RSPA FY 2004 Closed Tickets
A-ONE CHEMICALS & EQUIPMENT
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in a packaging that was successfully tested to a UN standard but was not marked with the required UN certification marking; failed to close a UN packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the packing group; failed to provide employee training.
[178.3 (a), 178.703 (a) and (b), 173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 172.202 (a)(4), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-028-SDIBC-SW
$3,700
ABC COMPOUNDING COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.22 (a)(4), 178.601 (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(2)]
Case No. 04T-042-SD-SO
$1,275
AC PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 173.203 (c)]
Case No. 03T-076-SD-EA
$1,000
ACCU CHEM CONVERSIONS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered tanks cars marked to DOT specifications and tank cards marked to AAR specifications containing residue of class 8 materials when the pressure relief devices had not been inspected, after its authority under the terms of a DOT exemption had expired.
[173.31 (d)(vi)]
Case No. 03T-047-EXR-HQ
$300
ACIDCHEM (USA), INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an invalid emergency response telephone number.
[107.601 (a)(6), 172.604 (b)]
Case No. 04T-008-SD-EA
$1,760
ACIDCHEM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquid, acidic, organic, n.o.s. (containing caprylic acid), accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the technical name of the material and did not include an emergency response telephone number; failed to mark drums with the proper shipping name, UN identification number, and the technical name; affixed a hazard warning label to packaging that was not the correct size.
[172.201 (d), 172.202 (d), 172.604 (a), 172.301 (a) and (b), 172.407 (e)]
Case No. 04T-007-FSD-EA
$6,250
ACS CHEMICAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that contained additional information interspersed within the basic shipping description, and that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number.
[107.601 (a)(6), 172.201 (a)(4), 172.201 (d), 172.604 (b)]
Case No. 03T-059-SD-EA
$2,000
ADVANCE ELECTRICAL SALES
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include an emergency response telephone number.
[172.604 (a)]
Case No. 04T-061-SD-SW
$1,040
ADVANCED CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered cyanide solutions, n.o.s., 6.1, in drums that had not been closed in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[173.22 (a)(2) and (4), 173.24 (b) and (f), 173.201 (a), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 04T-028-SJ-EA
$1,210
ADVANCED PLASTICS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in a portable tank marked as meeting the DOT 57 specification that had not been tested for leak-proofness; failed to retain a copy of a shipping paper for at least 375 days; failed to conduct recurrent employee training.
[173.242, 178.813 (c), 172.201 (e), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-076-SIBC-SO
$2,200
AEROSOL SPECIALTIES
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 03T-118-SB-SO
$600
AGFA-GEVAERT, N.V.
(Shipper)
Offered amines, liquid, corrosive, n.o.s., in packaging that was not labeled.
[172.400 (a)(1), 172.442]
Case No. 03T-077-FSD-EA
$2,000
AGS SOLUTIONS
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that (1) listed an incorrect shipping name, (2) did not include the hazard class, identification number, or packaging group, (3) did not include a shipper's certification, and (4) did not include an emergency response telephone number that was monitored at all times while the materials were in transportation; failed to close packaging marked as meeting a UN standard in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[172.200 (a), 172.202 (a)(1)- (4), 172.204 (a), 172.201 (d), 172.604 (a)(1), 173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2)]
Case No. 04T-060-SD-SW
$2,475
AHLGRIMM EXPLOSIVES COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 04T-018-SE-CE
$500
AIKEN CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to mark the packaging with the proper shipping name and UN identification number and failed to affix a hazard warning label to the packaging; failed to register with RSPA.
[173.22 (a)(4), 178.601 (b), 172.301 (a), 172.400 (a), 107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 04T-010-SD-SO
$4,000
AIR PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failure to maintain records of inspection and retesting for portable tanks; failed to mark portable tanks with the most current retest dates; failed to close packaging marked as meeting a UN specification in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[180.605 (l), 180.605 (k)(2), 173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2)]
Case No. 04T-059-SIBC-SW
$2,050
AIR STAR
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 04T-063-SB-SO
$400
AIRGAS MID SOUTH, INC.
(Cylinder Retester/Shipper)
Exceeded the authorized pressure limits while filling DOT specification cylinders containing acetylene gas.
[173.303 (b)]
Case No. 04T-055-CRS-SW
$2,500
ALCHEMIST TRANSPORT, INC.
(Motor Carrier)
Offered and transported Class 3 materials in inner plastic packages that were not authorized, after its authority under the terms of a DOT exemption had expired.
[173.173 (b)(2), 173.242]
Case No. 04T-003-EXR-HQ
$500
ALCOR, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered toluene accompanied by a shipping paper on which the basic shipping description was entered in an incorrect sequence and additional unauthorized information was entered prior to it, instead of after it; failed to sign the shipper's certification on the shipping paper.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 172.200 (a), 172.201 (a)(4), 172.202 (b), 172.204 (d)]
Case No. 03T-110-SBD-SW
$2,040
ALERT PLATING COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous waste, solid, n.o.s. (containing cadmium hydroxide, a marine pollutant), 9, RQ, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an authorized emergency response telephone number.
[172.604 (b)]
Case No. 04T-015-SIBC-WE
$1,275
ALKOTA CLEANING SYSTEMS
(Shipper)
Offered disodium trioxosilicate, 8, accompanied by a shipping paper that listed the basic shipping description in an incorrect sequence; and an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.201 (a)(4), 172.202 (b), 172.604 (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 04T-002-SP-CE
$1,690
ALL AMERICAN PAINTBALL
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-134-SC-SW
$300
ALL AVIATION, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to permanently mark a condemned cylinder to indicate that condition; failed to demonstrate the accuracy of the test equipment to within 500 psi of the actual test pressure.
[180.205 (i)(2), 180.205 (g)(3)(i)]
Case No. 04T-041-CR-SO
$1,780
ALL STAR FREIGHT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier)
Failed to provide employee training; including security awareness training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1)- (4)]
Case No. 04T-023-NVO-WE
$450
ALL-BRITE
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide employee training.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173/24 (f)(2), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-106-SD-SO
$1,600
ALL-SAF FIRE PROTECTION, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of the test equipment to within 500 psi of the actual test pressure.
[180.205 (g)(3)(i)]
Case No. 03T-101-CR-SO
$1,075
ALLIED BUILDING PRODUCTS CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failure to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not follow an approved format for entering information, and that included additional unauthorized information prior to the basic shipping description.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 172.200 (a), 172.201 (a)(1) and (4)]
Case No. 03T-101-SBD-SW
$1,470
ALLIED UNIVERSAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22 (a)(4), 178.601 (b)]
Case No. 04T-043-SD-SO
$1,000
APLINE TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquid, n.o.s. (containing sodium nitrate and potassium hydroxide), while failing to inform the motor vehicle operator of the requirements for the materials-of-trade exception.
[173.6 (c)(4)]
Case No. 03T-087-SP-WE
$900
ALVERNO CLINICAL LABS, 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. 04T-003-SB-CE
$400
AMEN PACKAGING, INC.
(Package Broker)
Failed to provide the manufacturer's closing notification to persons to whom each packaging was transferred.
[178.2 (c)]
Case No. 03T-096-PB-SW
$1,020
AMERICA'S LINK CUSTOMS SERVICES, INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional unauthorized information within the basic shipping description and that did not include a shipper's certification; failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.201 (a)(4), 172.204 (a), 107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (b)]
Case No. 04T-013-FF-SW
$1,390
AMERICAN HOTEL REGISTER COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered sodium hydroxide solutions accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; offered various hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that (1) listed additional information prior to the basic shipping description, (2) did not list the technical name for a material, (3) did not list the unit of measure, (4) listed the packing group with a number instead of a Roman numeral, and (5) included an illegible signature on the shipper's certification; failed to provide employee training.
[172.604 (b), 172.201 (a)(4), 172.202 (a)(4) and (5), 172.203 (k), 172.204 (d)(1), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-060-SD-SO
$2,560
AMERICAN INKS AND COATINGS CORP.
(Shipper)
Failed to maintain complete records of re-qualification for DOT 57 portable tanks and UN standard intermediate bulk containers; failed to provide recurrent employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[180.352 (f), 180.605 (l), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2) and (d)]
Case No. 04T-035-SIBC-EA
$1,280
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2)]
Case No. 04T-005-SB-WE
$375
AMERICAN OSMENT
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a proper shipping name or an emergency response telephone number; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.202 (a)(1), 172.604 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2)]
Case No. 04T-053-SD-SO
$2,400
AMERICAN SPRING WIRE CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered ferrous chloride solution, 8, RQ, accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list an 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), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 04T-062-SCT-CE
$1,360
AMERICAN TESTING LABORATORY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered radioactive material, special form, n.o.s., in a Type B package accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission certificate number of the package; failed to be a registered user of a Type B package.
[172.203 (d)(8), 173.471 (c), 173.471 (a)]
Case No. 03T-063-RMS-SO
$2,400
AMERON GLOBAL, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to retest cylinders at the minimum test pressure and for at least 30 seconds; failed to perform a complete visual.
[180.209 (a)(1), DOT-E 10945 – Paragraph 5.b., 180.205 (f)(1), CGA Pamphlet C-8]
Case No. 04T-048-CR-EA
$2,440
AMERON PROTECTIVE COATINGS
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional unauthorized information in association with the basic shipping description; and included an unsigned shipper's certification; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.201 (a)(4), 172.204 (d), 107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a)]
Case No. 03T-087-SBD-SW
$1,180
ANDES CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failing to register with RSPA.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 04T-008-REG-SO
$600
ANPESIL DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered lighters, 2.1, in non-UN-standard packaging, and when the packaging was not marked as required.
[173.21 (i), 173.308 (b)]
Case No. 03T-067-SB-EA
$3,375
APCO, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered compressed gas, n.o.s., and refrigerant gas R22, 2.2, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the proper shipping name and hazard class; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.202 (a)(1) and (2), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a) and (d)]
Case No. 04T-017-SC-CE
$1,950
ARCADE MARKETING, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered limited quantities of certain liquids and solids containing ethyl alcohol without complying with the regulations, after its authority under the terms of a DOT exemption had expired.
[173.150]
Case No. 04T-005-EXR-HQ
$500
ARIAS & ASSOCIATES
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent general awareness employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect proper shipping name and UN identification number; failed to ensure that emergency response information was immediately available for use in the event of an incident.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (c)(2); 172.202 (a)(1) and (3), 172.602 (a) and (c)(1)]
Case No. 04T-046-RMS-SW
$880
ARTISAN INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close drums in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2)]
Case No. 04T-034-SD-EA
$1,000
ASARCO INCORPORATED
(Shipper)
Offered lead compounds, soluble, n.o.s., 6.1, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an emergency response telephone number.
[172.604 (a)]
Case No. 03T-065-SP-WE
$975
ASHLAND CHEMICAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered butyl acetates, acetone and toluene accompanied by shipping papers that did not list the hazard class, UN identification number, or packing group.
[172.202 (a)(2)- (4)]
Case No. 03T-092-SIBC-CE
$1,050
ASI - AG SOUTH, 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; failed to provide employee training.
[172.201 (d), 172.604 (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-022-SD-SO
$1,640
ASSOCIATED MATERIAL HANDLING INDUSTRY, 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. 04T-061-SBAT-CE
$400
ASSOCIATES WAREHOUSE
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a) and (d), 107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 04T-010-REG-CE
$1,100
ATLANTA REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 03T-077-SD-SO
$600
ATLANTIC CHEMICAL & EQUIPMENT COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to adhere to its security plan when it did not check visitor identification prior to entry.
[172.800 (a)(2)]
$800
ATLANTIC EXPLOSIVES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to retain shipping papers for at least 375 days after shipment and 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 (3), 172.604 (b)]
Case No. 04T-012-SB-SO
$1,400
ATMOSPHERE ANNEALING, 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. 04T-025-TRN-CE
$562
ATOFINA CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's 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-125-SD-SW
$1,275
AUSTIN POWDER
(Shipper)
Failed to conduct function-specific employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect exemption number on the shipping paper.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(2), 172.203 (a)]
Case No. 03T-069-SE-HQ
$763
AUTO REFINISH DISTRIBUTORS
(Shipper)
Failed to mark packaging with the proper shipping name.
