RSPA FY 2003
Closed Tickets
118 HALSEY MYRTLE CORPORATION
D/B/A M&M WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS
(Shipper)
Offered lighters in unauthorized, non-UN-standard packaging, when they were not properly marked and when the requirements of 173.308 were not provided.
[172.102(c)(5), Special Provision N10, 173.21(i), 173.22(a)(2), 173.308(b)]
Case No. 02T-044-SB-EA
$559
A SQUARE SYSTEMS, 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. 03T-059-SB-CE
$500
A-OX WELDING SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
After equipment failure, repeated the hydrostatic retest at the same pressure, rather than at 10 percent or 100 psi higher, whichever is lower.
[180.205(g), 180.215(b)]
Case No. 03T-074-CR-CE
$1,364
AARON INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-043-TRN-WE
$450
ABBEY DRUM COMPANY
(Drum Reconditioner)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-003-DR-EA
$1,200
ACETYLENE SERVICE COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered compressed gas without providing shipping paper; failed to conduct daily compression verification; failed to create and retain records of training testing.
[172.200, 173.303(d), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-079-SC-EA
$2,250
ACQUITY BRANDS INC.
DBA ZEP MFG. CO.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.24(f)(2)]
Case No. 02T-066-SD-SO
$1,000
ACRO SALES & ENGINEERING, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 03T-013-SB-CE
$750
ADMIRAL FREIGHT SYSTEMS
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 02T-069-FF-CE
$750
ADVANCED AIRCRAFT COATINGS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(b)]
Case No. 03T-079-SP-SW
$570
ADVANCED CHEMICAL SYSTEMS, 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. 03T-017-SIBC-CE
$600
ADVANCED CHEMICAL TRANSPORT, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste in non-UN-standard plastic drums
[173.134(c)(2), 173.197]
Case No. 02T-048-RMS-WE
$2,625
ADVANCED COMPOSITES GROUP, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[107.608(b), 173.22(a)(4), 173.24(f)(2), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 03T-067-SD-SW
$1,575
ADVANTAGE GASES & TOOLS
(Shipper)
Offering compressed gas in cylinders marked as meeting the DOT 3, 3A, and 3AA specifications that were manufactured before December 31, 1945 and were are inspected only every 10 years instead of every five years, under the terms of an exemption, DOT-E 6626, that had expired.
[180.209(b)]
Case No. 03T-054-EXR-HQ
$500
ADVOCATE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an emergency response telephone number; and contained a shippers certification that was not signed; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.604(a), 172.204(a),172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 03T-047-SIBC-CE
$2,020
AEA TECHNOLOGY QSA, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered radioactive material accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the chemical form for radioactive materials on the shipping paper; and that failed to list the proper shipping name.
[107.608, 172.203(d), 172.202(a)(1)]
Case No. 02T-118-RMS-HQ
$1,900
AGERE SYSTEMS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered toxic liquid, corrosive, inorganic, n.o.s. (containing arsenic, phosphorous, hydrogen chloride) in packages that were not properly labeled and marked; offered this material without shipping papers.
[172.400(a), 172.401(a), 172.300(a), 172.301(a), 172.200(a), 172.202(a)]
Case No. 03T-014-SD-EA
$4,700
AGRILIANCE, LLC
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-021-TRN-SW
$500
AIRGAS MID SOUTH, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to check the pressure of a cylinder, representative of that days compression, after the cylinder had cooled to a settled temperature.
[173.303(d)]
Case No. 01T-102-CR-SW
$2,136
AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered flammable liquid in packages that were not properly closed.
[173.22(a)(2), 178.2(c)(4)]
Case No. 03T-010-SD-EA
$1,000
ALACHUA FIRE EXTINGUISHER COMPANY, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to maintain current retest regulations and applicable DOT exemptions at the retest facility.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 180.215(a)(4) and (5)]
Case No. 03T-049-CR-SO
$1,100
ALCHEMCO, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 03T-024-TRN-WE
$625
ALCHEMYSOUTH, LTD.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in a package that was not marked with the proper shipping name and UN identification number; and that was affixed with a hazard warning label that was the wrong size.
[172.301(a), 172.400(a), 172.407(c)]
Case No. 03T-068-SD-SO
$2,120
ALL FIRE TEST, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain records of hydrostatic retest.
[173.34(e)(8)]
Case No. 02T-060-CR-CE
$2,000
ALL STAR TRANSPORT
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to report a hazardous materials incident in writing within 30 days of its occurrence.
[171.16]
Case No. 03T-021-HMI-HQ
$1,000
ALLAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials by marking and labeling the package, and preparing shipping documentation, when the material was not hazardous.
[172.202(e), 172.303(a)]
Case No. 03T-041-SP-EA
$1,200
ALLREDS CENTURY CHEMICAL
DBA CENTURY CHEMICAL
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to provide employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-047-SD-WE
$1,600
ALPHA TESTING AND INSPECTION, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper with an incorrect international shipping description.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.203(d), 171.11]
Case No. 03T-063-RMS-SW
$1,125
AMERICAN CUSTOM DRYING CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-025-TRN-EA
$960
AMERICAN RESIN CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; failed to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number.
[172.704(d), 107.608(a), 172.604(b)]
Case No. 03T-027-TREG-SW
$1,795
AMI SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-050-TRN-WE
$250
AMREP, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquid, n.o.s., without marking the package with the shipping name and UN identification number.
[172.301(a)]
Case No. 03T-004-SE-CE
$900
AMSAN COMPANY
DBA CITY WIDE CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that contained incorrect shipping descriptions, including ones with additional information interspersed, misspelled shipping names, incorrect identification numbers, and unsigned shippers certifications.
[172.202(a)(1) and (3), 172.204(d)]
Case No. 02T-061-SD-CE
$1,275
ANATEX, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquid, basic, organic, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include an emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training.
[172.201(d), 172.604(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-059-SB-EA
$1,640
ANCHOR PAINT MANUFACTURING COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging marked to a UN standard in accordance with the manufacturers closure instructions; failed to provide function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper with a shippers certification that was not legibly signed.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.24(f)(2), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2) and (d), 172.204(d)(1)]
Case No. 03T-076-SDP-SW
$1,500
ANCHOR SAFETY, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to create and retain records of training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-108-TRN-SW
$557
THOMAS J. ANGELOZZI, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-012-TRN-HQ
$500
ARDEX LABORATORIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive materials and flammable liquids in UN-standard drums that were not closed and were not marked with the UN1H1 standard marking.
[173.202(c), 173.22(a)(2) and (4)]
Case No. 03T-031-SD-EA
$1,795
ARGENT CHEMICAL LABORATORIES, INC.
(Fiberboard Box Manufacturer/Shipper)
Failed to close packages marked as meeting the UN1H1 standard in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-025-BMS-WE
$1,812
ARIZONA CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.24(f)(2)]
Case No. 03T-037-SD-SO
$1,000
ARROW-HAWK, INC.
DBA ARROW FIRE & SAFETY
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to verify the accuracy of the test equipment prior to conducting hydrostatic retesting; failed to maintain complete and accurate records of cylinder retest.
[173.34(e)(4)(iii), 173.34(e)(8)(ii)(B)]
Case No. 02T-116-CR-SW
$1,162
ASCO HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
DBA NEIGHBORCARE
(Shipper)
Failed to employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an emergency response telephone number, that used unauthorized abbreviations, that did not include a unit of measure for the weight of the materials, and described the materials in an incorrect sequence.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d), 172.201(d), 172.604(a), 172.201(a)(3), 172.202(a)(2) and (5), 172.202(c)]
Case No. 03T-012-SC-EA
$2,310
ASHLAND CHEMICAL CO.
DBA ASHLAND DISTRIBUTION CO.
(Shipper/Motor Carrier)
Failed to close UN-certified packages containing hazmat in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to submit a written hazardous materials incident report; failed to maintain records of DOT Specification 57 tank testing.
[173.22(a)(4), 171.16(a), 180.605(l)]
Case No. 02T-015-SIBC-EA
$2,100
ASHLAND SPECIALTY CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 02T-060-SD-SW
$780
ASSOCIATED SOILS ENGINEERING, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include the proper shipping name and UN identification number; and that listed an incorrect emergency response telephone number.
[172.202(a), 172.604(a)]
Case No. 02T-073-RMS-WE
$1,840
ATLAS ALASKA, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered certain 1.5 explosives and/or oxidizers in bulk quantities, under the terms of an exemption, DOT-E 8723, that had expired.
[173.62, 173.242]
Case No. 02T-129-EXR-HQ
$750
ATLAS CONSTRUCTION SPECIALTIES CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(b), 172.604(a) and (b)]
Case No. 03T-051-SB-WE
$2,175
AURORA SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
(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. 03T-061-SD-CE
$400
AUTO PARTS WHOLESALE
DBA CARQUEST
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not provide a proper shipping description; and did not include an emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training.
[172.202(a)(1)-(4), 172.604, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-035-SD-WE
$2,835
AUTO-CHLOR SYSTEMS
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper that did not properly describe the material; failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to sign the shippers certification on the shipping paper.
[172.201(a), 173.22(a)(4), 172.204(d)]
Case No. 02T-110-SD-SW
$1,487
AUTOMOTIVE WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered flammable liquids, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the technical name of the material in parentheses; failed to provide recurrent employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.203(k), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 03T-021-SB-CE
$1,100
AVALON PETROLEUM
(Shipper)
Offered kerosene, 3, without executing a shipping paper.
[172.201, 172.204, 172.604]
Case No. 03T-020-SD-CE
$1,200
AZ WEST CO.
(Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-036-TRN-WE
$573
B & E FIRE SAFETY EQUIPMENT, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to verify the accuracy of the test equipment to within one percent of the prescribed test pressure.
[180.205(g)(3)(i)]
Case No. 03T-035-CR-SO
$1,260
B&FL SUPPLY COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered corrosive materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an emergency response telephone number that was not monitored by a person with knowledge of the materials.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.604(a)(1) and (2), 172.604(b)(1)]
Case No. 01T-063-SB-CE
$1,640
B-D CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 02T-117-SD-SW
$937
B.D. CLASSIC ENTERPRISE, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-014-SD-WE
$1,475
BAKER DISTRIBUTING CO.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered a hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper with a shippers certification that was not signed.
[172.702(b), 172.204(a)]
Case No. 03T-012-SC-SO
$920
BAKER PETROLITE
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 03T-002-SD-SW
$1,187
BANDAG, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 03T-013-SD-SW
$1,187
BAYER CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-142-SBD-SW
$1,837
BAYER CROPSCIENCE
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 03T-011-SD-SW
$1,187
BEACON POWER, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.608]
Case No. 02T-071-REG-WE
$500
BEARDEN OIL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper with an invalid emergency response telephone number; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to mark the proper shipping name and UN identification number on the package.
[172.201(d), 172.604(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 173.22(a)(4), 173.24(f)(2), 172.301(a)]
Case No. 03T-055-SD-SO
$3,520
BEAVER RESEARCH COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a proper shipping name; failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to provide initial and recurrent employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.202(a), 173.22(a)(4), 173.201(c), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (c)(2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-066-SD-CE
$2,355
BELFOR
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-015-TRN-SW
$675
BELMONT METALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered a hazardous material described as zinc dust, 4.3, by labeling the package and preparing shipping documentation, when the material was not hazardous.
[172.202(e), 172.401(a)(1)]
Case No. 02T-070-SP-EA
$811
B. BEST CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a DOT "T" approval number.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.102(b)(5)]
Case No. 03T-017-TRN-WE
$1,550
BEST ENVIRONMENTAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered waste corrosive liquids, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include an emergency response telephone number; and that failed to enter the basic shipping description in the correct order.
