9.3 – Communication Rules  9.3.1 – Definitions  9.3.2 – Package Labels  • Shippers to describe hazardous materials  correctly and include an emergency response  telephone number on shipping papers.  • Carriers and drivers to quickly identify hazardous  materials shipping papers, or keep them on top  of other shipping papers and keep the required  emergency response information with the  shipping papers.  • Drivers to keep hazardous materials shipping  papers:  ¾  In a pouch on the driver's door, or  ¾  In clear view within immediate reach while  the seat belt is fastened while driving, or  ¾  On the driver's seat when out of the vehicle.  Shippers put diamond-shaped hazard warning  labels on most hazardous materials packages.  These labels inform others of the hazard. If the  diamond label won't fit on the package, shippers  may put the label on a tag securely attached to the  package. For example, compressed gas cylinders  that will not hold a label will have tags or decals.  Labels look like the examples in Figure 9.2. Examples of HAZMAT Labels. Figure 9.2  examples of HAZMAT labels. Figure 9.2 2005 Commercial Driver’s License Manual  After an accident or hazardous materials spill or  leak, you may be injured and unable to  communicate the hazards of the materials you are  transporting. Firefighters and police can prevent or  reduce the amount of damage or injury at the  scene if they know what hazardous materials are  being carried. Your life, and the lives of others,  may depend on quickly locating the hazardous  materials shipping papers. For that reason the  rules require:  Some words and phrases have special meanings  when talking about hazardous materials. Some of  these may differ from meanings you are used to.  The words and phrases in this section may be on your test. The meanings of other important words  are in the glossary at the end of Section 9.  A material's hazard class reflects the risks  associated with it. There are nine different hazard  classes. The types of materials included in these  nine classes are in Figure 9.1.  Hazardous Materials Class  Class  Division  Name of Class or  Division  Examples  1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Mass Explosion  Projection Hazard  Fire Hazard  Minor Explosion  Very Insensitive  Extremely  Insensitive  Dynamite  Flares Display Fireworks  Ammunition Blasting Agents  Explosive Devices  2 2.1 2.2 2.3 Flammable Gases  Non-Flammable  Gases  Poisonous/Toxic Gases  Propane  Helium Fluorine, Compressed  3  -  Flammable Liquids  Gasoline  4 4.1 4.2 4.3 Flammable Solids  Spontaneously  Combustible Dangerous When  Wet Ammonium Picrate,  Wetted White Phosphorus  Sodium 5 5.1 5.2 Oxidizers  Organic Peroxides  Ammonium Nitrate  Methyl Ethyl Ketone  Peroxide  6 6.1 6.2 Poison (Toxic  Material) Infectious Substances Potassium Cyanide  Anthrax Virus  7 - Radioactive Uranium 8 Corrosives Battery Fluid  9 - Miscellaneous Hazardous Materials  Polychlorinated  Biphenyls (PCB)  e - ORM-D (Other  Regulated Material- Domestic) Food Flavorings,  Medicines -  Combustible Liquids  Fuel Oil  Figure 9.1  A shipping paper describes the hazardous  materials being transported. Shipping orders, bills  of lading, and manifests are all shipping papers.  Figure 9.6 shows an example shipping paper.  Page 9-3 Section 9 - Hazardous Material  Section 9 – Hazardous Material 