[172.301 (a)]
Case No. 03T-117-SP-SW
$300
AUTO WAX COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide general awareness employee training.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1)]
Case No. 04T-005-SP-SW
$1,225
AUTO-CHLOR SYSTEM
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-128-SBP-SW
$275
AUTO-CHLOR SYSTEM
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in used drums that had not been tested for leak-proofness.
[173.28 (b)]
Case No. 03T-130-SD-SW
$1,125
AUTO-CHLOR SYSTEM
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include an emergency response telephone number; failed to sign the required shipper's certification on the shipping paper.
[172.604 (a)(3), 172.204 (d)]
Case No. 04T-031-SD-SW
$1,250
AUTO-CHLOR SYSTEM
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper without a shipper's certification.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2), 172.204 (a)]
Case No. 04T-074-SBD-SW
$1,200
AZ PARTSMASTER
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without providing a shipping paper; failed to provide employee training.
[172.200 (a), 172.202, 172.201 (a) and (d), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-072-SD-SW
$1,725
BAKER ATLAS
(Shipper)
Offered a hazardous material in a reportable quantity accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the letters "RQ" either before or after the basic shipping description ; failed to include the name of the person providing the training and a certification that the employees were trained and tested on the records of employee training testing.
[172.203 (c)(2), 172.704 (d)(4) and (5)]
Case No. 03T-046-RMS-SW
$550
ROBERT BALBI
D/B/A CERTIFIED CYLINDER TESTING CO.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to notify the Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and Approvals of a change in test personnel; listed on re-qualification records that cylinders were marked with a “star” when in fact they were not so marked.
[173.34 (e)(2)(iv), 173.34 (e)(8) and (16)]
Case No. 02T-013-CR-EA
$3,066
BALTRANS LOGISTICS, INC.
(Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 04T-027-NVO-WE
$375
BASCO
(Package Broker)
Failed to provide the manufacturer's closing notification to persons to whom each packaging was transferred.
[178.2 (c)]
Case No. 04T-047-PB-CE
$1,000
BATTLE CREEK HEALTH SYSTEM
(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. 04T-012-SB-CE
$400
BAYFRONT MEDICAL CENTER
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste accompanied by a shipping paper that did not describe it; failed to provide general awareness employee training.
[172.200 (a), 172.201, 172.202, 172.205 (h), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1)]
Case No. 03T-116-SD-SO
$1,475
BAZAN PAINTING CO.
(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-109-SB-CE
$675
BC SCIENTIFIC
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-018-SD-SO
$600
BELL CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a proper shipping name, hazard class, UN identification number, and packing group; failed to provide employee training.
[172.202 (a)(1)- (4), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-119-SB-SO
$1,800
BELL INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquids, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a proper shipping name, UN identification number, and packaging group; and did not list an emergency response telephone number.
[172.202 (a)(1), (3), and (4), 172.604 (a)]
Case No. 03T-084-SB-CE
$2,240
BELL INDUSTRIES, 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. 04T-006-SB-CE
$400
BEMER'S PETROLEUM, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704]
Case No. 03T-060-SC-EA
$1,092
BENCHMARK RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1)]
Case No. 04T-004-SDIBC-SW
$275
BENCHMARK RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to mark the correct retest date on an intermediate bulk container (IBC); failed to maintain complete and accurate retest records for IBCs; failed to mark a packaging with the technical name of a hazardous material.
[178.703 (b), 180.352 (f), 172.301 (b)]
Case No. 04T-020-SIBC-SW
$2,050
BEST - RITE MANUFACTURI NG
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect proper shipping name and packing group, an unsigned shipper's certification; and an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.202 (a)(1) and (4), 172.204 (d), 172.604 (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-115-SP-SW
$2,645
BFPE INTERNATIONAL FIRE & SAFETY
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain complete and accurate records of cylinder re-qualification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[180.215 (b)(1) and (2), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(2)]
Case No. 04T-038-CR-SO
$675
BIC CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2)]
Case No. 04T-016-SD-SO
$1,000
BIO SAFE SYSTEMS, LLC
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include the unit of measure or an emergency response telephone number, and listed the shipping description in an incorrect sequence.
[107.601 (a)(6), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 172.202 (a)(5), 172.604 (a), 172.202 (b)]
Case No. 03T-066-SD-EA
$3,150
BLUE LINE CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to register with RSPA.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (b)]
Case No. 03T-104-SDIBC-SW
$1,325
BLUE RIBBON CONTAINER & DISPLAY, INC.
(Fiberboard Box Manufacturer)
Failed to conduct general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 04T-004-BM-EA
$400
BODY SHOP SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered paint-related material and flammable liquids, n.o.s. (containing acetone), accompanied by shipping paper that did not list a basic shipping description ; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.200 (a), 172.202 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a) and (d)]
Case No. 04T-034-SP-CE
$2,505
JOHN BONELL ENGINEERING
(Shipper)
Offered radioactive material accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the activity; and included an unauthorized emergency response telephone number.
[173.203 (d), 172.604 (b)]
Case No. 03T-044-RMS-WE
$1,840
N. H. BRAGG & SONS, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-054-CR-EA
$600
BROWN JANITOR SUPPLY
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquid, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that did not indicate it was hazardous because it did not include a basic shipping description.
[172.200 (a), 172.202 (a)]
Case No. 04T-008-SD-SW
$1,125
BRUBACHER EXCAVATING, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered explosives accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the proper shipping name; did not list the technical name in parenthesis after using the proper shipping name “articles, explosive, n.o.s.;” and did not list the unit of measure.
[172.202 (a)(1), 172.101 (a)(4), 172.102–Special Provision 101, 172.202 (a)(5)]
Case No. 03T-067-SE-HQ
$1,150
THE BRULIN CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training, or create and retain records of recurrent training testing.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 04T-029-SP-CE
$600
BSR PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered fire extinguishers accompanied by a shipping paper without a proper shipping description, an emergency response telephone number, or a shipper's certification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.202 (a), 172.604 (a), 172.204 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(2)]
Case No. 03T-062-SC-HQ
$2,650
BUILDING SERVICE INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered adhesives accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number, and failed to follow one of the three approved formats for listing hazardous materials on a shipping paper; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.604 (b), 172.201 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 04T-008-SB-CE
$2,300
THE BURROWS COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered organic peroxide, type E, liquid, 5.2, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a shipper's certification; or an emergency response telephone number; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.204 (a), 172.604 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 03T-088-SB-CE
$1,840
BWAY CORPORATION
(Steel Drum Manufacturer)
Failed to provide the closure notification required to satisfy performance test requirements to persons to whom packaging was transferred.
[178.2 (c), 178.601 (b)]
Case No. 04T-031-DM-SO
$1,000
C-C DISTRIBUTING, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive solids, n.o.s. (containing sodium meta silicate), on its own vehicles without informing the motor vehicle operator of the materials-of-trade exception.
[173.6 (c)(4)]
Case No. 04T-022-SP-WE
$900
CALIFORNIA INDUSTRIAL RUBBER COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a proper shipping description; or an emergency response telephone number; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.200 (a), 172.202 (a), 172.604 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(2)]
Case No. 03T-029-SB-WE
$2,655
CAPITOLINE PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered adhesives, 3, in non-specification portable tanks; offered them accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to properly described the materials, and failed to include an emergency response telephone number; failed to register with RSPA.
[173.242 (c), 173.29 (a), 172.202 (a), 172.201 (d), 107.601 (a)(6)]
Case No. 03T-036-SPT-EA
$5,725
CARGO FORCE
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an emergency response telephone number.
[172.201 (d), 172.604 (a)]
Case No. 03T-082-SC-SO
$780
CARLISLE SYNTEC, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered a hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect proper shipping name and UN identification number; marked the packaging with an incorrect proper shipping name and UN identification number.
[172.202 (a)(1) and (3), 172.301 (a)[03T-106-SBP-SW
$2,100
CARTER WATERS CORP.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered paint , 3, accompanied by a shipping paper that included an unsigned shipper's certification.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a) and (d), 172.204 (d)]
Case No. 03T-114-SBD-CE
$1,150
R. CARTER & ASSOCIATES, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of the test equipment to within 500 psi of the actual test pressure; failed to properly mark cylinders that had been condemned; failed to properly mark low-pressure cylinders with a retester's identification number and a “S” to indicate a proof pressure test (modified) was used; failed to maintain a current copy of the regulations and copies of applicable DOT exemptions at its facility.
[180.205 (g)(3)(i), 180.205 (a), 180.205 (i)(2), 180.213 (a), (d), and (f)(4), 180.215 (a)(4) and (5)]
Case No. 03T-078-CR-SO
$3,170
CASA ADHESIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper with an unsigned shipper's certification and that did not list an emergency response telephone number; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.204 (d), 172.604 (a), 107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 03T-092-SC-SO
$1,640
CCL CONTAINER
(Cylinder Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold aerosol cans marked as meeting the DOT 2Q specification without marking the cans with the manufacturer's name or registered symbol.
[178.33a-9 (a)(2)]
Case No. 04T-018-CM-HQ
$400
CENTEGRA NORTHERN ILLINOIS MEDICAL CENTER
(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-094-SB-CE
$750
CHAMPION COATINGS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2)]
Case No. 04T-062-SD-SW
$1,125
THE CHAMPION COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a) and (d)]
Case No. 04T-051-SB-CE
$480
CHAMPION TECHNOLOGIES
(Shipper)
Failed to maintain complete and accurate records of portable tank retest and reinspection.
[180.605 (l)]
Case No. 04T-035-SIBC-SW
$375
CHASE CORPORATION
D/B/A ROYSTON LABORATORIES
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2)]
Case No. 04T-044-SB-EA
$300
CHATTEM CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered aluminum chloride solution, 8, in portable tanks marked as meeting the DOT 57 specification and/or in intermediate bulk containers marked as meeting the UN31A standard, when they had not been retested for leak-proofness in more then 2.5 years prior to reuse.
[173.242, 178.813 (c)]
Case No. 03T-089-SIBC-SO
$1,400
CHEESBOROUGH PONDS MANUFACTURI NG COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 04T-004-REG-SO
$800
CHEM ARROW CORP.
(Shipper)
Offered acetone and petroleum distillates, n.o.s., accompanied by shipping papers that failed to utilize one of the three formats for entering hazardous materials on a shipping paper, listed additional information prior to the basic shipping description, and that included an unsigned shipper's certification; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.201 (a)(1) and (4), 172.204 (d), 107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a)]
Case No. 04T-007-SD-WE
$1,500
CHEM SPRAY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(2)]
Case No. 03T-090-SDP-SW
$250
CHEM SYSTEMS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered liquefied petroleum gas, 2.1, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not listed a shipping description that was missing the proper shipping name and the words “Limited Quantity;” offered nitromethane solution, 3, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the hazard class, listed additional information prior to the basic shipping description; and listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training.
[172.201 (a)(4), 172.202 (a)(1) and (2), 172.604 (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-020-SB-WE
$2,655
CHEM-TAB CHEMICAL CORP.
(Shipper)
Offered compounds, cleaning, liquid (containing phosphoric acid), without informing the motor vehicle operator of the requirements of the materials-of-trade exception.
[173.6 (c)(4)]
Case No. 04T-004-SP-SW
$1,200
CHEMETALL FOOTE CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 178.601 (b)]
Case No. 04T-024-SD-SO
$1,000
CHEMICAL MONTANA COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included an unsigned shipper's certification.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2), 172.204 (d)]
Case No. 03T-067-SD-WE
$1,150
CHEMICAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect packing group.
[172.202 (a)(4)]
Case No. 04T-018-SD-SW
$594
CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(2)]
Case No. 04T-032-SD-SO
$675
CHEMIQUE, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2)]
Case No. 04T-026-SD-EA
$750
CHEMJECT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Listed on a shipping paper a hazard class and a UN identification for a material that was not a hazardous material.