[172.604(a), 172.202]
Case No. 03T-030-SD-CE
$1,520
BHS ACQUISITION
DBA BHS MARKETING
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.608, 107.612]
Case No. 02T-047-REG-WE
$750
BIO LAB
(Shipper)
Failed to mark the technical name of a hazardous material on a packaging.
[172.301(b)]
Case No. 03T-089-SB-SW
$1,725
BIO TECH PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered a hazardous material without preparing a proper shipping paper with a basic shipping description and emergency response information; failed to provide employee training.
[172.200(a), 172.604, 177.817(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-145-SB-SW
$2,250
BITTNER INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered a hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an emergency response telephone number of a person who did not accept responsibility for providing information.
[172.604(b)]
Case No. 03T-061-SD-SO
$1,040
BNX SHIPPING, INC.
(Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[107.601(a)(5), 107.608, 107.612, 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 03T-018-TREG-WE
$1,250
BOC INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list an emergency response telephone number.
[107.601(a)(6), 172.201(d), 172.604(b)]
Case No. 02T-058-SD-EA
$1,700
BOCCHI LABORATORIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.608, 107.612]
Case No. 03T-030-REG-WE
$375
BON L MANUFACTURING COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include an emergency response telephone number.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d), 172.604(a)]
Case No. 02T-063-SD-CE
$1,120
BONDS BROTHERS
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-055-TRN-SO
$600
BORINQUEN CONTAINER CORPORATION
(Fiberboard Box Manufacturer)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-020-TRN-SO
$600
BORINQUEN FIBER DRUMS, INC.
(Fiber Drum Manufacturer)
Failed to provide employee training; for a UN standard fiber drum certified in excess of 30 kg, marked the certification on the bottom, instead of either the top or side of the drum.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 178.3(a)(5)]
Case No. 03T-021-FDM-SO
$1,200
BOXES ETC., INC.
(Fiberboard Box Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold fiberboard boxes as meeting the UN4G standard while failing to conduct periodic retesting.
[178.601(e)]
Case No. 02T-053-BM-SO
$2,560
BP AMOCO
(Shipper)
Offered gasohol, 3, accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional unauthorized information prior to the basic shipping description.
[172.201(a)(4)]
Case No. 03T-003-SD-CE
$320
BRADFORD SOAP WORKS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that (1) listed additional information before the basic shipping description, (2) failed to list the technical name of the material, (3) did not include a shippers certification and (4) emergency response information; failed to mark a package with the proper shipping name and UN identification number; failed to properly close packages; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.200(a), 172.201(a)(4), 172.202(d), 172.204(a), 172.602(c),172.301(a), 173.22(a)(2) and (4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 02T-055-SD-EA
$3,720
BRADY INDUSTRIES OF NEW MEXICO
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include an emergency response telephone number; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.604(a)(3), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-040-SBD-SW
$1,475
BREEN LABORATORIES
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-038-TRN-WE
$562
BRENNTAG MIDSOUTH, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4), 178.601(b)]
Case No. 02T-061-SD-SO
$1,000
BUCKLEY POWDER COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered explosives, blasting, Type E, 1.5D, without marking the package with the EX approval number or listing it on the shipping paper; offered this material and oxidizing liquid, n.o.s., 5.1, under a DOT exemption without listing the exemption number on the shipping paper; offered articles, explosives, n.o.s., 1.4S, accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the proper shipping name or hazard class such that the material was not identified or classified.
[172.320(a) and (d), 172.203(a), 172.202(a)]
Case No. 03T-076-SE-CE
$4,400
BULK-PACK, INC.
(Intermediate Bulk Container Manufacturer)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 03T-026-TRN-SW
$250
BURLINGTON CHEMICAL CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in packaging manufactured under a DOT exemption after the exemption had expired; offered hazardous materials in intermediate bulk containers marked to a UN standard when the containers had not been retested within 2.5 years, as required; failed to close packages in accordance with the the manufacturers closure notification.
[107.107(d), 180.352(b)(1) and (2), 173.242(c), 173.22(a)(4), 173.24(f)(2)]
Case No. 02T-065-EX-SO
$3,900
BURTS BEES
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-058-SB-SO
$600
BUSINESS AVIATION 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. 03T-077-SB-CE
$675
C & C CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include an emergency response telephone number.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.201(d), 172.604(a)]
Case No. 03T-047-SP-SO
$1,640
C-CAM INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Offered 2.1, 2.2, or 2.3 materials in non-DOT specification portable tanks, under the terms of an exemption, DOT-E 11539, that had expired.
[173.315(a)]
Case No. 02T-120-EXR-HQ
$1,250
C.C.I.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to conduct recurrent employee training.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-049-SD-SO
$457
C.I.M. INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-045-TRN-WE
$524
CADY INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Bag Manufacturer)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-001-TRN-SO
$400
CALIFORNIA UNITED TERMINALS
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[107.608, 107.612, 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-039-TREG-WE
$1,319
CALLAHAN CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-042-SD-EA
$960
CAMCO MANUFACTURING, INCORPORATED
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to mark packages with the proper shipping name and UN identification number; failed to provide employee training.
[107.608, 107.612, 172.301(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-066-SD-WE
$2,750
CAMP CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper that provided a basic shipping description and emergency response information; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.200(a), 172.202(a), 172.604, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-057-SBG-SO
$2,200
CAPITAL DRILLING, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered explosives accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; an incorrect hazard class; and no technical name.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.604(a), 172.202(a)(2), 172.203(a), 172.203(k)]
Case No. 03T-002-SE-HQ
$2,980
CAPITAL FIRE PROTECTION CO.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; failed to maintain accurate records of visual inspection; failed to retain copies of shipping papers for shipments of charged fire extinguishers.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d), 173.34(e)(3), 173.34(e)(8)(ii), 172.200(a), 172.201(e)]
Case No. 03T-028-CRS-CE
$1,600
CAPITAL RESIN CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquid, inorganic, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that contained an incorrect shipping name and UN identification number.
[172.202(a)(1) and (3)]
Case No. 03T-027-SBD-CE
$1,200
CARAVAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to follow the correct format.
[172.201(a)(1) and (4)]
Case No. 02T-065-SB-CE
$480
CARBOLINE
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper with a shippers certification that was not signed.
[172.204(d)]
Case No. 02T-112-SD-SW
$300
CARGO INDUSTRIES
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b)]
Case No. 03T-023-REG-SO
$400
CARLINVILLE AREA HOSPITAL
(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. 03T-070-SB-CE
$500
CARLTONBATES COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered some hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper and others accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional unauthorized information prior to the basic shipping description, listed the basic shipping description out of sequence, and failed to include an emergency response telephone number; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.200(a), 172.201(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-067-SB-SO
$2,200
CARMEL SURGICAL SPECIALISTS
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste in packages marked as meeting the UN4G/Y standard that were not closed as designed and tested; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[173.201(c), 173.24(f)(1)(ii), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-067-SB-CE
$1,400
CAROLINA CARBONIC & HYDRO TEST, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to calibrate the test equipment to within 500 psi of actual test pressure; failed to register with RSPA.
[173.34(e)(4)(iii), 107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b)]
Case No. 02T-063-CR-SO
$1,860
PAUL CARROLL WELDING SUPPLY, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of the testing equipment.
[180.205(g)(3)(i)]
Case No. 03T-008-CR-SW
$1,368
CASCADE COLUMBIA DISTRIBUTION COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to perform testing for leak-proofness prior to reuse of a drum marked as meeting the UN1H1 standard.
[173.28(b)(2)]
Case No. 02T-060-SD-SW
$900
CAVALIER CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
(Fiber Box Manufacturer/Shipper)
Represented, marked, certified, and sold a fiberboard box as meeting the UN4G/Y standard, when periodic testing was not conducted.
[178.601(e), 178.2(b)]
Case No. 02T-099-BMS-EA
$2,240
CELEX SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an emergency response telephone number.
[172.604(a)]
Case No. 03T-010-SD-SW
$975
CENTRAL KENTUCKY PROCESSING, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered hazardous waste accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an emergency response telephone number.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d), 172.604(a)]
Case No. 03T-035-SD-CE
$1,640
CERTOL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hypochlorite solution without preparing a shipping paper; offered hypochlorite solution accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect proper shipping name; offered corrosive liquid, n.o.s., (containing buffered hydrochloric acid) accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a shippers certification.
[172.200(a), 172.202(a), 172.202(a)(1), 173.22(a)(1), 172.204(a)]
Case No. 03T-078-SD-SW
$2,275
CHEMEX CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4), 178.601(b)]
Case No. 03T-025-SD-SO
$1,000
THE CHEMICAL CONNECTION, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 02T-051-SD-SO
$1,000
CHEMICAL DISPOSAL SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered waste flammable liquid, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an invalid an emergency response telephone number.
[172.604(a)]
Case No. 02T-059-SD-CE
$520
CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT LABS OF VA, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered nitric acid in reused drums that were not tested for leak-proofness; offered hypochlorite solutions, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a proper shipping name.
[173.28(b)(2), 173.158(b)(1), 172.200(a), 172.202(a)(1)]
Case No. 02T-034-SD-EA
$2,753
CHEMICAL LEHMAN TANK LINES
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to report a hazardous materials incident in writing within 30 days of its occurrence.
[171.16]
Case No. 02T-032-HMI-HQ
$1,124
CHEMICAL SPECIALTIES, LLC
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b),172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-039-SD-SO
$1,200
CHEMJET
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.24(f)(2)]
Case No. 03T-050-SD-SW
$937
CHEMMARK OF HOUSTON
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 03T-018-SD-SW
$1,375
CHEMWELD, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training.
[172.201(d), 172.604(b)172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-044-SC-SO
$1,640
CHEYENNE FIRE EXTINGUISHER SERVICE, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to conduct visual inspections of cylinders; failed to maintain a current copy of the hazardous materials regulations and applicable CGA pamphlets at the retest facility; failed to provide employee training.
[173.34(e)(3) and (13), 173.34(d), 173.34(e)(2) (v)(C), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-043-CR-WE
$2,400
CHICAGO METROPOLITAN FIRE PREVENTION CO.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain accurate records of visual inspection and retest; offered charged fire extinguishers accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to properly identify and describe them.
[180.215(b)(1) and (2), 180.205(f)(1) and (3), 172.201(a), 172.202(a)]
Case No. 03T-037-CRS-CE
$2,300
CLARIANT CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.24(f)(2)]
Case No. 03T-036-SD-SO
$1,000
CLARIN USA, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered flammable liquids and flammable solids which did not meet all of the requirements of the Hazardous Materials Regulations for transportation, under the terms of an exemption, DOT-E 9275, that had expired.
[173.150(b)]
Case No. 02T-130-EXR-HQ
$500
CLASS A COATINGS
(Shipper)
Offered paint, 3, without preparing a shipping paper.
[172.200(a), 172.201, 172.204(d)]
Case No. 03T-006-SP-CE
$1,800
CLEAN EARTH SYSTEMS, INC.
(Fiberboard Box Manufacturer)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-016-BM-SO
$600
CLEANHARBOR S ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 03T-003-SD-SW
$1,187
CLEVELAND STEEL CONTAINER CORPORATION
(Steel Jerrican Manufacturer)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-049-TRN-WE
$400
CLOVIS JANITORIAL SUPPLY
(Shipper)
Offered compounds, cleaning, liquid, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a proper shipping name, hazard class, UN identification number, or packaging group; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.200(a), 172.202(a)(1)-(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-028-SB-WE
$1,710
COLONIAL CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.24(f)(2)]
Case No. 03T-071-SD-SO
$1,000
COLOR CONVERTING INDUSTRIES CO.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to provide employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.201(c), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-050-SD-CE
$2,000
COMMERCIAL CHEMICAL PRODUCTS
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper; failed to provide employee training.
