DOT Labels

Hazardous materials shipping labels and placards from the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the United Nations (UN) are used to properly identify shipments carrying hazardous items. The words and/or visuals on each label or placard refer to a certain type of hazard or hazardous item. These goods assist corporations in complying with government regulations governing the shipment of hazardous materials, as well as those who handle and receive these shipments in determining whether special handling or safety practices are required. They can also assist emergency responders on determining how to clean up or evacuate the area around the goods in the event of a shipping mishap. Individual containers, such as drums, cartons, crates, pails, and compressed-gas cylinders, are labeled. Transport vehicles such as vans, tractors, trucks, and semi-trailers have placards mounted to them. On portable tanks and other big individual containers, placards are sometimes utilized.