[172.200 (a), 172.202 (e)]
Case No. 04T-068-SP-SW
$1,125
CHEMSOLV, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to properly mark packaging with the proper shipping name and UN identification number; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include the proper shipping name and UN identification number.
[172.301 (a), 172.202 (a)(1) and (3)]
Case No. 03T-051-SD-EA
$2,920
CHEMSON, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered lead compound, soluble, n.o.s., 6.1, accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional information prior to the basic shipping description and did not include unit of measure; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.201 (a)(4), 172.202 (a)(5), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2)]
Case No. 04T-051-SB-EA
$840
CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER
(Shipper)
Offered waste toxic solid, inorganic, n.o.s., 6.1, accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to contain a valid emergency response contact number that was monitored at all times; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.604 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-100-SB-CE
$1,440
CHOCOLA CLEANING MATERIAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to drums marked as meeting the UN1H1 standard in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b), 173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a) and (d)]
Case No. 04T-027-SD-CE
$2,000
CITY FIRE EQUIPMENT COMPANY
(Cylinder Retester
Failed to maintain complete and accurate records of retest and reinspection; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[180.215 (b)(2), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(2)]
Case No. 03T-115-CR-SO
$675
CLEARON CORPORATION
(Fiberboard Box Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold a packaging that had been tested to a UN standard but that had not been marked with the UN certification marking.
[178.503 (a)]
Case No. 03T-098-BM-SO
$800
CLEVELAND STEEL CONTAINER CORPORATION
(Steel Drum Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold steel drums as meeting the UN1A1/Y1.8/100 standard, when they were marked with an incorrect UN certification marking; failed to supply the notification of closure instructions needed to satisfy performance test requirements.
[178.3 (a)(3), 178.503 (a)(4), 178.2 (c)(1), 178.601 (b)]
Case No. 04T-046-DM-SO
$2,440
COASTAL CARBONICS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an emergency response telephone number of a party who did not accept responsibility for providing information; failed to provide recurrent employee training; failed to retain shipping papers for at last 375 days following shipment.
[172.201 (d), 172.604 (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2), 172.201 (e)]
Case No. 04T-037-SC-SO
$1,590
COLONIAL METALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 04T-065-SB-EA
$500
COLONIAL TERMINALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an emergency response telephone number of a party who could not provide any detailed information concerning the hazardous material.
[172.604 (b)]
Case No. 04T-039-SB-SO
$1,040
COLOPLAST CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an emergency response telephone number that was out of service and therefore unable to provide any assistance in the case of an emergency; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.604 (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 04T-051-SB-SO
$1,440
COLOR CROWN CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect proper shipping name and UN identification number; failed to register with RSPA; affixed a hazard warning label to a packaging that was not the correct size.
[172.202 (a)(1) and (3), 107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b), 172.407 (c)]
Case No. 04T-029-SD-SO
$1,320
COLUMBIA CAN COMPANY, INC.
(Steel Pail Manufacturer)
Failed to provide the manufacturer's closing notification to persons to whom each 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. 03T-063-PM-EA
$1,750
COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed incorrect proper shipping names, incorrect UN identification numbers, and an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training.
[172.202 (a)(1) and (3), 172.604 (b), 107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-019-SB-SO
$2,200
CONSTRUCTION SEALANTS SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered paint, 3, accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional information interspersed within the basic description, did not include a packing group, and included an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training.
[172.201 (a)(4), 172.202 (a)(4), 172.604 (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-083-SP-WE
$3,450
CONTAINER RECYCLING, INC.
(Intermediate Bulk Container Manufacturer)
Failed to provide the manufacturer's closing notification to persons to whom each packaging was transferred.
[178.2 (c)]
Case No. 03T-085-IBCM-SO
$1,000
CONTAINER SUPPLY, INC.
(Packaging Broker)
Failed to provide the manufacturer's closing notification to persons to whom each packaging was transferred.
[178.2 (c)]
Case No. 03T-122-PB-SW
$950
CONTROL DELIVERY SYSTEMS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172,702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-005-SB-EA
$600
COOK COMPOSITES AND POLYMERS
(Shipper)
Failure to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22 (a)(2), 173.,24 (f)(2)]
Case No. 04T-037-SD-SW
$937
CORROSION SPECIALTIES, INC.
(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. 04T-027-SD-SO
$1,000
COUGAR CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; offered hazardous materials accompanied on a shipping paper that listed an incorrect shipping description.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 172.200 (a), 172.202 (a)]
Case No. 03T-086-SD-SO
$1,850
CR PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an invalid emergency response telephone number and the basic shipping description in an incorrect sequence; failed to register with RSPA; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.200 (a), 172.201 (d), 172.604 (b), 107.601 (a)(6), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 03T-048-SP-EA
$1,970
CREATIVE AGE CHEMIST, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; offered acetone accompanied by shipping papers that (1) included additional unauthorized information interspersed within the basic shipping description, (2) listed an incorrect packing group, (3) included an unsigned shipper's certification, and (4) listed the basic description in an incorrect sequence; failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.34 (f)(2), 172.201 (a)(4), 172.202 (a)(4), 172.204 (d), 172.202 (b), 107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(2) and (d)]
Case No. 03T-054-SB-WE
$3,835
CREATIVE PACKAGING OF LONG ISLAND, INC.
(Fiberboard Box Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold fiberboard boxes as meeting the DOT 12B specification, which is no longer authorized to be manufactured.
[178.2 (b)]
Case No. 03T-062-BM-EA
$2,400
CREATIVE PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to mark packaging with the proper shipping name.
[172.301 (a)]
Case No. 03T-116-SP-SW
$450
DANNER'S, INCORPORATED
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper; failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training.
[172.200 (a), 172.202 (a), 107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-049-SD-SW
$3,550
DAROB INCORPORATED MEDICAL WASTE SERVICES
(Shipper/Motor Carrier)
Accepted and transported regulated medical waste, 6.2, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the UN identification number and packing group.
[172.202 (a)(3) and (4)]
Case No. 03T-048-SD-CE
$500
DATEX, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include the proper shipping name, hazard class, UN identification number, or packing group; failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training.
[172.202 (a)(1)- (4), 107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-088-SD-SO
$2,800
DAVIS PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failure to properly mark a condemned cylinder.
[180.205 (i)(2)]
Case No. 03T-131-CR-SW
$300
DAYTON SUPERIOR
(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. 04T-048-SP-CE
$540
DECKRITE, LLC
(Shipper)
Failed to mark the proper shipping name and UN identification number on a package; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.301 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 04T-019-SD-SW
$2,160
DECORATIVE CONCRETE SUPPLY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed the emergency response telephone number of a party who did not accept responsibility for providing information; offered methanol accompanied by shipping paper that did not list the proper shipping name, hazard class, UN identification number, or packing group, and did not include an emergency response telephone number or shipper's certification.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 172.604 (b), 172.202 (a)(1)- (4), 172.604 (a), 172.204 (a)]
Case No. 03T-102-SB-SO
$2,840
MANUEL DEL VALLE, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in a intermediate bulk container marked as meeting a UN standard that had not been retested for leak-proofness in more than 2.5 years prior to reuse; offered hazardous materials in used drums marked as meeting a UN standard, when the drums were not tested for leak-proofness.
[180.352 (b)(1) and (2), 173.28 (b)(2)(i)]
Case No. 04T-005-SD-SO
$2,600
DELTA AIRLINES, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to list the DOT specification of cylinders on the records of cylinder re-qualification.
[180.215 (b)(2)]
Case No. 03T-060-CR-HQ
$500
DELTA LIGHTING PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704 (d)]
Case No. 04T-041-SP-EA
$400
DENVER AUTO AUCTION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1)]
03T-097-TRN-SW
$375
J. E. DEWITT, INC.
D/B/A DEWITT PETROLEUM
(Package Distributor)
Failed to provide the manufacturer's closing notification to persons to whom each packaging was transferred.
[178.2 (c)]
Case No. 03T-073-SD-WE
$935
DIAMOND PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-063-SD-WE
$710
DIPSOL OF AMERICA, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 04T-059-SD-CE
$400
DISCOUNT INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CORPORATION
(Steel Pail Manufacturer)
Failed to provide the manufacturer's closing notification to persons to whom each packaging was transferred.
[178.2 (c)]
Case No. 04T-001-PM-EA
$1,250
DIXIE PRODUCTS SALES & SERVICE
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquid, n.o.s. (containing hydrofluoric acid) accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a proper shipping name, hazard class, UN identification number, packing group, total quantity, or an emergency response telephone number.
[172.200 (a), 172.202 (a), 172.604 (a)]
Case No. 04T-058-SPT-SO
$1,200
DMC UNIVERSITY LABORATORIES
(Shipper)
Offered infectious substances affecting humans, 6.2, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered infectious substances affecting humans accompanied by a shipping missing that did not include a complete shipping description; and that included an unsigned shipper's certification.
[172.604 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a) and (d), 172.202 (a), 172.204 (d)]
Case No. 04T-019-SB-CE
$3,160
DOHRN TRANSFER COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered sodium persulfate, 5.1, accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a DOT exemption that had expired and noted the packaging as meeting the DOT 44P specification, which is no longer authorized to be manufactured or used.
[171.2 (b), 172.202]
Case No. 04T-035-SBG-CE
$320
JOHN C. DOLPH COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; offered tetraethylenepentamine in fiberboard boxes that were not marked with the proper shipping name or orientation arrows; marked packaging with an unauthorized abbreviation; affixed hazard warning labels to drums that were the incorrect size; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect hazard class and UN identification number.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 172.301 (a), 172.308 (a), 172.312 (a)(2), 172.407 (c), 172.419 (a), 172.202 (a)(2) and (3)]
Case No. 04T-030-SD-EA
$4,200
DOWD AND GUILD, INC.
(Packaging Broker)
Failed to provide the manufacturer's closing notification to persons to whom each packaging was transferred.
[178.2 (c)]
Case No. 04T-028-PB-WE
$935
DOYLE CHEMICAL & SUPPLY
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered various hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that failed to list the proper basic shipping descriptions; failed to provide employee training; failing to placard a vehicle or provide placards to the carrier.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 172.504 (a), 172.506 (a)]
Case No. 03T-100-SD-SO
$1,100
DUGGAN PETROLEUM CO.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include an emergency response telephone number; or a shipper's certification.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 172.604 (a), 172.204 (a)]
Case No. 03T-103-SD-SW
$1,439
DYNASTY TRANSPORTATI ON, INC.
(Motor Carrier)
Accepting and transporting hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the proper shipping name, hazard class, UN identification number, packaging group, emergency response telephone number, or a shipper's certification.
[172.200 (a), 172.202 (a), 172.204 (a), 172.604 (a), 177.817 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 03T-135-CE-SW
$1,980
DYNO NOBEL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered ammonium nitrate fuel-oil mixture in a package that was marked with an incorrect proper shipping name.
[172.301 (a)]
Case No. 03T-064-SE-HQ
$600
DYNO NOBEL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that (1) did not include a proper shipping description on shipping paper; (2) failed to list an exemption number; and (3) failed to list an emergency response telephone number.
[172.202 (a), 172.203 (a), 172.604 (a)]
Case No. 04T-012-SE-HQ
$3,200
DYNO NOBEL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered explosive, blasting, Type E, 1.5D, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the proper shipping name, compatibility group, UN identification number, or packing group; failed to mark the package with the required approval (EX) number and/or list the EX-number on the shipping paper instead of the package.
[172.202 (a), 172.320 (a), (b), and (d)]
04T-031-SE-CE
$2,250
DYNO NOBEL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered explosive, blasting, Type E, 1.5D, when it failed to mark the package with the required approval (EX) number and/or list the EX-number on the shipping paper instead of the package.
[172.320 (a), (b), and (d)]
Case No. 04T-032-SE-CE
$796
EAGLE GLOBAL LOGISTICS
(Motor Carrier)
Accepted and transported corrosive liquid, toxic, n.o.s., without a shipping paper.