[172.200(a), 173.22(a)(1), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-055-SD-SW
$2,250
COMMUNITH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
(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. 03T-072-SB-CE
$400
COMPRESSED GAS & SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1)]
Case No. 03T-082-SC-SW
$250
CONCRETE SYSTEMS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.200(a), 172.201(a), 172.202(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-034-SD-SW
$1,686
CONSERVANCY OIL COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper.
[172.200(a)]
Case No. 02T-120-SD-SW
$1,125
CONSTAR, INC.
(Plastic Jerrican Manufacturer)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-004-TRN-SO
$400
CONTAINER RECYCLERS OF CAMDEN, INC.
(Drum Reconditioner)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-080-TRN-EA
$520
CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES LABORATORY, INC.
(Third-Party Package Certifier)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-014-PC-SW
$250
CONTROL SOLUTIONS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to perform a retest on a portable tank; offered hazardous materials in a packaging that had been tested but not marked with a UN certification marking.
[180.605(c), 178.503(a)]
Case No. 03T-001-SB-SW
$2,438
CORAL CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-069-SD-SO
$600
CORNING FREQUENCY CONTROL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 02T-124-SD-SW
$1,187
CRESS CHEMICAL & EQUIPMENT COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in reusable drums marked as meeting a UN standard that had not been tested for leak-proofness; failed to provide recurrent employee training; failed to register with RSPA.
[173.28(b)(2)(i), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2), 107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b)]
Case No. 03T-034-SD-SO
$2,200
CREST INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 03T-020-SD-SW
$1,302
CROSSROADS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-058-TRN-WE
$560
CROUCH SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-009-SBD-SW
$250
CROUCH SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; offered disinfectants, liquid, corrosive, n.o.s, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include an emergency response telephone number; offered corrosive solid, basic, inorganic, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect shipping name and UN identification number, and included additional information interspersed within the basic shipping description.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.604(a)(3), 172.201(d), 172.201(a)(4), 172.202(a)(1) and (3)]
Case No. 03T-065-SD-SW
$2,041
CTC-GEOTEK, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training; offered radioactive material, special form, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that did not listed the activity in SI units, and that listed more than one emergency response telephone number.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2), 172.203(d)(4), 172.604(a)(3)(ii)]
Case No. 02T-118-RMS-SW
$987
CUSTOM DRUM SERVICES, INC.
(Steel Drum Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold steel drums as meeting a UN standard, when testing for leak-proofness had not been properly conducted; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[173.28(b)(2)(i), 178.604(a) and (d), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-053-DM-SO
$1,200
D & D TRANSPORT
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to report a hazardous materials incident in writing within 30 days of its occurrence.
[171.16]
Case No. 02T-045-HMI-HQ
$1,124
D & L FIRE & SAFETY COMPANY
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain complete and accurate records of reinspection and retest; failed to demonstrate that the pressure-indicating device on its testing equipment was accurate to within one percent; failed to maintain a current copy of the regulations at its facility.
[180.215(b)(2), 180.205(g)(3)(i), 180.215(a)(4)]
Case No. 03T-062-CR-SO
$1,890
D-D CHEMCO, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-027-TRN-WE
$750
D.B. WESTERN, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hypochlorite solutions accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include an emergency response telephone number; offered various hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that listed incorrect shipping names, hazard classes, UN identification numbers, and/or packing groups.
[172.604(a)(3), 172.202(a)]
Case No. 02T-121-SIBC-SW
$2,100
DATS TRUCKING, INC.
(Motor Carrier)
Accepted a shipping paper that failed to include the proper shipping name, hazard class, packing group, and an emergency response telephone number.
[177.817(a)]
Case No. 03T-066-CP-SW
$1,200
DAVIS LABORATORIES
(Shipper)
Offered radioactive materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional information interspersed within the basic description and failed to include the activity of the material, the category of label, and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission packaging identification number; failed to create and retain records of training testing.
[172.202(b), 172.203(d)(4), (5), and (8), 173.471(c), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-021-RMS-WE
$1,250
DC CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquid, acidic, inorganic, n.o.s., in packaging that was not marked with the proper shipping name and UN identification number or affixed with a hazard warning label; offered this material with a shipping document that did not contain a basic shipping description, emergency response information, or a shippers certification; failed to provide employee training.
[172.301(a), 172.400(a), 172.200, 172.201(a), 172.204, 172.604(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-019-SB-SO
$4,600
DEEP REEF TRADING CORPORATION
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include an emergency response telephone number.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b), 172.201(d), 172.604(a)]
Case No. 03T-014-FF-SO
$1,900
DEGUSSA CONSTRUCTION CHEMICALS OPERATIONS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-004-TRN-WE
$250
DEL VEL CHEMICAL CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Offered a material described, marked, and labeled as hazardous when it was not; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.202(e), 172.303(a), 107.601(a)(6)]
Case No. 02T-086-SIBC-EA
$1,000
DELL MARKING SYSTEMS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered printing ink in a packaging marked as meeting the UN4G standard that was not closed as designed and tested.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.201(c)]
Case No. 02T-067-SB-CE
$1,250
DELNOR COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
(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. 03T-040-SIBC-CE
$400
DETREX CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered waste flammable liquids, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an invalid emergency response telephone number.
[172.604(a)(1)]
Case No. 03T-002-SD-CE
$520
DETTINBURN TRANSPORT
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to report a hazardous materials incident in writing within 30 days of its occurrence.
[171.16]
Case No. 03T-014-HMI-HQ
$1,000
DICKERSON & BOWEN
(Shipper)
Offered and transported radioactive material, special form, without a shipping paper; failed to secure the package from movement within the vehicle.
[172.200(a), 172.604(b), 177.834(a)]
Case No. 03T-007-RMS-SO
$3,000
DORF KETAL CHEMICALS, LLC
(Shipper)
Marked a package with the proper shipping name, UN identification number, and technical name in a manner that substantially reduced the effectiveness of such marking; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.304(a)(4), 107.608]
Case No. 03T-012-SD-SW
$625
DPC INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers 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), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-113-SD-SW
$1,437
DRUMCO OF TENNESEE, INC.
(Drum Reconditioner)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 02T-058-TRN-SO
$250
DURAFLEX, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered organic peroxide type D, solid, in packaging that was not closed in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification and the design qualification testing.
[173.22(a)(2), 173.24(f)(2), 178.2(a)]
Case No. 02T-064-SB-EA
$1,000
DYNO NOBEL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered explosives accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a proper shipping name, packing group, or unit of measure for the weight of the materials.
[172.202(a)(1), (4), and (5)]
Case No. 03T-009-SE-HQ
$800
E.K. INDUSTRIES
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect shipping name and UN identification number; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that contained an unsigned shippers certification.
[172.202(a)(1) and (3), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d), 172.204(d)]
Case No. 02T-068-SB-CE
$1,400
EAGLE OTTAWA GRAND HAVEN
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 03T-008-SB-CE
$600
EASY BUFF
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-077-TRN-SW
$600
ECONOCARIBE CONSOLIDATOR S, INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that listed incorrect shipping names, did not include an emergency response telephone number, and had additional information interspersed within the hazardous material description.
[172.201(a) and (d), 172.202(a) and (b)]
Case No. 03T-024-FF-SO
$1,800
EGAN SUPPLY COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a shippers certification.
[172.204(a)]
Case No. 03T-014-SP-CE
$400
EL DORADO CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include the UN identification number in the basic shipping description.
[172.202(a)(3)]
Case No. 03T-031-SCT-SW
$375
EL DORADO WELDING & INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY, LLC
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; failed to provide general awareness employee training; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.604(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1), 107.608(b)]
Case No. 03T-042-SC-SW
$1,600
ENTECH SYSTEMS CORPORATION
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.704(d), 107.608(a) and (b)]
Case No. 03T-004-TREG-SW
$750
ENVIRONMENTAL INKS & COATINGS
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-048-TRN-SO
$600
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered, accepted, and transported regulated medical waste accompanied by a shipping paper that was missing two required elements of the basic shipping description; and that included an unsigned shippers certification.
[172.200(a), 172.201(a), 172.204(a), 172.204(a)]
Case No. 03T-045-SD-CE
$1,520
EPSEN HILLMER GRAPHICS COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect/non-working emergency response telephone number.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d), 172.604(a) and (b)]
Case No. 03T-012-SD-CE
$1,400
ERSPLAS PSM
(Plastic Drum Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold plastic drums as meeting the UN1H1 standard, when the leak-proofness test was not conducted at the correct pressure.
[178.601(b), 178.604]
Case No. 03T-032-PDM-SO
$1,250
ETI GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 03T-052-TRN-SW
$250
EUROTHERM GAUGING SYSTEMS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to maintain testing documents for a Type A packaging; marked an overpack as a Type A packaging instead of using the overpack statement.
[107.608, 173.425(a), 173.412(j), 173.25(a)(4)]
Case No. 02T-117-RMS-HQ
$3,000
EVANS HARVEY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent general awareness employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-039-TRN-SW
$400
EVANS HARVEY, INC.
(Steel Drum Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold a steel drum as meeting a UN standard when testing was not properly conducted; failed to properly conduct a hydrostatic pressure test; failed to maintain complete records of design qualification testing.
[178.602(a) and (e), 178.605(d), 178.601(c)]
Case No. 03T-035-DM-SW
$1,875
EVENSON EXPLOSIVES, LLC
(Shipper)
Offered detonator assemblies, non-electric, 1.1B, accompanied by a shipping paper that misidentified the product compatibility group and listed an incorrect explosives approval number.
[172.202(a), 173.52(a), 172.320(a) and (d)]
Case No. 03T-024-SE-CE
$2,120
EXXEL EXPRESS, LLC
DBA EXXEL EXPRESS LINE
(Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier)
Failed to provide employee.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-053-SD-WE
$600
FALLS WELDING SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-135-TRN-SW
$562
FANCYHEAT, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to mark packages containing flammable solid, organic, n.o.s. (containing methanol) with the proper shipping name and UN identification number, and affixed an unauthorized hazard warning label to a package; failed to provide recurrent employee.
[172.301(a), 172.401(a)(2), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-049-SP-EA
$2,600
FARBER SALES CO., INC./WYNN & GRAFF
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an emergency response number that was not monitored at all times while the materials were in transportation; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.604(a) and (b), 172.201(d), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 02T-046-SP-SO
$962
FEDERAL TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to mark a packaging containing liquid hazardous materials with the proper shipping name, UN identification number, and orientation arrows to indicate the proper upward position of the inner packages; offered this material accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include the unit of measure.
[172.301(a), 172.312(a), 172.202(a)(5)]
Case No. 03T-059-SD-SO
$2,800
FEDEX CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Accepted and transported lighters containing flammable gas accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the "T" approval number.
[172.102Special Provision N10]
Case No. 02T-057-SB-CE
$300
FIRECODE SAFETY EQUIPMENT, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain complete and accurate records of hydrostatic retest for low-pressure cylinders; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[180.215(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 03T-008-CR-WE
$900
FLANDERS CHEMICAL CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Offered toluene accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include the hazard class and packaging group; failed to provide general awareness employee training.
[172.202(a)(2) and (4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1]
Case No. 02T-109-SD-SW
$750
FLASH OIL CO. OF ARKANSAS, INC.
