]
Case No. TKT-98-21-CE
$1,000
Y-SLIP USA CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered a hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper that listed additional unauthorized information prior to the basic shipping description, that failed to include a technical name, that listed an emergency response telephone number that was not monitored 24 hours a day, that failed to include the "LTD QTY" designation, and included an unsigned shipper's certification.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (d), 172.201(a), 172.202(a), 172.203(a), 172.204(a), 172.604(a)]
Case No. TKT-99-28-SO
$1,450
Total Tickets - 317
Total Penalties - $377,733
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