[177.817 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 04T-048-CD-SW
$1,125
EARTH SCIENCE LABORATORIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; offered corrosive liquid acidic, inorganic, n.o.s. (containing cupric sulfate), in packaging on which the required markings were obscured by labels or attachments; offered this material accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional information interspersed within the basic shipping description and did not include an emergency response telephone number.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 172.304 (a)(3), 172.201 (a)(4), 172.604 (a)]
Case No. 04T-024-SB-EA
$2,950
EAST COAST DIVERS, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to mark cylinders with the correct retester's identification number; failed to conduct a system check at or below 98 percent of test pressure prior to testing; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[180.213 (d), 180.205 (g)(5), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2)]
Case No. 04T-032-CR-EA
$1,835
EAST COAST DRILLING, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered shipments of hazardous materials without retaining a copy of the shipping paper for a minimum of 375 days following shipment; failed to provide employee training.
[172.201 (e), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-014-SB-SO
$1,000
EASTON ENTERPRISES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent function-specific employee, or create and retain records of training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional information interspersed within the basic shipping description and an unsigned shipper's certification.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(2) and (c)(2), 172.704 (d), 172.201 (a)(4), 172.204 (d)]
Case No. 03T-078-SB-WE
$1,300
EDWARD HOSPITAL
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; offered batteries, wet, filled with acid, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an emergency response telephone number; and failed to include the complete shipping name; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 172.604 (a), 172.202 (a)(1), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a) and (d)]
Case No. 03T-096-SD-CE
$3,211
EHC INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Accepted and transported asbestos, 9, RQ, accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency telephone number; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.604 (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a) and (d)]
Case No. 04T-066-SBG-CE
$1,640
EL PASO SUPPLY, LLC
(Shipper)
Offered various hazardous materials accompanied by shipping papers that did not list the proper shipping name, hazard class, UN identification number, packing group, or an emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training.
[172.202 (a), 172.201 (d), 172.604 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-015-SDP-SW
$1,575
ELDORADO CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-051-SD-SW
$1,280
EMD CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2)]
Case No. 04T-080-SB-SW
$935
ENI SHIPPING, INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to provide employee training; including security awareness training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1)- (4)]
Case No. 04T-030-FF-WE
$400
ENOVATION GRAPHIC SYSTEMS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered isopropanol in an over-pack statement that was not marked with the required statement that the inner packages complied with prescribed specifications; failed to retain copies of shipping papers for at least 375 days after shipment; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[173.25 (a)(4), 172.201 (e), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-126-SBP-SW
$2,275
ENVIRITE OF ILLINOIS
(Shipper/Motor Carrier)
Accepted and transported ferrous chloride solution, 8, RQ, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an emergency response telephone number.
[172.604 (a)]
Case No. 04T-065-SCT-CE
$1,040
EPOXY FORMULATIONS, INC.
D/B/A EFI POLYMERS
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-099-SP-SW
$1,200
ESTES EXPRESS LINES, INC.
(Motor Carrier)
Accepted and transported 1-chloro-1,2,2,2-tetrafluoroethane, 2.2, and hydrochloric acid solution, 8, accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional information interspersed within the shipping description, that listed incomplete shipping names, failed to list an emergency response telephone number, and failed to include a shipper's certification.
[177.817 (a) and (b), 172.201 (d), 172.202 (a)(1), 172.604 (a), 172.204 (a)]
Case No. 03T-053-CD-EA
$1,350
THE EUCLID CHEMICAL COMPANY, TREMCO. DIVISION
(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-113-SBD-CE
$450
EVERGREEN MARINE
D/B/A EVERGREEN AMERICA CORP.
(Shipper/Motor Carrier)
Accepted and transported sodium persulfate, 5.1, accompanied by a shipping paper that listed the shipping description out of sequence and referenced a non-existent DOT exemption.
[177.817 (a), 172.202 (b), 172. 203 (a)]
Case No. 04T-037-SBG-CE
$320
EXPLOSIVES ENERGIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training; offered explosive, blasting, type B, 1.5D, under the terms of a DOT exemption accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the exemption number in association with the shipping description.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2), 172.203 (a)]
Case No. 04T-022-SE-CE
$1,150
EXPRESS ADUANAL DEL NORTE, S. C.
(Freight Forwarder)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 04T-009-FF-SW
$412
FACILITY SUPPLY SYSTEMS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered potassium hydroxide, solution accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a basic shipping description of the material; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.202 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a) and (d)]
Case No. 03T-098-SB-CE
$2,250
FARRELL CALHOUN, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[173.22 (a)(4), 178.601 (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-048-SD-SO
$1,275
FIBERGLASS FLORIDA, 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 register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training.
[172.604 (b), 107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-035-SB-SO
$2,040
FIBRE DRUM SALES, INC.
(Packaging Broker)
Failed to provide the manufacturer's closing notification to persons to whom each packaging was transferred.
[178.2 (c)]
Case No. 04T-054-PB-CE
$1,250
FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; failed to maintain current copies of applicable DOT exemptions at its facility; failed to maintain complete and accurate records of cylinder re-qualification.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2), 180.215 (a)(5), 180.215 (b)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 04T-023-CR-SO
$1,075
FIRE EQUIPMENT SERVICES
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of the test equipment to within 500 psi of the actual test pressure.
[180.205 (g)(3)(i)]
Case No. 03T-110-CR-SO
$1,460
FIRE SAFETY, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide general awareness and safety employee training, or create and retain records of recurrent training testing.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 04T-067-CRS-CE
$400
FIRETRON, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of the test equipment to within 500 psi of the actual test pressure.
[180.205 (g)(3)(i)]
Case No. 04T-058-CR-SW
$840
FISTER, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 04T-009-REG-CE
$500
FLATLAND WELDING SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered a hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a basic shipping description of the material; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.200 (a), 172.202 (a), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 04T-050-SC-SW
$760
FLEXABAR CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 03T-058-SD-EA
$650
FLOIED FIRE EXTINGUISHER & STEAM CLEANING CO., INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failing to maintain complete and accurate records of cylinder re-qualification; failed to verify the accuracy of the pressure-indicating device on the test equipment to within 0.5 percent or better of its full range; failed to provide employee training.
[180.215 (b)(2), 180.205 (g)(3)(i), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-087-CR-SO
$2,460
FOLLMER DEVELOPMENT, INC.
D/B/A AMERICANA MARKETING, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-074-SB-WE
$750
FOUR CORNERS WELDING & GAS SUPPLY, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Marking a DOT specification cylinder in liquefied compressed gas service with an unauthorized “plus” sign.
[173.302a (b), 178.3]
Case No. 04T-075-CR-SW
$750
FUJI PHOTO FILM U.S.A., INC.
(Shipper)
Offering sodium hydroxide solution in packaging on which a hazard warning label was affixed that was not the correct size; offered this material accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional information within the basic shipping description, that did not list the total quantity of the material, and included an illegible signature on the shipper's certification; failed to provide recurrent employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.407 (c), 172.201 (a)(4), 172.202 (a)(5), 172.204 (d), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2), 172.704 (d), 107.601 (a)(6)]
Case No. 04T-033-SB-EA
$2,430
FUJITRANS USA, INC.
(Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-076-NVO-WE
$635
G & W AUTO PARTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-013-SB-SO
$600
G & W ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered fuses, detonating, 1.4B, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an emergency response telephone number.
[172.604 (a)]
Case No. 04T-050-SE-CE
$1,300
G&A WAREHOUSES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-039-SD-EA
$600
GABEL’S COSMETICS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close inner packages in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training for closing packages, or create and retain a record of training testing for one employee.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(2), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 03T-059-SB-WE
$1,310
MORGAN GALLACHER
D/B/A CUSTOM CHEMICAL FORMULATORS
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide function-specific training regarding closure of packaging.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(2)]
Case No. 04T-011-SD-WE
$935
GANS INK
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper; failed to mark the packaging with the proper shipping name and UN identification number; affixed a hazard warning label to a packaging that was not the correct size.
[172.200 (a), 172.201, 172.202]
Case No. 172.301 (a), 172.407 (c)]
Case No. 04T-056-SB-SO
$2,720
GAR-MEL FIRE PROTECTION
(Cylinder Retester/Shipper)
Failed to hold a retester's identification number and approval; offered compressed gas without shipping papers; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; failed to maintain re-qualification records for low-pressure cylinders.
[180.205 (b), 172.200 (a), 172.202 (a), 172.604 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a) and (d), 180.215 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 03T-116-CRS-CE
$5,150
GARDENA INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY & HARDWARE COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include the hazard class, UN identification number, packing group, or emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training. 172.202 (a)(2)- (4), 172.604 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 02T-068-SP-WE
$3,144
GCC DRUM
(Fiber Drum Manufacturer)
Failed to properly condition fiber drums prior to design qualification testing; failed to maintain complete design qualification tests on file at the place of manufacture.
[178.602 (d), 178.601 (l)]
Case No. 03T-111-FDM-SO
$2,000
GENERAL DISTRIBUTING CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Failing to record the service pressure on the test records for certain DOT exemption cylinders; failed to record the reason for a second test.
[180.215 (b)(2), 180.215 (g)(2)]
Case No. 03T-070-CR-WE
$1,000
GENERAL FIRE & SAFETY EQUIPMENT
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; failed to maintain copies of applicable DOT exemptions at its facility.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a) and (d), 180.215 (a)]
Case No. 03T-097-CRS-CE
$1,080
GEODRILL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered ammonium nitrate fuel oil mixture (containing only prilled ammonium nitrate plus fuel oil), 1.5D, and explosive, blasting, type B, 1.5D, under the terms of a DOT exemption, accompanied by a shipping paper that incorrectly identified them as explosive, blasting, type E, 1.1D; that failed to notate the exemption number in association with the shipping description for both materials; and did not list the unit of measurement.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a) and (d), 172.202 (a), 172.203 (a), 172.202 (a)(5)]
Case No. 03T-063-SE-HQ
$1,800
GEOTEK ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to conduct recurrent employee training; offered radioactive material accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the hazard class or the activity of the material.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2), 172.702 (a)(2), 172.203 (d)(4)]
Case No. 04T-015-RMS-HQ
$1,500
GIRARD CHEMICALS
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 172,702 (b), 172.704 (a) and (d)]
Case No. 03T-104-SD-CE
$1,440
GLAS-CRAFT, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2)]
04T-023-SD-CE
$750
GOLDEN STATE EXPLOSIVES
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list an exemption number in association with the proper shipping description; and failed to list the technical name of a material.
[172.704 (d), 172.203 (a), 172.203 (k)]
Case No. 04T-011-SE-HQ
$900
GOLDEN WEST PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide recurrent employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2), 172.604 (a)]
Case No. 04T-010-SD-WE
$2,950
GRANITIZE PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; affixed to packaging hazard warning labels that were not the correct size (two inches per side); failed to mark the packaging with the proper shipping name and UN identification number; offered corrosive liquid, toxic, n.o.s. (containing sulfuric and hydrofluoric acids) accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect proper shipping name, UN identification number, and packing group.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b), 172.407 (c)(1), 172.301 (a), 172.202 (a)(1), (3), and (4)]
Case No. 04T-016-SB-WE
$4,610
GRAPHIC CHEMICAL & INK COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a) and (d)]
Case No. 04T-040-SP-CE
$612
GREEN ISLAND DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered organophosphorus pesticides, solid, toxic (containing disulfoton), 6.1, RQ, when it was not described, marked, labeled, and packaged as required, or, alternately, transported as required under the materials-of-trade exception.
[172.200-204, 173.300, 172.301, 172.304, 172.324, 172.400, 172.406, 172.430, 173.212 or 173.6 (c)(1) and (4)]
Case No. 04T-029-SBG-EA
$1,690
GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-133-SD-SW
$300
GURMAN CONTAINER AND SUPPLY CORPORATION
(Packaging Broker)
Failed to provide the manufacturer's closing notification to persons to whom each packaging was transferred.