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to report a hazardous materials incident in writing within 30 days of its occurrence.
[171.16]
Case No. 03T-028-HMI-HQ
$1,000
FLAVOR SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, 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. 03T-052-SB-CE
$500
FLORIDA CHEMICAL SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that contain unauthorized additional information interspersed within the basic shipping description.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2), 172.201(a)(4)]
Case No. 03T-051-SD-SO
$920
FORBO ADHESIVES, LLC
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages marked as meeting the UN1A2 as they were designed and tested.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.201(c)]
Case No. 02T-054-SD-CE
$1,000
FORSHAW DISTRIBUTION INCORPORATED
(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. 03T-055-SD-CE
$400
FRANKS DIVE SHOP
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of the retest equipment to within 500 psi of actual test pressure; failed to provide recurrent employee training; failed to maintain accurate records of reinspection and retest.
[180.205(g)(3)(I), 172.702(b), 172.704)(2), 180.215(b)(2)]
Case No. 03T-011-CR-SO
$2,575
FRUTECH INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to mark a packaging containing hazardous materials with the proper shipping name and UN identification number.
[172.301(a)]
Case No. 03T-059-SD-SW
$1,200
GA GRAPHICS
DBA PRINTERS SERVICE, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper with an "X" in the HM column in the wrong position and with an unsigned shippers certification.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2), 172.201(a)(iii), 172.204(a)]
Case No. 03T-046-SD-SO
$1,100
GARDEN STATE SPECIALTIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered lighters in non-standard packaging because it was not properly marked and when requirements of 173.308(b) were not met.
[173.21(i), 172.102(c)(5)Special Provision N10, 173.22(a)(2), 173.308(b)]
Case No. 02T-051-SB-EA
$400
GATOR FIRE EXTINGUISHER COMPANY, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to notify RSPA within 20 days of a change to its retest equipment; failed to verify the accuracy of the pressure-indicating device on the retest equipment to within one percent; failed to maintain complete and accurate records of reinspection and retest; failed to maintain a current copy of the regulations at its facility.
[107.801(b), 180.205(g)(3)(i), 180.215(b)(2), 180.215(a)(4) and (6)]
Case No. 03T-054-CR-SO
$2,140
GENERAL EXCAVATIONS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered explosives described by a generic name accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the technical name.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.203(k)]
Case No. 03T-003-SE-HQ
$1,250
GENERAL OCEAN FREIGHT CONTAINER LINES
(Freight Forwader)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-016-TRN-WE
$750
GENERAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.24(f)(2)]
Case No. 03T-024-SD-SW
$937
GENERAL TRANSPORT COMPANY
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to report a hazardous materials incident in writing within 30 days of its occurrence.
[171.16]
Case No. 03T-015-HMI-HQ
$1,000
GENERAL TRANSPORT COMPANY
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to report a hazardous materials incident in writing within 30 days of its occurrence.
[171.16]
Case No. 03T-024-HMI-HQ
$1,000
GENERICHEM CORPORATION
(Importer)
Failed to provide the foreign shipper and the forwarding agent at the place of entry into the United States with timely and complete information about the regulations applying to a shipment of hazardous materials within the United States.
[172.12(a)]
Case No. 02T-123-IMP-SW
$562
GEO TEK INSITE, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered radioactive materials in packaging marked as meeting the DOT 7A Type A specification without maintaining complete documentation of tests, evaluation or comparative data showing that the packaging design and materials of construction complied with the DOT 7A Type A specification; offered radioactive material as special form and failed to maintain a complete safety analysis or an IAEA Certificate of Competent Authority issued for special form demonstrating that the radioactive sources met the requirements; offered radioactive materials accompanied by shipping papers that included an emergency response telephone number not monitored at all times during transportation, that did not list the hazard class number, and that did not specify the activity in SI units; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[173.415(a), 173.469, 173.476, 172.201(d), 172.202(a)(2), 172.203(d)(4), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-079-RMS-HQ
$5,059
GEOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a non-working emergency response telephone number.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.604]
Case No. 03T-011-SE-HQ
$1,433
GEOTECH ENGINEERS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 01T-041-TRN-HQ
$664
GERLACH DRILLING & BLASTING, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered explosives accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; offered articles, explosive, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the technical name; offered explosives accompanied by a shipping paper that did not provide the unit of measure for the net quantity of the material.
[172.604, 172.203(k), 172.202(c)]
Case No. 03T-044-SE-HQ
$2,050
GIVAUDAN FLAVORS CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered certain Class 3 materials when the flash point of the materials was not determined in a manner specified in the regulations, under the terms of an exemption, DOT-E 12065, that had expired.
[173.120(c)]
Case No. 02T-133-EXR-HQ
$500
GLOBAL MFG. CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an emergency response telephone number that was not monitored at all times the materials were in transportation; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.604(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 03T-015-SB-CE
$1,120
GLOBATEL, LLC
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training.
[107.608, 107.612, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-046-TREG-WE
$1,500
GLOSS-FLO CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training; failed to mark packages with the proper shipping name and UN identification number; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include the shipping name, hazard class, or total quantity of the material.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2), 172.301(a), 173.22(a)(1), 172.202(a)(1), (2) and (5)]
Case No. 02T-084-SB-EA
$1,000
GOLD CROSS MEDICAL SUPPLY
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.608(a) and (b)]
Case No. 03T-016-REG-SW
$375
GRAND VALLEY OIL & FUEL, DIV. OF TREVCO, INC.
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to include an emergency response telephone number on a shipping paper.
[172.604(a)]
Case No. 03T-061-CCT-SW
$975
GRANVILLE WAREHOUSE, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b)]
Case No. 02T-064-SD-SO
$400
GREDE FOUNDRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered calcium carbide, 4.3, accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.604(a) and (b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 03T-031-SD-CE
$1,760
GREIF BROTHERS CORPORATION
(Steel Drum Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold packaging as meeting a UN standard without marking the name and address or symbol of the manufacturer on the packaging.
[178.2(a)(2), 178.503(a)(8)]
Case No. 02T-114-DM-SW
$250
GROW MORE, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-022-TRN-WE
$400
GROZIER & MANN COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-026-TRN-SW
$400
GUEST PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1)]
Case No. 02T-140-TRN-SW
$250
H.F. SCIENTIFIC, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-017-TRN-SO
$600
HA INTERNATIONAL, L.L.C.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in an intermediate bulk container that was not placarded or labeled.
[172.514(a), 172.400(a)]
Case No. 03T-054-SIBC-SW
$1,875
THE H. T. HACKNEY COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered lighters in unauthorized, non-UN-standard packaging.
[173.22(a)(2), 173.308]
Case No. 03T-006-SB-SO
$2,450
HANCO MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Offered hazardous materials in reusable drums that were not properly tested for leak-proofness; failed to provide employee training, offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper with an unsigned shippers certification.
[173.28(b)(2)(i), 172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.204(a)]
Case No. 03T-041-SD-SO
$2,120
HANSON INDUSTRIAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a shipping name, hazard class, or emergency response telephone number.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d), 172.202(a)(1) and (2), 172.604(a)]
Case No. 01T-032-SB-CE
$2,662
HARCROS CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4), 178.601(b)]
Case No. 03T-038-SD-SO
$1,956
HARLEY – DAVIDSON MOTOR COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 02T-119-SBD-SW
$937
HARPER/LOVE ADHESIVES CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper with a shippers certification that was not signed.
[178.601(b), 173.24(f)(2), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.204(a)]
Case No. 02T-060-SD-SO
$1,720
HARRIS & FORD LLC
(Shipper)
Offered Class 8 and 9 hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that include additional unauthorized information before the basic shipping description; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.202(b), 173.22(a)(1), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 03T-009-SD-CE
$1,150
HATTON LIMITED
DBA SAVOL BLEACH COMPANY
(Shipper)
Discharged hazardous materials from an intermediate bulk container that was still mounted on the vehicle, under the terms of an exemption, DOT-E 11537, that had expired.
[177.834(h)]
Case No. 02T-121-EXR-HQ
$500
HAVENS TRUCKING COMPANY, INC.
(Motor Carrier)
Offered and transported Class 1.5D explosives and ammonium nitrate in non-specification bulk packaging, under the terms of an exemption, DOT-E 8723, that had expired.
[173.62(c), 173.242]
Case No. 02T-122-EXR-HQ
$750
HAVENS TRUCKING COMPANY, INC.
(Motor Carrier)
Offered and transported Division 1.5D explosives and/or Division 5.1 oxidizers in bulk, under the terms of an exemption, DOT-E 8723, that had expired.
[173.62, 173.240, 173.242]
Case No. 03T-045-EXR-HQ
$550
HDC MEDICAL, 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. 03T-034-SB-CE
$500
HERITAGE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, LLC
(Shipper)
Offered waste flammable liquids, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an emergency response telephone number that did not provide immediate access to emergency response information; and that included abbreviations in the shipping description.
[172.201(d), 172.604(a)(2), 173.22(a)(1), 172.201(a)(3)]
Case No. 03T-038-SDD-EA
$1,800
HIGH COUNTRY GAS & SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide general awareness employee training.
[107.601(a), 107.608(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1)]
Case No. 03T-074-SC-SW
$650
HERBERT S. HILLER CORPORATION
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain complete and accurate records of cylinder reinspection and retest; failed to employee training.
[173.34(e)(8)(ii)(B), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-090-CR-SW
$1,000
HILLMAN SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an emergency response telephone number of a person who did not accept responsibility for providing information.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.204, 172.604(b)]
Case No. 03T-050-SD-SO
$2,240
HINTZ FIRE EQUIPMENT, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Offered fire extinguishers, 2.2, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include the proper shipping name, hazard class, UN identification number, packing group, total quantity, and number and types of packages.
[172.202(a)(1)-(6)]
Case No. 03T-079-CRS-CE
$1,200
THE HODGES COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of training testing, offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a packaging group, contained additional information before the shipping description, and had an unsigned shippers certification.
[172.704(d), 172.202(a)(4), 172.202(b), 172.204(a)]
Case No. 02T-111-SDB-SW
$1,150
HORST DRILLING & BLASTING, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered explosives accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; offered explosives accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a DOT exemption number as part of the shipping description; offered explosives accompanied by a shipping paper that did not provide the unit of measure for the net quantity of the material.
[172.604, 172.203(a), 172.202(a)(5)]
Case No. 02T-135-SE-HQ
$1,950
HOSPITAL SERVICES
DIV. OF AURIC 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. 03T-005-SB-CE
$600
HOUGHTON CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered combustible liquid, n.o.s., in portable tanks marked as meeting the DOT 57 specification that were out of test; offered it accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect UN identification number.
[173.32(a)(2), 173.241(a), 172.202(a)(3)]
Case No. 03T-006-SIBC-EA
$3,250
HUBILL INCORPORATED
(Shipper)
Offered batteries, wet, filled with acid, accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.604(a) and (b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 03T-051-SB-CE
$1,800
R. S. HUGHES COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number.
[172.604(b)]
Case No. 03T-036-SB-WE
$1,300
HYCOR BIOMEDICAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide certification for radioactive material packages; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.421, 173.422, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 03T-006-RMS-HQ
$900
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered adhesives, 3, for air transportation in packaging for which the closures were not held securely by a positive means; closed drums with a closure tool not allowing for confirmation that the required torque value had been achieved.
[173.22(a)(2), 173.27(d), 173.173, 173.22(a)(4), 173.173(b)(1), 173.202(c)]
Case No. 02T-057-SB-EA
$2,000
IMPERBEL AMERICA CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect proper shipping name and UN identification number.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.202(a)(1) and (3)]
Case No. 03T-053-TRN-SW
$1,360
IMPERIAL CFS, INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-037-TRN-WE
$786
IMPEX FORWARDING AGENCY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered flammable liquid, n.o.s., without preparing a shipping paper; failed to provide employee training.
[172.200(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-029-SD-SW
$1,800
THE INDUSTRIAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper listing an emergency response telephone number that was not monitored at all times the material was in transportation; failed to provide recurrent employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.604(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-104-SCT-SW
$1,299
JACK INGRAM MOTORS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper listing an emergency response telephone number of a person who did not accept responsibility for providing the required information; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.604(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-064-SB-SO
$1,440
INLAND WATERS OF OHIO
(Shipper)
Offered waste flammable liquid, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; offered batteries, wet, non-spillable, without preparing a shipping paper.
[172.604(a), 172.200(a), 172.201, 172.202, 172.204]
Case No. 03T-039-SD-CE
$2,820
INTERNATIONAL FIRE EQUIPMENT COMPANY
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain complete and accurate records of hydrostatic testing.
[180.215(b)]
Case No. 03T-010-CR-WE
$500
INTERSTATE FIRE SYSTEMS, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to calibrate the hydrostatic test equipment to within 500 psi of test pressure.
[180.205(g)(3)(i)]
Case No. 02T-071-CR-SO
$1,460
IOWA BATTERY CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Offered batteries, wet, filled with acid, accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.600(c), 172.604(a) and (b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 03T-056-SB-CE
$1,800
IPS CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 03T-002-SD-WE
$1,000
J & S CHEMICAL
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper; failed to mark a package with the proper shipping name; failed to affix a hazard warning label to the package.
[172.200(a), 172.201(a)(1), 172.202(a), 172.204(a), 172.604(a), 172.301(a)(1), 172.400(a)]
Case No. 03T-043-SD-SO
$5,600
JACUZZI BROTHERS
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.24(f)(2), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 03T-051-SD-SW
$1,250
THE JAY PRODUCTS COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered xylene accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.604(a) and (b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 03T-053-SB-CE
$1,440
JCI JONES CHEMICALS, INC.
(Drum Reconditioner)
Reconditioned and certified drums as meeting the UN1A1 standard that were not restored to their original shape and contour, and when the UN marking was not visible or apparent.
[173.28(c)(1)(ii), 178.3(a)]
Case No. 02T-071-DR-EA
$1,550
JEEN INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that listed an incorrect shipping name and UN identification number, no packaging group, included additional information prior to the basic shipping description, and failed to include an emergency response telephone number; failed to mark a packaging with the proper shipping name, UN identification number, and technical name.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 107.601(a)(6), 172.201(a)(4), 172.202(a)(1), (3), and (4), 172.604(a), 172.301(a) and (b)]
Case No. 02T-072-SD-EA
$3,885
JEWISH HOSPITAL
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the proper shipping description; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.200(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-049-SIBC-CE
$1,975
JUSTICE FIRE & SAFETY
(Cylinder Retester/Shipper)
Failed to retain shipping papers for 375 days; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.200(a), 172.201(e), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 03T-075-SC-CE
$1,250
KAPCO INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in reusable drums marked as meeting a UN standard that had not been tested for leak-proofness; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect proper shipping name and an incorrect packaging group; failed to provide employee training.
[173.28(b)(2)(i), 172.201(a)(1) and (4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-033-SD-SO
$2,600
KAR PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered lighters accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include the "T" approval number.
[172.102Special Provision N10]
Case No. 02T-055-SB-CE
$400
KEIHEN IPT MFG., INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include an emergency response telephone number monitored at all times.
[172.604(a)]
Case No. 03T-041-SD-CE
$520
KEY WEST CHEMICAL & PAPER SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without executing a shipping paper; failed to provide employee training; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.200(a), 172.201(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a), 107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b)]
Case No. 03T-042-SD-SO
$2,800
KEY CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an erroneous 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.
[172.604(a) and (b), 172.201(d), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-009-SD-SO
$1,440
KIK INTERNATIONAL
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-130-TRN-SW
$800
KOLENE CORPORATION
(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. 03T-057-TRN-CE
$500
KYZEN CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b)]
Case No. 03T-075-SD-SO
$400
LABORATORY SUPPLY COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered flammable liquid, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a proper shipping name.
[172.202(a)(1)]
Case No. 03T-007-SB-CE
$570
LAGROU DISTRIBTION SYSTEMS
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601(e), 107.608(a) and (b)]
Case No. 03T-069-REG-CE
$500
LANIER SCUBA CENTER, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain accurate records of reinspection and retest; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; failed to maintain a current copy of the regulations and applicable CGA pamphlets at its facility, and failed to notify the Associate Administrator about a change of address of its facility.
[180.215(b)(1) and (2), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 180.215(a)(4) and (6)]
Case No. 03T-008-CR-SO
$1,250
LANK OIL COMPANY
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to report a hazardous materials incident in writing within 30 days of its occurrence.
[171.16]
Case No. 03T-027-HMI-HQ
$1,000
LAWTON BROS., INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to provide employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 178.601(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-052-SD-SO
$1,600
A. G. LAYNE, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered acetone in fiberboard boxes marked as meeting the UN4G standard that were not closed in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification, thereby voiding the UN certification.
[178.2(a)(2), 173.22(a)(4), 173.24(b) and (f)(2)]
Case No. 03T-013-SB-WE
$1,250
A. G. LAYNE, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.608]
Case No. 03T-018-REG-WE
$500
LEBANON CHEMICAL CO.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to provide employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 178.601(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-070-SD-SO
$1,600
LEVAL ONE CONTACT ADHESIVES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide general awareness employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional information prior to the basic shipping description.
[107.601(a)(6), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1), 172.201(a)(4)]
Case No. 03T-045-SIBC-SO
$1,100
LIQUID WASTE REMOVAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Accepted and transported waste mercury and waste paint-related material accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an invalid emergency response telephone number.
[172.604(a)]
Case No. 03T-066-SB-CE
$520
LKQ CORPORATION
DBA RT. 16 USED AUTO PARTS
(Shipper)
Offered air bag inflators, 9, in packages that were not properly closed because the closure tape and cushioning material in the package had been changed from what had been used in the design qualification testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an invalid emergency response telephone number, and the word "recycled" after the basic shipping description; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.22(a)(2) and (4), 173.24(c)(1) and (d)(1), 173.24(f)(2), 173.166(a), 172.201(d), 172.604(b), 173.166(d)(3), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 02T-062-SD-EA
$2,665
LOERA CUSTOMS BROKERAGE, INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.608(a)]
Case No. 03T-022-REG-SW
$375
LOMACK DRUM COMPANY
(Drum Reconditioner)
Represented, marked, and certified open-head steel drums as meeting the UN1A2 standard, when the drums were not restored to their original shape and contour.
[173.28(c)(1)(ii)]
Case No. 02T-024-DR-EA
$1,550
LORD CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered adhesives, 3, in packaging that was not properly closed; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[173.24(c)(1), 173.201, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-013-SB-EA
$1,700
LUBBOCK WELDING SUPPLY, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide employee training, failed to provide written notification to the owner about a condemned cylinder; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 173.34(e)(6)(iii), 172.604(b)]
Case No. 02T-115-CR-SW
$1,475
LUTHERAN HOSPITAL
(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. 03T-033-SD-CE
$400
LYKES LINES LTD., LLC
(Freight Forwarder)
Offered non-hazardous material in a container/trailer that was placarded on all four sides with "Flammable Solid" placards.
[172.502(a)(1)(i)]
Case No. 02T-043-FF-CE
$559
MACALASTER BICKNELL CO. OF CT, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that had no emergency response information.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2), 172.704(d), 172.600(c)(2), 172.602(b)]
Case No. 02T-066-TRN-EA
$720
MAGCO, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide placards for a shipment of hazardous materials requiring placards; failed to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include an emergency response telephone number and that had additional unauthorized information interspersed within the basic shipping description; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.500(a), 172.504(e), 107.601(a)(6), 172.201(d), 172.604(b), 172.202(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 02T-038-CRS-EA
$3,700
MAGNIFIQUE PARFUMS & COSMETICS, INC.
DBA PERFUMANIA
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous liquids and solids in limited quantities without complying with the requirements of the regulations, under the terms of an exemption, DOT-E 9275, that had expired.
[173.150, 172.202, 172.301, 172.400]
Case No. 03T-046-EXR-HQ
$750
MAKHTESHIMAGAN OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered a hazardous material without affixing the proper hazard warning label and without marking the packaging with the proper shipping name and UN identification number.
[172.400(a), 172.301(a)]
Case No. 03T-056-SBG-SO
$3,800
MARCHMAN CHEMICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 02T-068-SD-SO
$800
ERNEST F. MARIANI COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.608)]
Case No. 03T-037-REG-WE
$450
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. 03T-046-SP-CE
$400
MASS SYSTEMS
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-054-TRN-WE
$500
MASSACHUSETTS CONTAINER CORPORATION
(Fiberboard Box Manufacturer)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; manufactured, marked, certified, and sold fiberboard boxes as meeting the UN4G/Y27.8, when they were marked with an incorrect gross weight.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 178.503(a)(4)(ii)]
Case No. 03T-020-BM-EA
$750
MATHESON TRIGAS, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide recurrent general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-005-TRN-SO
$400
MATHESON TRIGAS, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to conduct a settled temperature check of each days compression of cylinders and maintain records thereof; failed to provide recurrent general awareness employee training.
[173.303(d), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-030-CR-SW
$1,800
MATHESON TRIGAS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-032-SC-CE
$600
McCLAIN SOUTHWEST, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in a packaging that had been successfully tested to a UN standard but had not been marked with the required UN certification marking; failed to mark a packaging containing lighters with the proper shipping name and approval number, and failed to inform its employees about the requirements for offering lighters for transportation.
[178.3(a), 178.503(a), 173.308(b), 172.102Special Provision N10]
Case No. 03T-058-SPB-SW
$2,100
McDOWELL SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered a hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number.
[172.604(a)(1)]
Case No. 02T-059-SB-WE
$1,300
McGINNIS WELDING SUPPLY CO.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-136-TRN-SW
$562
J. E. McKEEVER, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a proper shipping name; and listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training; failed to keep and maintain a copy of an exemption at the point of origin of a shipment offered under it.
[172.202(a)(1), 172.604(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a), DOT-E 11156]
Case No. 03T-050-SE-HQ
$2,850
McMAHON PETROLEUM COMPANY
DBA SWAN OIL CO.
(Shipper)
Offered a flammable liquid without executing shipping papers; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.200, 172.201, 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 03T-001-SD-CE
$1,800
MENACO CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquid, basic, organic, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include the required shipping description, the shippers certification, and a valid emergency response telephone number; failed to create and retain records of training testing.
[172.202(a), 172.204(a), 172.604(a) and (b), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 03T-031-SB-SO
$2,050
MESA SUPPLY COMPANIES
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a shipping name, hazard class, packing group, or emergency response telephone number.
[172.202(a)(1), (2), and (4), 172.604(a)]
Case No. 03T-073-SP-SW
$1,125
METRO FIRE & SAFETY, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to verify the accuracy of the retest equipment to within one percent of the calibrated cylinders pressure; failed to maintain complete and accurate records of reinspection and retest.
[180.205(g)(3), 180.215(b)(2)]
Case No. 03T-065-CR-SO
$1,240
MID AMERICA CHEMICAL
(Shipper)
Failed to maintain complete records of period testing for intermediate bulk containers; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect packing group.