[178.2 (c)]
Case No. 04T-063-PB-CE
$1,000
H & W CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 04T-020-SE-HQ
$400
H2O SOLUTIONS, INC.
(Drum Reconditioner)
Failed to provide security awareness employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(4), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 04T-084-DR-SW
$275
HAGEMEYER NORTH AMERICA, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of the test equipment to within 500 psi of the actual test pressure; failed to maintain current copies of applicable DOT exemptions at its facility.
[180.205 (g)(3)(i), 180.215 (a)(5)]
Case No. Failed to 04T-077-CR-SW
$1,080
HALL EXPLOSIVES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered explosive, blasting, type B, 1.5D, while failing to mark the EX approval number on the package or on the shipping paper in association with the basic shipping description; marked the packaging with an incorrect identification number.
[172.320 (a) and (d), 172.301 (a)]
Case No. 03T-068-SE-HQ
$1,000
CHARLES HAPPEL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a proper shipping name, packing group, or an emergency response telephone number.
[172.202 (a)(1) and (4), 172.604 (a)]
Case No. 03T-081-SB-EA
$1,875
HARCROS CHEMICAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to adhere to the security plan by not checking the identification of visitors.
[172.800 (b), 172.802 (a)(2)]
Case No. 04T-068-SD-SO
$800
HARRELL INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2)]
Case No. 03T-079-SD-SO
$1,000
J. HARRELL ENTERPRISES
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 04T-026-SD-SO
$675
HARRINGTON INDUSTRIAL PLASTICS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered adhesive, 3, accompanied by a shipping paper that listed additional information interspersed within the basic description; failed to provide employee training.
[172.201 (a)(4), 172.202 (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-062-SB-WE
$1,075
HASKELL CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in used steel drums marked as meeting the UN1A1 standard when they were not marked as tested for leak-proofness; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[173.28 (b)(2), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2)]
Case No. 04T-002-SD-EA
$1,080
HATTON LTD.
D/B/A SAVOL BLEACH COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to close drums in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2)]
Case No. 04T-006-SD-EA
$1,000
HAUN WELDING SUPPLY, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide general awareness, function-specific, and security employee training; failed to maintain accurate cylinder test records. [172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1), (2), and (5), 172.704 (d), 180.209 (b), 180.215 (b)(2)]
Case No. 03T-074-CR-EA
$1,120
HEART CENTER, PC
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness employee training; offered a hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper with an unsigned shipper's certification.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1), 172.204 (d)]
Case No. 04T-003-SB-SO
$595
HEISLER GREEN CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2)]
Case No. 04T-070-SD-CE
$1,000
HENDERSON CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(2)]
Case No. 04T-047-SD-SO
$275
HERITAGE WHOLESALE, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered lighters, 2.1, in unauthorized, non-UN-standard packaging; failed to mark the proper shipping name, UN identification number, and "T" approval number on the packaging; failed to affix a hazard warning label to the packaging; offered this material without preparing a shipping paper; failed to provide employee training.
[172.102 – Special Provision N10, 173.308 (a), 173.21 (i), 172.102 – Special Provision N10, 172.301 (a), 172.400 (a)(1), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-029-SB-EA
$6,000
HI-CHEM, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide employee training; failed to register with RSPA.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 178.601 (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b)]
Case No.
$1,775
HILL BROTHERS CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; offered chlorine, toxic inhalation hazard, PG I, in a DOT 106A500X multi-unit tank car tank, when it failed to perform an interior air pressure test of at least 100 psi to detect any leakage; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 180.519 (b)(2), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 02T-041-SD-WE
$2,600
HILL BROTHERS CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 178.601 (b)]
Case No. 04T-025-SD-SO
$1,000
HILLERICH & BRADSBY CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Offered waste oxidizing solid, n.o.s. (containing sodium and potassium nitrate), 5.1, RQ, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an emergency response telephone number; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.604 (a), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 03T-069-SD-WE
$1,275
HINCOR, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704 (d)]
Case No. 04T-019-SC-HQ
$275
HINSDALE HOSPITAL
(Shipper)
Offered waste, flammable liquid, n.o.s. (containing xylene and alcohol), accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the hazard class, UN identification number, and packing group; and that listed an emergency number that was not monitored at all times; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.202 (a)(2)- (4), 172.604 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 03T-090-SB-CE
$2,385
HOBBYTYME DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered flammable liquid, n.o.s. (containing methanol and nitromethane), accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; and an incorrect packing group.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 172.604 (b), 172.202 (a)(4)]
Case No. 03T-064-SB-EA
$3,000
HOFFMAN CHEMICAL & SUPPLY CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquid, basic, inorganic, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to identify it as a hazardous material; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.200 (a), 172.201 (a), 172.202 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a) and (d)]
Case No. 04T-043-SB-CE
$2,280
HOHMANN & BARNARD, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect packing group and a shipping description that includes additional unauthorized information; failed to provide general awareness, and function-specific employee training.
[172.200 (a), 172.201 (a)(4), 172.202 (a)(4), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 04T-034-SP-SW
$980
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste, 6.2, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an 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), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 03T-102-SB-CE
$1,620
HORNER DISCUS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b)]
Case No. . 04T-017-SB-SO
$400
HSH INTERPLAN USA, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; failed to affix hazard warning labels on packages on the same surface as the proper shipping name; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.604 (b), 172.406 (a)(1)(ii), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a) and (d)]
Case No. 03T-079-SB-EA
$2,000
HYDRO-SCAPE PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a basic shipping description or an emergency response telephone number; failure to mark the packaging with the proper shipping name and UN identification number; failure to affix a hazard warning label to the packaging; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.202 (a)(1)- (4), 172.604 (a), 172.301 (a), 172.400, 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a) and (d)]
Case No. 03T-033-SB-WE
$6,815
HYDROCHEMIC AL TECHNIQUES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training; offered corrosive liquid, n.o.s. (containing hydrofluoric and phosphoric acids), accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an emergency response telephone number, and listed an unsigned shipper's certification.
[107.601 (a)(6), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 172.604 (a), 172.201 (d), 172.204 (d)]
Case No. 03T-061-SD-EA
$2,545
IDEXX LABORATORIES
(Shipper)
Offered toxic solids, corrosive, organic n.o.s., (containing potassium oxalate), 6.1, under the small quantity exception (SQE) in unauthorized, non-UN-standard packaging because it had no proof of compliance with the drop test required by the SQE and the packaging was marked to indicate that it conformed to the SQE section.
[173.4 (a)(6) and (10), 173.22 (a)(2), 173.211]
Case No. 04T-049-SB-SO
$2,000
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS
D/B/A ITW-TACC
(Shipper)
Failed to mark the packaging with the proper shipping name and UN identification number.
[172.301 (a)]
Case No. 04T-017-SD-SW
$1,800
IMAGE TECHNOLOGY CHEMICAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide employee training.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-055-SP-WE
$1,500
IMANNA LABORATORY, INC.
(Steel Drum Manufacturer)
Failed to provide general awareness employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 04T-036-DM-SO
$320
IMPRESS PACKAGING, INC.
(Fiberboard Box Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold fiberboard boxes as meeting the DOT 12B65 specification, which is no longer authorized to be manufactured.
[178.2 (b) and (f)]
Case No. 04T-049-BM-EA
$3,360
INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL AND SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered compound, cleaning, liquid, 8, accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response number. failed to maintain copies of shipping papers for at least 375 days after shipment, and offered this material accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the unit of measure and technical name.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 172.604 (b), 172.201 (e), 172.202 (a)(5), 172.203 (k)]
Case No. 03T-049-SB-EA
$2,475
INDUSTRIAL FIRE & SAFETY
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to enter all required information on the re-qualification records; failed to maintain a current copy of the applicable regulations at its facility.
[180.215 (b)(2), 180.215 (a)(4)]
Case No. 03T-074-CR-SO
$650
INDUSTRIAL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered paint, 3, accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list an authorized emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training.
[172.604 (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-013-SB-WE
$1,725
INGALLS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered regulated medical waste, 6.2, accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the packing group; and that included an unsigned shipper's certification.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2), 172.704 (d), 172.202 (a)(4), 172.204 (d), 172.205 (a)]
Case No. 03T-101-SIBC-CE
$1,350
INKWARE, LLC
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2)]
Case No. 04T-019-SJ-EA
$800
INNOVATIVE CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES
(Shipper)
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), 107.608 (a) and (b), 172.201 (d), 172.604 (a)]
Case No. 03T-121-SD-SO
$1,840
INTEC OF SAN ANTONIO, LP
(Shipper)
Offered radioactive materials, special form, accompanied by a shipping paper that listed a domestic proper shipping name and UN identification number instead of the international proper shipping name and UN identification number; and listed a non-working emergency response telephone number; offered radioactive material, special form, without having the shipping paper readily available to the driver of the motor vehicle and recognizable by authorities in the event of accident or inspection.
[172.202 (a)(1) and (3), 172.604 (b), 177.817 (e)]
Case No. 04T-041-RMS-SW
$1,085
INTEGRITY PHARMACEUTIC AL CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a) and (d)]
Case No. 04T-004-SD-CE
$750
INTERMODAL TANK TRANSPORT
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to report a hazardous materials incident in writing within 30 days of its occurrence.
[171.16]
Case No. 03T-018-HMI-HQ
$1,000
INTERNATIONAL TRANSIT & STORAGE CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper in which two or more required elements of the basic shipping description were missing or incorrect; that did not utilize any of the three approved formats for entering hazardous materials; and did not list the required shipper's certification; failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide general awareness employee training.
[172.202 (a), 172.201 (a)(1), 172.204 (a), 107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1)]04T-053-SB-SW
$2,755
INTERSTATE CHEMICAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to mark a packaging with the proper shipping name and UN identification number.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 178.601 (b), 172.301 (a)]
Case No. 04T-069-SD-SO
$2,800
IROQUOIS 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-107-SB-CE
$450
J & S WAREHOUSE, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered a leaking drum of corrosive liquid, acidic, inorganic, n.o.s. (containing fluoroboric acid and copper fluoborate), in a salvage drum that was not marked as such and had not been tested for leak-proofness as required.
[173.3 (c)(1) and (3)]. 04T-031-SD-EA
$1,200
JACOBSEN FIRE EQUIPMENT COMPANY
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain current copies of applicable DOT exemptions at its facilities; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; failed to retain copies shipping papers for at least 375 days after shipment; failed to maintain accurate records of cylinder re-qualification.
[180.215 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a) and (d), 172.201 (e), 180.215 (b)]
Case No. 03T-089-CRS-CE
$3,230
JANITOR’S CLOSET, LTD.
(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-106-SB-CE
$450
JANITOR’S WAREHOUSE
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a basic shipping description or an emergency response telephone number; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.202 (a), 172.604 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-060-SDP-SW
$2,480
JOHNSTONE SUPPLY OF COLORADO SPRINGS
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an emergency response telephone number or a shipper's certification, and failed to retain copies of shipping papers for at least 375 days after shipment; failed to provide general awareness employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.604 (a), 172.204 (a), 172.201 (e), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1), 172.704 (d), 107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (b)]
Case No. 04T-064-SBC-SW
$2,000
JOSCO PRODUCTS
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 04T-039-SBP-SW
$700
JR’S FIREWORKS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failing 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. 04T-044-SB-SO
$1,000
JRH BIOSCIENCES
(Shipper)
Failure to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-092-SBD-SW
$315
JUSTICE BROTHERS, INC.
(Shipper)
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-058-SB-WE
$750
KELLOGG PROPANE, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee, and include all required information on the training records; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a proper shipping name and UN identification number; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(2), 172.704 (d), 172.202 (a)(1) and (3), 107.601 (a)(6), 107.608]
Case No. 03T-108-SC-SW
$1,935
KEMCO - HUNTER CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failure to register with RSPA.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (b)]
Case No. 04T-063-SD-SW
$750
KEMIRA CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the proper shipping name, hazard class, UN identification number, and packing group.