[178.801(l), 172.202(a)(3)]
Case No. 02T-143-SIBC-SW
$1,300
MID-SOUTH SALES
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a proper shipping name.
[172.604(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.202(a)(1)]
Case No. 03T-007-SD-SW
$1,775
MILICRON, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered flammable liquids, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a technical name for the material; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an emergency response telephone number that was not monitored by a person with knowledge about the material being shipped.
[172.203(k), 172.604(a)]
Case No. 03T-054-SP-CE
$920
MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered oxygen generators, chemical, 5.1, when the package exceeded the authorized weight.
[173.24a(b)(2), 173.213]
Case No. 02T-082-SB-EA
$2,000
MINNESOTA CONWAY FIRE & SAFETY
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain copies of applicable exemptions at its facility; failed to maintain accurate records of reinspection and retest; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include an emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[180.215(a)(5), 180.215(b), 172.604(a) and (b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 03T-062-CRS-CE
$3,320
MINUTUBE OF AMERICA, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping paper that either failed to list an emergency response telephone number or listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number.
[172.604(a)and (b)]
Case No. 02T-026-SB-CE
$1,070
MOBIL OIL
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to report a hazardous materials incident in writing within 30 days of its occurrence.
[171.16]
Case No. 03T-036-HMI-HQ
$1,000
THE MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered regulated medical waste in inner plastic film bags that were not certified and marked to the required ASTM standard.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2), 172.704(d), 173.22(a)(2), 173.197(e)(1)(i)]
Case No. 03T-016-SBG-EA
$1,750
NANOSCALE MATERIALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered calcium oxide by air without preparing a shipping paper.
[172.200(a), 173.22(a)(1)]
Case No. 03T-069-SB-SW
$1,125
NATIONAL FIRE CONTROL, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; failed to maintain accurate records of visual inspections; failed to maintain a current copy of the regulations at its facility.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d), 173.34(e)(8)(ii)(B), 173.34(e)(2)(v)]
Case No. 02T-056-CR-CE
$2,110
NBO GROUP, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered lighters containing flammable gas accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the "T" approval number; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.102(c)(5Special Provision N10, 107.601(a)(5), 107.608, 107.612]
Case No. 03T-032-TREG-WE
$1,450
THE NEIMAN MARCUS GROUP, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered limited quantities of hazardous liquids and solids containing ethyl alcohol without complying with the limited quantity requirements of the regulations, under the terms of an exemption, DOT-E 9275, that had expired.
[173.150]
Case No. 03T-058-EXR-HQ
$500
NELSON LABORATORIES, L.P.
(Shipper)
Offered isopropanol in fiberboard boxes marked as meeting the UN4G/Y standard that were not closed as designed and tested.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.24(f)(2)]
Case No. 03T-073-SB-CE
$1,000
NEW YORK CITY HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORPORATION
DBA COLORGOLDWATER SPECIALITY HOSPITAL & NURSING FACILITY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; offered regulated medical waste in inner plastic film bags that were not certified and marked to the required ASTM standard.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 173.22(a)(2), 173.197(e)(1)(i)]
Case No. 03T-019-SBG-EA
$2,080
NEW YORK CITY HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORPORATION
DBA HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; offered regulated medical waste in inner plastic film bags that were not certified and marked to the required ASTM standard.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 173.22(a)(2), 173.197(e)(1)(i)]
Case No. 03T-018-SBG-EA
$2,080
NITRAM, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-015-SBG-SO
$600
NORDAN SMITH
(Cylinder Retester)
Marked a DOT specification cylinder in liquefied nonflammable compressed gas service with an unauthorized "plus" sign.
[173.302a(b)]
Case No. 03T-044-CR-SW
$1,125
NORTH AMERICAN QUARRY & CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered and transported Class 1.5D explosives and/or Class 5.1 oxidizers in bulk, under the terms of an exemption, DOT-E 8554, that had expired.
[173.62, 173.240, 173.242]
Case No. 03T-048-EXR-HQ
$750
NORTH MERIDIAN SURGERY CENTER
(Shipper)
Failed to close a package marked as meeting the UN1H2/Y standard as designed, tested, and required; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper with an unsigned shippers certification.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.201, 173.134, 173.197, 172.204(a), 172.205(a)]
Case No. 03T-060-SD-CE
$1,650
NORTHEASTERN GRAPHIC SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered various hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a shippers certification; failed to create and retain records of training testing.
[172.204(a), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 03T-033-SP-EA
$750
NORTON HOSPITAL
(Shipper)
Offered waste flammable liquids, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that included an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; offered regulated medical waste accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a hazard class, UN identification number, or packing group; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.604(a), 172.202(a)(2), (3), and (4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 03T-044-SD-CE
$2,120
NU TECH SPECIALTIES CO.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include an emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training.
[172.604(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-048-SB-WE
$1,537
NU-LOOK PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered class 3 and class 8 hazardous materials without marking the packages with the shipping name and UN identification number; offered these materials accompanied by shipping papers that did not include the technical or chemical names of the materials; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.301(a), 172.202(b), 172.203(k), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 03T-078-SD-CE
$2,200
OCEAN AIR, INC.
(Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an emergency response telephone number.
[107.601(a)(6), 172.604(a)(1)]
Case No. 02T-053-REG-EA
$1,760
OILNET LIMITED
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-010-SD-SO
$1,000
ONDEO NALCO
(Shipper)
Offered ethanolamine solution, 8, in a portable tank marked as meeting the DOT 57 specification and also marked as meeting a DOT exemption, when a copy of the exemption was not maintained at the facility where the package was offered.
[107.107(d), DOT-E 10517]
Case No. 02T-059-EX-SO
$360
OREQ CORPORATION, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.608]
Case No. 03T-011-REG-WE
$500
ORICA USA, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in a package that had an additional incorrect UN identification number marked on it; offered hazardous materials without offering the correct placard to the carrier.
[172.303(a), 172.504(b)]
Case No. 03T-005-SE-HQ
$1,400
ORICA USA, INC.
(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. 03T-023-SE-CE
$750
OTOLARYNGOLOGY ASSOCIATES
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste accompanied by a shipping paper without a signed shippers certification; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.204(a), 172.205(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 03T-058-SD-CE
$720
OVERLAND SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[107.601(a)(6), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 02T-073-TREG-EA
$1,000
OVERNITE TRANSPORTATI ON CO., INC.
(Motor Carrier)
Transported fireworks, 1.3G, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include an emergency response telephone number.
[172.604(a)]
Case No. 02T-077-CB-EA
$1,300
OWENS AND MINOR, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to mark an over-pack with the required over-pack statement; offered organic peroxide, type E, liquid, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the technical name and included a shippers certification that was not signed; failed to provide employee training.
[173.25(a)(2) and (4), 172.203(k), 172.204(d), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-044-SB-EA
$3,050
OWENSBY & KRITIKOS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered radioactive materials in a Type B packaging without holding a Valid U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approval certificate; offered it accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an improper international shipping description; failed to retain shipping papers for 375 days.
[173.471(a), 172.203(d), 171.11, 172.201(3)]
Case No. 03T-064-RMS-SW
$2,225
OXARC
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain accurate records of reinspection and retest; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[173.34(e)(8)(ii)(B), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-053-CR-WE
$1,250
PACER GLOBAL 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. 03T-022-SB-CE
$600
PACIFIC POLYMERS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquid, basic, organic, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include an emergency response telephone number.
[172.604(a)(1)]
Case No. 02T-056-SP-EA
$1,000
PACIFIC TECHNICAL SERVICE
(Shipper)
Offered radioactive materials, type B (U) package, non-fissile or fissile-excepted, accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to provide a shipping name and hazard class, failed to identify the material as a reportable quantity, and failed to list the additional requirements for radioactive materials; failed to register with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission as a party to a Type B packaging approval; failed to create and retain records of training testing.
[172.202(a)(1) and (2), 172.203(c) and (d), 173.471(a), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 03T-005-RMS-WE
$3,350
PACIFICA CHEMICAL INCORPORATED
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2), 107.608, 107.612, ]
Case No. 03T-042-TREG-WE
$675
PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY CENTER
(Third-Party Package Certifier)
Failed to include all required information in a design qualification test report.
[178.601(l)]
Case No. 03T-023-PC-SW
$375
PACTRANS AIR & SEA, INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-032-FFTRN-CE
$600
PAN ASEL (USA), INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training.
[107.601(a)(5), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-040-TREG-EA
$975
PANHANDLE BUILDERS & EXCAVATING, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered and transported various explosives accompanied by shipping papers that listed (1) an incorrect DOT exemption number, (2) failed to list a proper shipping name, hazard class, UN identification number, packing group, and unit of measurement, (3) failed to include a packing group and either failed to enter a unit of measurement or entered an unauthorized unit of measurement.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.203(a), 172.202(a)(1)-(5), 172.202(a)(4) and (5)]
Case No. 03T-010-SE-HQ
$1,550
PARA-CHEM SOUTHERN, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide initial and recurrent general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-052-SB-WE
$600
PARAGON PACKAGING, INC.
(Fiberboard Box Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold fiberboard boxes as meeting the UN4G standard while failing to notify in writing persons to whom the packaging was transferred of the requirements for closing the packaging.
[178.2(a) and (c)(1), 178.601(d)]
Case No. 02T-081-BM-EA
$1,000
PARAGON SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, LLC
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 173.24(f)(2), 178.601(b)]
Case No. 03T-067-SD-SO
$1,400
PARIS DESIGNS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include an emergency response telephone number; that failed to identify a material as a limited quantity; and that failed to include a shippers certification.
[172.604(a)(3), 172.203(b), 172.204(a)]
Case No. 02T-072-SB-SW
$1,614
PARIS OXYGEN COMPANY & WELDING SUPPLY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 107.601(a)(6), 107.608(b)]
Case No. 02T-141-SC-SW
$750
PCC AIRFOILS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include an emergency response telephone number or a shippers certification; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.201(d), 172.204(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-002-SD-SO
$1,400
PENINSULA POLYMERS
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper without a signed shippers certification.
[107.608(b), 172.204(d)]
Case No. 02T-125-SD-SW
$675
PERFORM MANUFACTURING, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 02T-132-TRN-SW
$250
PERMA-FIX OF ORLANDO, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered cyanide salts on the same motor vehicle with class 8 materials, under the terms of an exemption, DOTE 10441, that had expired, and offered hazardous waste in lab pack packages, under the terms of an exemption, DOT-E 9769, that had expired.
[173.12(b)(3), 177.848(c), 173.12, 174.81, 176.83, 177.848]
Case No. 02T-126-EXR-HQ
$1,000
PGI INTERNATIONAL (Cylinder Manufacturer) Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold exemption cylinders after the exemption, DOT-E 9347, had expired.
[171.2(c)]
Case No. 02T-123-EXR-HQ
$500
PHILIPS MEDICAL SYSTEMS
DBA ADAC LABORATORIES
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number.
[172.604(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 02T-056-SB-WE
$1,400
PHOENIX PRODUCTS, INC.
DBA PHOENIXDIVINA
(Shipper)
Failed to provide initial function-specific and recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-065-TRN-EA
$750
PHYSICIANS MEDICAL SUPPLY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper; failed to provide employee training.
[172.200(a), 172.202(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-045-SB-SW
$2,550
PHYSICS SUPPORT SERVICES, LLC
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-127-TRN-SW
$250
PIERPOINT TRANS LINE, INC.
(Motor Carrier)
Accepted and transported organic peroxide accompanied by a shipping paper the failed to identify the material; failed to provide employee training.
[177.801, 177.817, 172.200(a), 172.201, 177.816, 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-015-CAB-WE
$2,250
PLEXIS SERVICES, INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-020-TRN-WE
$400
POLLOCK PAPER DISTRIBUTORS
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-134-TRN-SW
$562
POLO RALPH LAUREN CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered certain limited quantities of liquids and solids containing ethyl alcohol without complying with the requirements of the Hazardous Materials Regulations after its authority under DOT-E 9275 had expired.
[173.150, 173.202]
Case No. 02T-020-EXR-HQ
$615
POLO RALPH LAUREN CORPORATION
DBA RL MEDIA
(Shipper)
Offered certain limited quantities of liquids and solids containing ethyl alcohol without complying with the requirements of the Hazardous Materials Regulations after its authority under DOT-E 9275 had expired.
[173.150, 173.202]
Case No. 02T-026-EXR-HQ
$615
POLO RALPH LAUREN CORPORATION
DBA POLO RETAIL
(Shipper)
Offered certain limited quantities of liquids and solids containing ethyl alcohol without complying with the requirements of the Hazardous Materials Regulations after its authority under DOT-E 9275 had expired.
[173.150, 173.202]
Case No. 02T-027-EXR-HQ
$616
THE POLYCLINIC
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-064-RMS-WE
$750
POOL WATER PRODUCTS
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 03T-021-TRN-WE
$400
POWER KLEEN CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed create and retain records of training testing.
[178.601(b), 173.24(f)(2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 03T-013-SD-SO
$1,250
POWERQUEST BOATS
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include an emergency response telephone number that was monitored at all times during transportation; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.604(c), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 03T-016-SD-CE
$1,900
PRAXAIR DISTRIBUTION, INC.
(Fiberboard Box Manufacturer/Shipper)
Represented and certified packaging as having proper design qualification testing, when it had not conducted the required number of drop tests; offered hazardous materials in drums that were not properly tested; failed to maintain proper design qualification test records; affixed additional unauthorized hazard warning labels to packages.
[170.601(d), 178.603, 173.202(a), 178.601(l), 172.401(a)]
Case No. 02T-061-BMS-EA
$4,400
PRECISION TESTING
(Shipper)
Offered Division 2.1 and 2.2 gases in DOT Specification 3, 3A, and 3AA cylinders that were manufactured before December 31, 1945 and are only requalified every 10 years after its authority under DOT-E 12391 had expired.
[180.209(b), 173.34(e)(16]
Case No. 03T-059-EXR-HQ
$500
PREMIER CHEMICAL PRODUCTS
(Shipper)
Failed to mark packages with the proper shipping name and UN identification number; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.301(a), 107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b)]
Case No. 02T-062-SD-SO
$1,800
PREMIER CHEMICALS & SERVICES
(Shipper)
Failed to mark the most recent retest date on an intermediate bulk container; failed to create and retain records of period retests for intermediate bulk containers.
[178.703(b), 180.852(f)]
Case No. 03T-005-SIBC-SW
$625
PRODUCTION CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING
(Shipper)
Failed to close UN1H1 drums in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification.
[173.24(b)]
Case No. 03T-006-SD-WE
$1,000
PROFESSIONAL GRAPHICS OF MAINE, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 03T-034-SB-EA
$250
PROPACK, INC.
(Third-Party Package Certifier)
Represented and certified open-head steel drums as meeting the UN1A2/Y33.6/S standard, when proper design qualification testing was not conducted because the required number of drop tests were not conducted and those that were conducted were not performed in the required orientations.
[178.601(d), 178.603(a)]
.03T-007-PC-EA
$800
PROPLAST, INC.
(Plastic Film Bag Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold plastic film bags as meeting the UN5H4 while failing to provide customers with a closure notification; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[178.2(c), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-008-BGM-EA
$1,750
PROVENA ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper without a signed shippers certification.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.204(d)]
Case No. 02T-051-SIBC-CE
$720
PURITAN PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered nitric acid in packaging that was not closed as designed and tested.
[173.158(a), 173.22(a)(2), 173.24(f)(f)(2)]
Case No. 03T-005-SCBY-EA
$1,250
PURITY PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to register with RSPA.
[173.22(a)(4), 178.601(b), 107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b)]
Case No. 03T-028-SD-SO
$1,400
QUALITY INDUSTRIAL PROPANE, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to prepare and maintain complete and accurate records of cylinder requalification; failed to properly marked cylinders that were condemned; failed to create and retain records of training testing.
[173.34(e)(8)(ii)(B), 173.34(e)(13), 173.34(e)(6), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-063-CR-EA
$1,050
QUALITY LOGISTICS, INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to register with RSPA,
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(b)]
Case No. 02T-046-PC-EA
$400
QUEST ENVIRONMENTAL & SAFETY PRODUCTS
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive solid accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.602(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 03T-018-SB-CE
$1,120
RADIUS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquids accompanied by shipping papers that failed to include a proper shipping name or a technical name.
[172.202(a)(1), 172.203(k)]
Case No. 03T-010-SD-CE
$480
REAGENT CHEMICAL & RESEARCH, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hydrochloric acid in certain DOT specification 111A100W5 tank cars with a gross weight exceeding 263,000 pounds after its authority under DOT-E 12423 had expired.
[179.13]
Case No. 02T-127-EXR-HQ
$500
REDICK FUMIGANTS, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain complete and accurate records of cylinder requalification.
[180.215(b)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 02T-069-CR-SO
$600
REDLINE COURIER EXPRESS, INC.
(Motor Carrier)
Accepted a hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper that did not have a shippers certification; failed to register with RSPA.
[177.817(b), 107.608(b)]
Case No. 03T-032-CD-SW
$750
REGIONAL MEDICAL RENTAL & SALES
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 03T-033-SC-SW
$250
RMCAT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.24(f)(2), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 03T-048-SD-SW
$1,237
ROBERT GAS CYLINDER, INC.
(Cylinder Rebuilder)
Rebuilt, certified, and sold DOT specification 4, 4B, and 4BW cylinders that had been re-manufactured after its status as holder of exemption DOT-E 10865 had expired.
[173.34(l)]
Case No. 02T-125-EXR-HQ
$1,000
ROCKFORD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging marked as meeting the UN1H1 standard as designed and tested; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper with an unsigned shippers certification; and no emergency response telephone number; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.201(c), 172.204(d), 172.604(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-053-SD-CE
$2,240
ROGERS SUPPLY COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered refrigerant gas, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that did not indicate the material was hazardous or provide an emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.200(a), 172.201, 172.202, 172.604(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 03T-080-SC-CE
$3,195
ROSSING URANIUM LIMITED
(Shipper)
Offered radioactive material, low specific activity, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include an emergency response telephone number.
[172.201(d), 172.604(a)]
Case No. 02T-088-SD-EA
$1,300
RYCO PACKAGING CORPORATION (Package Broker) Failed to provide a closure notification to persons to whom packaging was transferred; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[178.2(c), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 02T-131-PB-SW
$1,312
SAFE HANDLING, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered amines, liquid, corrosive, in accordance with the terms of a DOT exemption without carrying a copy of the exemption on the transport vehicle and when function-specific employee training regarding the exemption was not provided.
[DOT-E 10517Paragraph 11]
Case No. 03T-032-SIBC-EA
$750
SAFEGUARD CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials under the terms of an exemption, DOT-E 6614, that had expired.
[173.202(b)]
Case No. 03T-047-EX-WE
$675
SAVOIE SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive materials accompanied by various shipping papers that (1) listed an incorrect proper shipping name, (2) listed an incorrect packing group, (3) listed materials as hazardous that were not, (4) listed shipping descriptions in an incorrect sequence; and that did not include an emergency response telephone number; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.202(a)(1) and (4), 172.202(b), 172.604(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 03T-065-SP-CE
$2,640
SAXTON, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered various hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that did not include hazard classes or technical names, include the RQ designation for a materials that did not meet those requirements, and entered additional information prior to the basic shipping description; failed to mark a packaging with a proper shipping name and to affix a subsidiary label; offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that listed a shippers certification that was not signed; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.202(a), 172.203(k), 172.301(a), 172.402, 172.204(a) and (d), 172.201(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 02T-058-SB-CE
$3,387
SEALOFLEX
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b)]
Case No. 03T-040-REG-SO
$400
SEARLE LIMITED
(Shipper)
Offered lab pack quantities of hazardous materials with other containerized hazardous materials that which would otherwise not meet segregation requirements after its authority under DOT-E 10933 had expired.
[177.848]
Case No. 02T-131-EXR-HQ
$500
SENEX EXPLOSIVES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered explosives accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to provide a basic shipping description.
[172.202(a)(1)-(5)]
Case No. 03T-008-SE-HQ
$1,538
SHARED SERVICE SYSTEMS
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping paper that listed incorrect shipping names, did not list a packing group, and did not list technical names; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.202(a)(1) and (4), 172.203(k), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 03T-019-SPD-CE
$1,350
THE SHERWINWILLIAMS COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-040-TRN-WE
$1,200
SHIPLEY COMPANY, LLC
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b)]
Case No. 03T-073-SD-SO
$400
SHORELINE COMPRESSED GAS, LLC
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of the pressure-indicating device to within 500 psi of the actual test pressure; marked a cylinder as being authorized to be charged to a pressure ten percent over the marked service pressure when the cylinder exceeded the authorized elastic expansion criteria; failed to maintain complete and accurate records of cylinder requalification.
[173-34(e)(4)(iii)(A) and (iv), 173.302(c)(3), 173.34(e)(8)(ii)(B), DOT-E 10915Paragraph 7.b.(2)]
Case No. 02T-067-CR-EA
$4,075
SIERRA MONITOR CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-009-TRN-WE
$250
SILVER CITY WELDING & RENTAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in compressed gas cylinder that were out of test; failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect proper shipping name.
[173.301(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.202(a)(1)]
Case No. 03T-068-SC-SW
$2,760
SIMPLEX GRINNELL, LP
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain accurate records of reinspection and retest; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[180.215(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 03T-036-CR-CE
$800
SIMPLEX GRINNELL, LP
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to remark an exemption aluminum cylinder as a DOT 3AL cylinder; failed to provide employee training; failed to maintain complete and accurate records of reinspection and retesting; failed to notify the owner in writing that a cylinder had been condemned.
[173.23(c), 172.702(b), 172.704(a), 173.34(e)(8)(ii), 173.34(e)(5)(iii) and (6)(iii)]
Case No. 02T-004-CR-SW
$2,016
J. G. SMITH & CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that contained additional unauthorized information with the basic shipping description and that did not include other required information; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.202(a) and (d), 172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 03T-042-SD-CE
$1,470
SMOOTH-ON, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[107.601(a)(6), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-083-TREG-EA
$650
SMURFIT STONE CONTAINER CORPORATION
(Fiberboard Box Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold fiberboard boxes as meeting the UN4G/Y23 standard when they had not been periodically tested.
[178.601(e), 178.2(b)]
Case No. 02T-089-BM-EA
$2,560
SOMA GROUP
(Freight Forwarder)
Offered hazardous materials without executing a shipping paper; failed to provide employee training; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.200(a), 173.22(a)(1), 172.702(b), 172.704(a), 107.601(a)(6), 107.608(b)]
Case No. 03T-038-FF-SW
$2,062
SOS GASES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hydrogen and other flammable compressed gases in cylinders filled to 110% capacity, after its status as a party to DOT-E 6530 had expired.
[173.302(c)]
Case No. 02T-134-EXR-HQ
$750
SOUTHERN CLEANING SPECIALIST, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered a flammable liquid without preparing a shipping paper; failed to provide employee training.