[172.202 (a)(1)- (4)]
Case No. 04T-064-SIBC-SO
$1,800
KEYSTONE BLASTING SERVICES
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to retain copies of shipping papers for at least 375 days after shipment; offered hazardous materials under the terms of a DOT exemption without maintaining a copy at its facility; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the exemption; and that did not list the technical name of the material.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 172.201 (e), 173.22a (b), DOT-E 11156, 172.203 (a), 172.203 (k)]
Case No. 04T-016-SE-HQ
$3,250
KIK HOUSTON, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide employee training.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-023-SD-SW
$1,960
KIMCO CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered and transported corrosive liquid, basic, organic, n.o.s. (containing monoethanolamine) on its own vehicles without a shipping paper; offered this same material to a commercial carrier accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the hazard class, packing group, and technical name of the material, and 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.
[172.200 (a), 172.201, 172.202, 172.202 (a)(2) and (4), 172.203 (k), 172.604 (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 03T-081-SP-CE
$3,000
KLOMAR SHIP SUPPLY CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to retain copies of shipping papers for at least 375 days after shipment; failed to ensure that the UN certification marking on packaging was unobstructed; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 172.201 (e), 178.3 (a), 107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (b)]
Case No. 04T-067-SCD-SW
$1,650
KNIT - RITE, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered a hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the hazard class, UN identification number, and packing group.
[172.202 (a)(2)- (4)]
Case No. 04T-038-SB-SW
$1,125
KORSMEYER FIRE PROTECTION, LLC
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of the test equipment to within 500 psi of the actual test pressure; failed to provide function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; failed to maintain accurate records of cylinder re-qualification.
[180.205 (g)(3)(i), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(2), 172.704 (d), 180.215 (b)]
04T-026-CR-CE
$1,825
KRAYDEN, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered a hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper that (1) failed to utilize one or more of the approved formats for listing a hazardous material on a shipping paper; (2) failed to include a packing group designation; failed to list an emergency response telephone phone number; and (4) included an unsigned shipper's certification; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.201 (a)(1), 172.202 (a)(4), 172.604 (a), 172.204 (d), 107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 04T-022-SD-SW
$3,080
LABCHEM, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close drums in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2)]
Case No. 04T-021-SD-EA
$1,000
LABONE, INC,
(Shipper)
Failed to close drums in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(2), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 03T-102-SD-SW
$1,525
LABORATORY SUPPLY COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered and transported hazardous materials on its own vehicles without preparing a shipping paper; offered isopropyl alcohol accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect proper shipping name.
[172.200 (a), 172.201, 172.202, 172.202 (a)(1)]
Case No. 04T-026-SB-SW
$1,425
LAKE COUNTY MEDICAL GAS, 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-110-SC-CE
$600
LASHLEY WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2)]
Case No. 04T-032-SBD-SW
$275
LENMAR CHEMICALS
(Shipper)
Failing to register with RSPA.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 04T-072-SD-SO
$400
LENSCO PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hydrogen peroxide, aqueous solution, 5.1, accompanied by a shipping paper that (1) listed an incorrect proper shipping name, UN identification number, and packing group, (2) did not list the unit of measurement, (3) included an unsigned shipper's certification, and (4) an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training.
[172.202 (a)(1), (3), (4), and (5), 172.204 (d), 172.604 (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-082-SB-EA
$2,625
LERRO PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional information prior to the basic shipping description; failed to provide employee training.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 107.601 (a)(6), 172.201 (a)(4)]
Case No. 04T-017-SD-EA
$2,750
LEWISBURG CONTAINER
(Fiberboard Box Manufacturer)
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. 04T-052-BM-CE
$320
LINDE GAS, LLC
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of the test equipment to within 500 psi of the actual test pressure.
[180.205 (g)(3)(i)]
Case No. 04T-059-CR-SO
$1,460
LITTLE ROCK WAREHOUSE AND LOGISTICS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a proper shipping name; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.202 (a)(1), 107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (b)]
Case No. 04T-016-SB-SW
$675
LMD WAREHOUSE & DISTRIBUTION, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2)]
Case No. 04T-006-SD-SW
$375
LOEFFLER CHEMICAL CORP.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 178.601 (b)]
Case No. 04T-028-SB-SO
$1,000
LOGEX CORPORATION
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(2)]
Case No. 03T-045-CC-EA
$400
LONE STAR INDUSTRIES
(Shipper)
Offered methanol accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the hazard class, UN identification number, packing group, or an emergency response telephone number; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.202 (a)(2)- (4), 172.604 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 04T-010-SD-SW
$1,425
LONESTAR DISTRIBUTION, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 04T-021-SD-SW
$560
LOOS & DILWORTH, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the unit of measure, and included additional information interspersed within the basic shipping description.
[172.704 (d), 172.202 (a)(5), 172.202 (b)]
Case No. 04T-037-SD-EA
$965
M & J ENTERPRISES
(Packaging Broker)
Failed to provide the manufacturer's closing notification to persons to whom each packaging was transferred; failed to provide employee training.
[178.2 (c), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 02T-052-PB-WE
$1,692
M & J EXPLOSIVES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered and transported explosive, blasting, type E, 1.5D, in an MC-306 cargo tank under the terms of a DOT exemption, when it was not a party to the exemption; offered and transported boosters, 1.1D, accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect proper shipping name and UN identification number; offered explosive, blasting, type B, 1.5D, under the terms of a DOT exemption accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the exemption number in association with the shipping description.
[172.203 (a), 172.320 (a) and (d), DOT-E 8554, 172.202 (a)(1) and (3), 172.203 (a), DOT-E 11156]
Case No. 03T-066-SE-HQ
$1,300
MAINTENANCE ENGINEERING CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.604 (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2)]
Case No. 04T-069-SBP-SW
$1,250
MAINTENANCE WAREHOUSE
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-103-SB-SO
$320
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER SOUTH
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste, 6.2, accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect proper shipping name and an incorrect shipper's certification, and did not list an emergency response telephone number; offered this material in 96-gallon outer packaging with inner plastic bags, when the packaging lids and the inner bags were not securely closed to prevent release of contents during transportation, thereby reducing the effectiveness of the packaging; failed to mark the outer packaging with the proper shipping name and UN identification number; failed to provide employee training.
[172.202 (a)(1), 172.204 (a), 172.201 (d), 172.604 (a), 173.24 (a)(2), (b), and (f)(1), 172.301 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-093-RMW-SO
$5,200
MCCULLOUGH OIL COMPANY
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to report a hazardous materials incident in writing within 30 days of its occurrence.
[171.16]
Case No. 03T-041-HMI-HQ
$1,043
MCGEE INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide employee training.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-016-SD-EA
$1,480
McKENZIE TANK LINES, INC.
(Motor Carrier)
Offered and transported sulphur dioxide in unauthorized cargo tanks, after its authority under the terms of a DOT exemption had expired.
[173.315 (a)]
Case No. 04T-009-EXR-HQ
$500
MED CENTRE LABORATORIES
(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. 04T-055-SB-CE
$320
MEIKO AMERICA, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide safety and security awareness employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(3) and (4)]
Case No. 04T-014-SB-WE
$275
MENTOR CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704 (d)]
Case No. 04T-066-RMS-SW
$275
MESSMER'S, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include a shipper's certification.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 172.204 (a)]
Case No. 04T-001-SD-WE
$1,750
METHODIST HOSPITAL
(Shipper)
Failed to close drums in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; failed to retain copies of shipping papers for at least 375 days after shipment; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 172.604, 172.201 (e), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 03T-085-SD-CE
$2,840
MICRO BLEND
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide employee training.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-002-SD-SO
$1,400
MID ATLANTIC COOPERATIVE SOLUTIONS, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain complete records of cylinder re-qualification; marked cylinders with the incorrect month of retest; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[180.215 (b), 180.213 (d), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 04T-001-CR-HQ
$2,300
MID-AMERICAN CHEMICAL SUPPLY CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquid, n.o.s. (containing phosphoric acid), PG III, and corrosive liquid, n.o.s. (containing sodium hydroxide), PG II, accompanied by shipping papers that (1) did not include an “X” in the HM column, (2) listed incorrect UN identification numbers, (3) did not list technical names, and (4) listed the description out of proper sequence; and either did not list an emergency response telephone number or an unauthorized emergency telephone number.
[172.201 (a)(1)(iii), 172.202 (a)(3), 172.203 (k), 172.202 (b), 172.604 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 04T-016-SP-CE
$2,240
MID - CO WATER TREATMENT, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 172.604 (b)]
Case No. 04T-065-SD-SW
$1,485
MIDWEST CAULKING SUPPLY
(Shipper)
Offered flammable liquid, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number.
[172.604 (b)]
Case No. 04T-005-SD-CE
$1,410
MIDWEST LAMINATING COATINGS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list an emergency response telephone number.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a) and (d), 172.604 (a)]
Case No. 04T-042-SD-CE
$2,250
MIKE'S FILTER & SUPPLY, INC.
(Packaging Broker)
Failed to provide the manufacturer's closing notification to persons to whom each packaging was transferred.
[178.2 (c)]
Case No. 03T-123-PB-SW
$950
MILLER'S BLASTING SERVICE, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered a Class 1 explosive accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include the basic shipping description and an emergency response telephone number; offered Class 1 hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; offered ammonium nitrate accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect packing group and a DOT exemption number when the shipment was not offered under the terms of the exemption.
[172.202 (a)(1)- (4), 172.604 (a), 172.604 (b), 172.202 (a)(4), 172.203 (a)]
Case No. 04T-049-SE-CE
$1,800
MILLER STEPHENSON CHEMICAL CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2)]
Case No. 04T-009-SC-EA
$480
MINILAB SUPPLY STORE
(Shipper)
Offered various corrosive materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number.
[172.604 (b)]
Case No. 04T-007-SB-CE
$1,300
MINTEQ INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close drums in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 178.601 (b)]
Case No. 03T-083-SD-EA
$1,125
MISSION KLEENSWEEP PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to mark the technical name of a hazardous material on the packaging; failed to provide function-specific employee training regarding package closure. [173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 172.301 (c), 172.203 (k), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(2)]
Case No. 03T-064-SDB-WE
$1,750
MITCHELL’S EQUIPMENT
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-127-SP-SW
$450
MLA LABS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2)]
Case No. 04T-036-RMS-SW
$275
MOLD TECH
(Shipper)
Failing to register with RSPA.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 04T-060-SD-CE
$600
MOORE AG PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failure to provide recurrent employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to follow one of the three approved formats for listing hazardous materials.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2), 172.201 (a)(1)]
Case No. 03T-025-SIBC-SW
$745
MORAVEK BIOCHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with the U.S. Competent Authority as a user of a foreign-made Type B packaging.
[173.473]
Case No. 03T-070-RMS-HQ
$1,500
MORGAN GRAPHIC SUPPLY
(Shipper)
Offered compounds, cleaning, liquid (containing petroleum naptha), 3, without informing the motor vehicle operator of the requirements for the materials-of-trade exception.
[173.6 (c)(4)]
Case No. 04T-003-SP-WE
$1,200
MORRIS HOSPITAL
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered batteries, wet, filled with acid, 8, accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list an emergency response telephone number.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2), 172.704 (d), 172.604 (a)]
Case No. 04T-064-SBAT-CE
$1,700
MOSHE, INC.
D/B/A SCENT STATION
(Shipper)
Offered limited quantities of flammable liquids in non-UN-standard packaging, without marking or labeling the packaging, and without preparing shipping papers, after its authority under a DOT exemption had expired.
[173.150]
Case No. 03T-052-EXR-HQ
$750
MOUNTAIN HOME FIRE PROTECTION, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to calibrate the test equipment within 500 psi of actual test pressure.
[180.205 (g)(3)(i)]
Case No. 03T-121-CR-SW
$788
MULLEN & COMPANY, INC.
(Fiberboard Box Manufacturer)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-060-BM-SO
$600
NALCO COMPANY MANUFACTURI NG AND LOGISTICS
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(2)]
Case No. 03T-137-SIBC-SW
$280
NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2)]
Case No. 04T-013-SD-EA
$1,000
NATIONAL CONTAINER GROUP
(Drum Reconditioner)
Represented, marked, and certified a reconditioned drum without properly conducting the leak-proofness test; failed to maintain complete and accurate records of the re-qualification of intermediate bulk containers.
[173.28 (b)(2)(i), 180.352 (f)]
Case No. 04T-057-DR-SW
$1,500
NATIONAL INK INCORPORATED
(Shipper)
Failing to register with RSPA; failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to conduct function-specific employee training.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b), 173.22 (a)(4), 178.601 (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(2)]
Case No. 03T-094-SD-SO
$1,850
NATIONAL STARCH AND CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704 (d)]
Case No. 03T-084-SP-WE
$225
NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS
(Shipper)
Failing to provide general awareness employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1)]
Case No. 03T-117-SD-SO
$275
NETWORK CIRCUITS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide general awareness employee training.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1)]
Case No. 04T-003-SD-SW
$669
NEW WAVE LOGISTICS USA, INC.
(Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier)
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), 172.604 (a)(3)]
Case No. 03T-060-NVO-WE
$1,475
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
(Shipper)
Failed to close exemption packaging containing regulated medical waste in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2)]
Case No. 02T-006-SBG-EA
$1,847
NIACET CORP.
(Shipper)
Offered various hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an emergency response telephone number; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.201 (d), 172.604 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-055-SB-EA
$1,535
NIPCAM GROUP
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training.
[172.201 (d), 172.604 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-090-SB-SO
$1,640
NORCHEM CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Filled, offered and transported hypochlorite solutions, 8, and hydrogen peroxide, aqueous solutions, with not less than 8 percent but less than 20 percent hydrogen peroxide, 5.1, in intermediate bulk containers that were out of test, and therefore unauthorized; offered these material accompanied by shipping papers that did not list a basic shipping description or an emergency response telephone number; offered hypochlorite solutions without marking, labeling, or placarding the intermediate bulk container; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[173.32 (a)(2), 173.241 (d), 180.352 (b)(1) and (2), 172.202 (a)(1)- (4), 172.604 (a), 172.302 (a), 172.326, 172.400 (a)(3), 172.504 (a), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 03T-072-SIBC-WE
$4,347
NORTH ALABAMA CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional information prior to the basic shipping description and did not list an emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training.
[172.201 (a)(4), 172.201 (d), 172.604 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-066-SD-SO
$2,400
NORTHWEST COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE
(Shipper)
Offered oxygen, compressed, 2.2, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a basic shipping description, and offered regulated medical waste, 6.2, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a packing group; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered oxygen, compressed, 2.2, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an emergency response telephone number.
[172.202 (a)(4), 172.202 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2), 172.704 (d), 172.604 (a)]
Case No. 03T-099-SC-CE
$2,640
NU TECH SPECIALTIES CO.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list 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
ODESSA INKORPORATED
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-111-TRN-SW
$600
OFI TESTING EQUIPMENT, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2)]
Case No. 04T-071-SB-SW
$935
OIL CENTER RESEARCH, LLC
(Shipper)
Failure to register with RSPA; failed to mark a portable tank with the most current retest date.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b), 180.605 (k)]
Case No. 03T-120-SIBC-SW
$650
OLIN CORPORATION, CHLOR ALKALI DIVISION
(Shipper)
Offered Class 8 residue in DOT and AAR specification tank cars required to be inspected prior to transportation using a modified inspection program that was no longer authorized, after its authority under the terms of a DOT exemption had expired.
[173.31]
Case No. 03T-057-EXR-HQ
$500
ONDEO NALCO ENERGY SERVICES
(Shipper)
Offered a hazardous material in a packaging the use of which was dependent on a DOT exemption, when it failed to provide a current copy of the exemption to each carrier accepting the packaging.
[173.22a (c), DOT-E 10517 – Paragraph 10]
Case No. 03T-118-EX-SW
$375
ONTOS PYROTECHNICS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-067-SB-SO
$600
ORLANDO FIRE EQUIPMENT COMPANY
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of the test equipment to within 10 percent of actual test pressure for pressures below 3,000 psi.
[180.205 (g)(3)(i)]
Case No. 04T-007-CR-SO
$1,460
OXARC, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to notify the Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety about a change in retesting personnel; failed to create and retain records of training testing.
[107.801 (a)(2), 180.205 (b), Cylinder Re-qualification Approval Letter dated 08/09/02, 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 03T-079-CR-WE
$410
PACIFIC COMMERCIAL SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered Class 3 material in unauthorized plastic inner packaging, after its authority under the terms of a DOT exemption had expired.
[173.173 (b)(2), 173.242]
Case No. 04T-002-EXR-HQ
$500
PAN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601 (a)6), 107.608 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 04T-015-SD-EA
$400
PARA SCIENTIFIC COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include the weight of the hazardous materials.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 172.202 (a)(5)]
Case No. 03T-026-TRN-EA
$735
PARAGON PACKAGING, INC.
(Plastic Pail Manufacturer)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704 (d)]
Case No. 04T-042-PPM-SW
$300
PARKER HANNIFIN CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered 28 shipments in unauthorized packaging after its authority under the terms of a DOT exemption had expired.
[173.22 (a)(2), 173.22a]
Case No. 04T-021-EXR-HQ
$500
PAYNE'S FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to hold a retester's identification number and approval; failed to maintain records of cylinder re-qualification; failed to provide employee training.
[180.205 (b), 180.215 (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-004-CR-EA
$2,000
PEACH STATE CHEMICAL
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in used drums marked as meeting a UN standard that were not tested for leakproofness; failed to register with RSPA.
[173.28 (b)(2)(i), 107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 03T-104-SD-SO
$2,000
PEARSON DENTAL SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.704 (d)]
Case No. 03T-057-SB -WE
$290
JAMES B. PEDRICK FIRE SYSTEMS, LLC
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to hold a current retester's identification number and approval; failed to maintain records of cylinder re-qualification; offered nitrogen, compressed, without preparing a shipping paper.
[180.205 (b), 180.215 (b), 172.200 (a), 172.201 (a), 172.202]
Case No. 03T-017-CRS-EA
$1,500
PENETONE CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to close drums in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to maintain test records for intermediate bulk containers.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 180.352 (f)]
Case No. 04T-012-SD-EA
$1,525
PERFECTDATA CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-086-SB-WE
$750
PERFORMANCE PROCESS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered phosphoric acid accompanied by a shipping paper that included an unsigned shipper's certification.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b), 172.204 (d)]
Case No. 03T-115-SIBC-CE
$800
PERFORMANCE TESTING LABORATORIES, INC.
(Third-Party Package Certifier)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; failed to fill inner packages being prepared for testing for liquids to the required 98 percent capacity.
[172.704 (d), 178.601 (e), 178.602 (b)]
Case No. 04T-032-PC-WE
$275
PERKINS PRODUCTS, 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. 04T-053-SD-CE
$320
PERVO PAINT COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered paint, 3, accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect packing group.
[172.202 (a)(4)]
Case No. 03T-085-SP-WE
$450
PESTICIDE CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failing to retain a copy of a shipping paper for at least 375 days after shipment.
[172.201 (e)]
Case No. 03T-112-FDM-SO
$400
PFALTZ AND BAUERS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-065-SB-EA
$900
PHARMCO LABORATORIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 172.201 (d), 172.604 (b)]
Case No. 03T-114-SD-SO
$2,640
PHARMCO PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the total quantity and did not identify the material as hazardous.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 172.201 (a)(1), 172.202 (a)(5)]
Case No. 04T-010-SD-EA
$1,640
PHILLIP SERVICES CORPORATION
(Intermediate Bulk Container Retester)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; failed to record packaging specifications on test records for UN standard intermediate bulk containers, and failed to record the name and address of the person performing testing on test records for DOT specification portable tanks.
[172.704 (d), 180.605 (l), 180.352 (f)]
Case No. 03T-091-IBCR-SW
$500
PHOENIX CHEMICAL CO.
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquid, basic, inorganic, n.o.s. (containing potassium hydroxide), accompanied by a shipping paper that did not identify the material as hazardous and did not include a basic shipping description; failed to mark portable tanks with the UN identification number on two opposite sides.
[172.200 (a), 172.202 (a), 172.302 (a)(2)]
Case No. 03T-105-SD-SO
$1,770
PIER TRANSPORTATION
(Shipper/Motor Carrier)
Accepted and transported sodium persulfate, 5.1, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the hazard class, UN identification number, and packing group, and listed the shipping description out of sequence and a nonexistent DOT exemption.
[172.202 (a)(2)- (4), 172.202 (b), 172.203 (a), 177.817 (a)]
Case No. 04T-036-SBG-CE
$424
PINE KNOLL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; failed to include any of the elements of a proper shipping description on its shipping paper; failed to maintain a copy of an exemption for shipments offered and transported under the terms and conditions of the exemption.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 172.202 (a)(1)- (4), 173.22a (b), DOT-E 11156]
Case No. 04T-017-SE-HQ
$3,550
POLYGUARD PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-136-TRN-SW
$788
POOL WORKS
(Shipper)
Failing 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. 04T-030-SIBC-SO
$1,200
PORTLAND WELDING SUPPLY, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-056-CRS-EA
$1,200
PPE RENTALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered non-flammable gas without preparing a hazardous materials shipping paper; failed to provide employee training.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (b), 172.200 (a), 172.202 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-026-SC-SO
$3,664
PRECISION IBC, INC.
(Packaging Broker)
Failed to provide the manufacturer's closing notification to persons to whom each packaging was transferred; failed to maintain complete and accurate records of intermediate bulk container re-qualification.
[178.2 (c), 180.352 (f), 180.605 (l)]
Case No. 03T-132-PB-SW
$1,325
PRIME-A-PAC
(Shipper)
Failing to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials in over-packs that were not marked to indicate that the inner packages complied with prescribed specifications; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect proper shipping name and included additional information interspersed within the shipping description.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b), 173.25 (a)(4), 172.202 (a)(2), 172.201 (a)(4)]
Case No. 04T-006-SB-SO
$2,600
PRO COLOR PAINT SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failing to provide employee training. Failing to retain a copy of a shipping paper for at 375 days after shipment.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 172.201 (e)]
Case No. 03T-108-SD-SO
$1,000
PROCHEM CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide in-depth security employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(5)]
Case No. 04T-084-SD-SO
$275
PROCTOR 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. 04T-039-SD-CE
$360
PVS-NOLWOOD CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included an unsigned shipper's certification, and failed to retain a copy of a shipping paper for at least 375 days after shipment; failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.204 (d), 172.201 (e), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-043-SB-EA
$1,900
PYRO DISPLAY COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed the shipping description out of sequence, and that failed to list a packing group, shipper certification, or an emergency response telephone number.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 172.202 (b), 172.202 (a)(4), 172.204 (a), 172.604 (a)]
Case No. 04T-062-SE-SO
$2,400
QUALITEK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failing to register with RSPA.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b)]
04T-056-SD-CE
$500
QUINTILES PHASE ONE SERVICES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-095-SB-SW
$425
REDDICK FUMIGANTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered chloropicrin and methyl bromide solutions in DOT 4BW cylinders with a water capacity greater than 250 pounds after its authority under the terms of a DOT exemption had expired.
[173.193 (b)]
Case No. 03T-061-EXR-HQ
$750
REGAL PLASTICS
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include a basic shipping description such that the material was not indicated as hazardous; failed to provide employee training.
[172.200 (a), 172.202 (a), 172.22 (a)(1), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-072-SB-SW
$1,687
RICHARD'S PACKAGING, INC.