[172.200(a), 172.202(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-022-SD-SO
$2,400
SOUTHERN PROSTHETIC SUPPLY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include an emergency response telephone number or a shippers certification.
[172.201(d), 172.604(a), 172.204(a)]
Case No. 03T-066-SB-SO
$1,440
SOUTHERN WAREHOUSE, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training.
[107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a) and (b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-018-SD-SO
$1,000
SOUTHWEST LAUNDRY & CLEANING SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered sodium fluorosilicate, 6.1, accompanied by a shipping paper without preparing a shipping paper; failed to create and retain records of training testing.
[172.200(a), 172.202(a), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 03T-019-SD-SW
$1,525
SPECIALTY CONCRETE PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 02T-070-SB-SO
$400
SPRAYTECH, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training.
[172.604(a) and (b), 107.601(a)(6), 107.608(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-071-SIBC-SW
$2,037
SRC DEVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered electronic relay devices containing specified quantities of metallic mercury, classed as a Consumer Commodity, ORM-D, after its authority under DOT-E 8091 had expired.
[172.101, 172.202, 173.164]
Case No. 02T-128-EXR-HQ
$541
ST. FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-049-SB-CE
$441
ST. VINCENT HOSPITAL INDIANAPOLIS
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include the proper shipping name, hazard class, UN identification number, and packing group; and listed an unauthorized emergency response number; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.202(a)(1)-(4), 172.604(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-064-SB-CE
$2,120
STANDARD PROCESS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered limited quantities of hazardous material containing ethyl alcohol without complying with the provisions of the regulations after its authority under DOT-E 9275 had expired.
[173.150]
Case No. 03T-055-EXR-HQ
$750
STARBOARD CRUISE SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include an emergency response telephone number; that failed to identify a material as a limited quantity; and that contained a shippers certification that was not signed.
[172.604(a)(1), 172.201(d), 172.203(b), 172.204(d)]
Case No. 02T-067-SB-SW
$1,854
STEAM GENIE, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-015-TRN-WE
$250
STERICYCLE, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered and transported regulated medical waste in packaging marked as meeting a UN standard with a closure that was not secure and leak-proof; offered and transported regulated medical waste accompanied by a shipping paper with an unsigned shippers certification.
[173.24(f)(1)(ii), 173.134, 173.197, 172.204(a), 172.205(a)]
Case No. 03T-063-SD-CE
$1,650
STONEGATE SHIPPING, INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-021-TRN-EA
$750
STRACHAN SHIPPING AGENCY
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed the shipping description in an incorrect sequence; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[107.608, 107.612, 172.202(b), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-040-TREG-WE
$1,500
STRATOS BOATS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an emergency response telephone number of a person who did not accept responsibility for providing information.
[172.201(d), 172.604(b)]
Case No. 02T-057-SB-SO
$1,040
STUTTON CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an emergency response telephone number of a person who did not accept responsibility for providing information; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 172.201(d), 172.604(b)]
Case No. 03T-072-SB-SO
$1,440
SUMMIT LABORATORIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging marked as meeting a UN standard in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 173.24(f)(2), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 03T-049-SP-SW
$1,187
SUN CHEMICAL INK
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-056-TRN-SO
$400
SUN CHEMICAL INK
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4), 178.601(b)]
Case No. 03T-003-SD-SO
$1,000
SUNRAY CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 03T-001-TRN-WE
$250
SUNTRANS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-060-TRN-EA
$1,080
SUPERIOR POOL PRODUCTS, LLC
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive solid, acidic, inorganic, n.o.s. (containing monopersulfate compound), in a packaging for which the design qualification and periodic testing had been performed, but that was not marked with the UN standard certification marking; offered this material when the technical name marked on the package was incorrect.
[173.22(a)(2), 178.3(a), 178.503(a), 172.301(b)]
Case No. 03T-088-SB-SW
$1,725
THE SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-146-TRN-SW
$562
SWIFT CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper did not list an emergency response telephone number; and that included additional information within the basic description and did not include a packing group.
[172.604(a), 172.201(a)(4), 172.202(a)(4)]
Case No. TKT-98-51-SW
$773
SYNCOR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-062-RMS-WE
$750
SYSTEMS MATERIAL HANDLING CO.
(Shipper)
Offered paint, 3, without preparing a proper shipping paper; failed to provide employee training; offered fire extinguishers accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number.
[172.200(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.604(a) and (b)]
Case No. 02T-126-SB-SW
$2,662
TALLEY DEFENSE SYSTEMS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-001-TRN-HQ
$600
TECHNICAL PROPELLANTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-052-SC-CE
$500
TECHNOCHEM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an emergency response telephone number; failed to register with RSPA; failed to list the hazardous materials on the shipping paper in one of the three approved formats; failed to provide employee training.
[172.604, 107.608, 172.201(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-072-TREG-WE
$2,520
TECHPACK
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-036-FF-SW
$750
TERRAZZO & MARBLE SUPPLY COMPANIES
(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. 03T-071-SP-CE
$500
TERRIS CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-087-TRN-EA
$250
TICE AUTOMOTIVE AIR CONDITIONING COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; failed to close a packaging in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to mark the proper shipping name and UN identification number on a package away from other markings on the package.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.604(b), 173.22(a)(4), 172.304(a)(4)]
Case No. 03T-057-SD-SW
$2,724
TR INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.608]
Case No. 03T-003-REG-WE
$500
TRANS GULF INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 03T-041-SD-SW
$1,650
TRANS-PAK, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered aerosols accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number.
[172.604(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 02T-055-SB-WE
$1,400
TRIGON CORPORATION
DBA SUNRISE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIFIC
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional information before the basic shipping description; and an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training.
[172.201(a)(4), 172.604(a) and (b), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-041-SB-WE
$2,205
U.S. CAN CO. (Steel Pail Manufacturer) Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold plastic pails as meeting the UN1H2 standard, when they were not marked with the name and address or symbol of the manufacturer; for the same packaging, failed to notify customers of requirements not met at the time of transfer.
[178.2(b), 178.503(a)(8), 178.2(c)(2)]
Case No. 02T-048-PM-EA
$1,536
U.S. CAN CO. (Plastic Pail Manufacturer) Failed to properly mark the UN certification marking on a packaging.
[178.503(a)]
Case No. 02T-137-PPM-SW
$275
UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered various hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that had incorrect descriptions, incorrect UN identification numbers, and/or no packing group.
[172.202(a)(1), (3), and (4), 173.22(a)(1)]
Case No. 03T-068-SC-CE
$1,200
UNGERER INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered extracts, flavoring, liquid, in packaging that was not properly closed; offered this material accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the proper technical name.
[173.202(a), 173.24(f)(2), 172.200(a), 172.202(d)]
Case No. 03T-015-SD-EA
$1,750
UNITED EXPORT
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include an emergency response telephone number.
[172.604(a), 172.201(d)]
Case No. 03T-081-SC-SO
$1,040
UNIVAR USA, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification.
[173.22(a)(4)]
Case No. 02T-129-SD-SW
$937
UNIVAR USA, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide closure instructions to a person to whom the packaging was transferred.
[178.2(c)]
Case No. 02T-144-SD-SW
$937
UNIVERSAL ENGRAVING, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(2)]
Case No. 02T-128-SD-SW
$1,187
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 02T-069-TRN-WE
$750
UW FREIGHT LINE, INC.
(Motor Carrier)
Accepted a hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a shippers certification.
[177.817(b)]
Case No. 03T-083-CP-SW
$500
VAIL ASSOCIATES
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2), 107.608(b)]
Case No. 02T-105-SD-SW
$625
VON PLESS CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 107.601(a)(6), 107.608(a)]
Case No. 03T-024-TREG-EA
$1,150
VWR INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Fiberboard Box Manufacturer/Shipper)
Represented and certified fiberboard boxes as meeting the UN4GV/7.7 standard when the inner package was changed and test was not conducted on the new design; offered two flammable liquids in packaging that was not tested.
[178.601(d) and (b), 173.201(a), 173.202(a)]
Case No. 03T-001-BMS-EA
$3,460
WALCO INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered flammable liquids, n.o.s., without preparing a shipping paper; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.200(a), 172.202(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-017-SD-SW
$925
WASHEX, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 02T-133-TRN-SW
$562
WATERLOO FIRE EXTINGUISHER
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to maintain accurate records of reinspection and retest.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a), 173.34(e)(8)(ii)]
Case No. 02T-029-CRS-CE
$1,296
DENNIS WAYNE SUPPLY COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-025-SC-CE
$500
WD SERVICES CO., INC.
(Fiberboard Box Manufacturer/Shipper)
Represented and certified packaging marked as meeting a UN standard without conducting periodic tests; failed to maintain complete test records for intermediate bulk containers; failed to create and retain records of training testing.
[178.601(e), 180.350(f), 172.704(d)]
Case No. 03T-002-BMS-EA
$4,950
WELCH RENTALS, SALES & SERVICE
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in intermodal tanks marked as meeting the IM101 specification when the valves and fittings were not properly protected; failed to register with RSPA.
[178.270-8, 107.601(a)]
Case No. 02T-119-SIT-HQ
$1,500
WELDERS SERVICES, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a) and (d)]
Case No. 03T-026-CRS-CE
$600
WELL SAFE, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain test pressure for a minimum of 30 seconds.
[180.205(g)(5)]
Case No. 03T-029-CR-SO
$1,240
WESMAR COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification for UN1H1 drums and UN4G boxes.
[173.22(a)(4)two counts]
Case No. 02T-057-SD-WE
$1,562
WEST COAST BEAUTY SUPPLY
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 03T-019-TRN-WE
$400
WEST COAST PACKING AND CRATING, INC.
(Wood Box Manufacturer)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702(b), 172.704(a)]
Case No. 03T-023-TRN-WE
$750
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, L.L.C.
(Shipper)
Offered and transported radioactive materials in cylinders that had valves and plugs which were tinned with various types of solder other than those authorized in ANSI Standard N14.1, under the terms of an exemption that had expired.
[173.420(a)(2)(i)]
Case No. 02T-132-EXR-HQ
$500
WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE RAILWAY COMPANY
(Rail Carrier)
Accepted and transported hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that did not contain a proper shippers certification, under the terms of an exemption, DOT-E 7616, that had expired.
[172.203(a), 172.204, 174.3, 174.24(a), 174.25(b)(2)]
Case No. 02T-124-EXR-HQ
$1,000
WILKEM SCIENTIFIC, LTD.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 02T-068-TRN-EA
$250
WOLFS WAREHOUSE
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704(d)]
Case No. 03T-084-SD-SW
$250
WORLD LABORATORIES, LTD.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packages in accordance with the manufacturers closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.22(a)(4), 172.702(b), 172.704(c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-026-SD-WE
$1,500
WYLE LABORATORIES, INC.
(Third-Party Package Certifier)
Represented, marked, and certified packaging as meeting the UN4GV standard when the testing was not conducted at the proper weight.
[178.601(d), 178.601(g)(2)]
Case No. 02T-074-PC-EA
$4,320
XPEDX
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper; failed to provide employee training; failed to have a shippers certification in the shipping documentation.
[172.200(a), 172.201(a), 172.702(b), 172.704(a), 172.204(a)]
Case No. 03T-075-SBP-SW
$3,000
YUMA INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquids, n.o.s., in a packaging marked as meeting the UN1H1 standard that was not closed as designed and tested.
[173.22(a)(4), 178.2(a)(2)]
Case No. 02T-044-SD-CE
$1,000
Total Tickets - 501
Total Penalties - $649,073
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