(Fiberboard Box Manufacturer)
Failed to provide the manufacturer's closing notification to persons to whom each 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. 04T-018-BM-EA
$1,372
RIG RESOURCE SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide security awareness employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included additional information interspersed within the basic shipping description.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(4), 172.201 (a)(4)]
Case No. 04T-081-SBD-SW
$550
RIVE VALLEY COATINGS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered flammable liquids, n.o.s., accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the technical name in parenthesis; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; failed to close drums in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[172.202 (d), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a) and (d), 173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2)]
Case No. 03T-111-SD-CE
$2,200
ROAD SCHOLAR TRANSPORT
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to report a hazardous materials incident in writing within 30 days of its occurrence.
[171.16]
Case No. 03T-033-HMI-HQ
$1,000
ROBBIE MANUFACTURI NG, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered printing ink, 3, accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list a valid emergency response telephone number; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.604 (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 03T-086-SB-CE
$1,440
ROCK-TENN COMPANY
(Third-Party Package Certifier)
Represented and certified fiberboard boxes as meeting the UN4G standard, when design qualification testing was not properly conducted; issued a certification directing the manufacturer to improperly mark a fiberboard box marked as meeting the UN4G standard; failed to list the correct UN certification on the design qualification test report.
[178.601 (g)(2)(ii) and (iv), 178.601 (g)(2)(iii), 178.503 (a)(4) and (5)(ii)]
Case No. 03T-113-PC-SO
$3,960
J. ROY'S, INC.
(Shipper)
Failure to provide employee training; failure to retain copies of shipping papers for at least 375 days after shipment; failed to carry a current copy of a DOT exemption in the vehicle; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to list the exemption number in association with the proper shipping description.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 172.201 (e), DOT-E 8453–Paragraph 10, 172.203 (a)]
Case No. 03T-065-SE-HQ
$2,100
RUBY LEATHER CO., 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. 04T-028-SB-CE
$600
RUSSELL - STANLEY CORPORATION
(Plastic Drum Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified and sold drums as meeting the UN1H2 standard, when they were not capable of passing the drop test.
[178.2 (b), 178.601 (b), 178.603]
Case No. 03T-070-PDM-EA
$3,500
RUSSELL STANLEY CORPORATION
(Steel Drum Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold steel and plastic drums as meeting UN standards, when it failed to maintain the prescribed information on the design qualification and period retest test records.
[178.601 (l)]
Case No. 04T-024-DM-SW
$400
RUSSELL STANLEY CORPORATION
(Plastic Drum Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified, and sold plastic drums as meeting the UN1H1 standard, when they were not capable of passing the leak-proofness test.
[178.601 (a), 178.604 (f)]
Case No. 04T-047-PDM-SW
$3,150
S & M FOOD SERVICE CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include a basic shipping description such that the material was not indicated as hazardous; failed to provide employee training.
[172.200 (a), 172.202 (a), 172.22 (a)(1), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-025-SB-SW
$1,575
SAFETECH
(Shipper)
Failed to retain copies of shipping papers for at least 375 days after shipment.
[172.201 (e)]
Case No. 04T-021-SB-CE
$400
SAFETY SERVICES, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain complete and accurate records of retest and reinspection.
[180.215 (b)]
Case No. 03T-038-CR-CE
$1,000
SALVOX MFG. COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2)]
Case No. 03T-103-SB-CE
$750
SAVANNAH BRUSH & CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in used drums marked as meeting UN standards that were not tested for leak proofness.
[173.28 (b)(2)(i)]
Case No. 03T-097-SD-SO
$1,200
SAVOGRAN
(Shipper)
Failed to close drums in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2)]
Case No. 03T-105-SD-CE
$1,000
SCHLOUCH, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the technical name of a product in association with the generic shipping name; or list the unit of measure for the quantity of material; failed to maintain a current copy of a DOT exemption at the shipping location.
[172.704 (d), 172.203 (k), 172.202 (a)(5), 173.22a (b)]
Case No. 04T-014-SE-HQ
$1,350
SCHOLLE CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered shipments of hazardous materials in fiberboard boxes marked as meeting the UN4G/Y7.4 standard, when the gross mass of the packaging exceeded the gross mass authorized by the packaging certification, thereby rendering the packaging unauthorized.
[173.22 (a)(2), 178.503 (a)(4)(ii)]
Case No. 04T-045-SB-SO
$1,200
SCHWEITZER MAUDUIT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Allowed tank cars containing certain hazardous materials to remain standing with the unloading connection attached when no materials were being transferred and only a minimal level of monitoring was maintained, after its authority under the terms of a DOT exemption had expired.
[174.67 (i) and (j)]
Case No. 04T-007-EXR-HQ
$500
SCUBA NETWORK
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of the test equipment to within 500 psi of the actual test pressure.
[180.205 (g)(3)(i)]
Case No. 03T-109-CR-SO
$1,460
SEARS & ANDERSON FIRE & SAFETY SERVICE
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to properly mark a condemned cylinder or render it incapable of holding pressure; failed to maintain complete and accurate records of cylinder re-qualification; failed to notify the cylinder owner in writing that a cylinder had been condemned.
[180.205 (i)(2), 180.215 (b), 180.205 (i)(2)]
Case No. 04T-011-CRS-CE
$2,400
SEGERDAHL GRAPHICS
(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. 04T-030-SD-CE
$361
SEITZ INCORPORATED
(Shipper)
Failed to mark a packaging with the proper shipping name and UN identification number; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.301 (a), 107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (b)]
Case No. 03T-098-SP-SW
$1,500
SERCEL, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number.
[172.604 (b)]
Case No. 04T-083-SB-SW
$1,100
SERRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier)
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. 04T-018-NVO-WE
$275
SFB PLASTICS, INC.
(Fiberboard Box Manufacturer)
Failed to provide the manufacturer's closing notification to persons to whom each packaging was transferred.
[178.2 (c)]
Case No. 04T-046-BM-EA
$1,250
J. F. SHELTON COMPANY, INC.
(Package Broker/Shipper)
Failed to provide the manufacturer's closing notification to persons to whom each packaging was transferred.
[178.2 (c)]
Case No. 04T-034-PBSD-WE
$935
THE SHERWIN - WILLIAMS COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failure to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification; failed to provide function-specific employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included an unsigned shipper's certification.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(2), 172.204 (d)]
Case No. 03T-113-SDP-SW
$1,845
SHIELD PACKAGING OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
(Shipper)
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-080-SB-WE
$425
SHIP-PAC
(Shipper)
Offered flammable liquid accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an emergency response telephone number not monitored at all time by a person responsible for providing information; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.604 (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 03T-091-SB-CE
$1,150
SIC TECHNOLOGIES
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 04T-077-SD-SO
$400
SIMPLEX GRINNELL
(Shipper)
Failed to retain shipping papers for at least 375 days after acceptance of shipments of hazardous materials; failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.201 (e), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2), 172.704 (d)]
03T-083-SC-CE
$1,000
SONMAN, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquid, n.o.s. (containing ferric ammonium PDTA), and corrosive liquid, acidic, organic, n.o.s. (containing organic amine sulfate), accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; failed to provide security awareness employee training.
[172.604 (b), 172.704 (d), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(4)]
Case No. 04T-012-SB-WE
$1,460
SOURCEONE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that (1) included additional information interspersed within the basic shipping description, (2) omitted the letters “UN” from the UN identification number, (3) entered the number “11" in the packing group instead of “II,” (4) did not list the technical name, (5) did not list the unit of measure, and (6) included an unsigned shipper's certification; failed to provide employee training.
[172.201 (a)(4), 172.202 (a)(3)- (5), 172.203 (k), 172.204 (d), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-050-SB-EA
$1,600
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of training testing.
[172.704 (d)]
Case No. 03T-107-SIBC-SO
$500
SOUTH BAY FIRE EXTINGUISHER CO., INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to create and retain records of training testing.
[172.704 (d)]
Case No. 03T-080-CR-EA
$275
SOUTH TEXAS TRAFFIC COMPANY, INC.
(Freight Forwarder)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an emergency response telephone number; and that included additional unauthorized information within the basic shipping description.
[172.604 (a), 172.201 (d), 172.201 (a)(4)]
Case No. 04T-012-FF-SW
$1,545
SOUTHERN DISPOSAL SYSTEMS, LLC
(Shipper)
Offered regulated medical waste, 6.2, in 38-, 96-, and 200-gallon outer packaging with inner plastic bags, when the packaging lids and the inner bags were not securely closed to prevent release of contents during transportation, thereby reducing the effectiveness of the packaging; failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include the total quantity of the material.
[173.24 (a)(2), (b), and (f)(1), 173.22, 177.801, 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 172.202 (c)]
Case No. 03T-080-RMW-SO
$1,850
SOUTHERN IONICS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close drums in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2)]
Case No. 04T-070-SD-SW
$935
SOVEREIGN SPECIALITY CHEMICALS
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials in a portable tank marked as meeting the DOT 57 specification that was out of test.
[173.32 (a), 180.605 (c)(3)]
Case No. 04T-086-SD-SO
$1,400
SPECIALTY COATINGS & CHEMICALS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2)]
Case No. 04T-039-SP-WE
$375
SPECIALTY CONCRETE PRODUCTS
(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. 04T-052-SB-SO
$1,000
SPECIALTY PACKAGING AND CONTAINER CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an emergency response telephone number; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.201 (d), 172.604 (a), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 03T-120-SB-SO
$775
SPECIALTY PRODUCTS USA, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-084-SB-SO
$600
ST. GEORGE WAREHOUSE & TRUCKING CO. OF CALIFORNIA
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquid, basic, organic, n.o.s. (containing tris (2-hydroxymethyl) methyl ammonium hydroxide), accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the proper shipping name and total weight of the material; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.202 (a)(1) and (5), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2), 107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a)]
Case No. 04T-002-SD-WE
$1,750
ST. JAMES HOSPITAL & HEALTH CENTER
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous waste accompanied by a shipping paper listing an emergency response telephone number not monitored by a responsible person; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered regulated medical waste under a DOT exemption accompanied by a shipping paper that did list the exemption number.
[172.604 (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2), 172.704 (d), 172.203 (a)]
Case No. 03T-095-SD-CE
$1,395
ST. MARGARET MERCY HEALTHCARE 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. 04T-001-SIBC-CE
$500
STAMPCRETE INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an emergency response telephone number; failed to mark packaging with the proper shipping name and UN identification number; failed to close drums in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 172.201 (d), 172.604 (a), 172.301 (a), 173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2)]
Case No. 03T-075-SP-EA
$4,320
STANDARD BATTERY, 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-093-SB-CE
$600
STANDARD SUPPLY CO.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by shipping documentation that did not identify or describe the material as hazardous or provide an emergency response telephone number; failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.200 (a), 172.201 (d), 172.202 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 04T-001-SP-SW
$2,755
STANISLAUS FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to list the name or symbol of the manufacturer in its facility records.
[180.215 (b)]
Case No. 03T-061-CR-WE
$500
STAR DISTRIBUTING COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered compounds, cleaning, liquid, 8, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not identify or describe the material as hazardous or provide an emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training.
[172.200 (a), 172.201 (d), 172.202 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-040-SD-SO
$1,800
STEAMATIC, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 04T-044-SBD-SW
$500
STOP FIRE SALES & SERVICE
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of the test equipment to within 500 psi of the actual test pressure.
[180.205 (g)(3)(i)]
Case No. 04T-020-CR-SO
$1,000
STRATHMORE PRODUCTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2) 03T-073-SD-EA
$1,000
STREAMWOOD PLATING CO.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a) and (d)]
Case No. 04T-041-SD-CE
$480
SUMTER PACKAGING CORPORATION
(Steel Drum Manufacturer)
Failed to provide the manufacturer's closing notification to persons to whom each packaging was transferred.
[178.2 (c)]
Case No. 04T–055-DM-SO
$1,000
SUN PACKAGING, INC.
(Shipper)
Marked and labeled a packaging as containing a hazardous material when none was [171.2 (f)(2), 172.303 (a)]
Case No. 03T-094-SBD-SW
$425
SUN RAY CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered xylene, 3, accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number.
[172.604 (b)]
Case No. 04T-025-SP-WE
$485
SUNLAND CHEMICAL & RESEARCH CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 03T-075-SD-WE
$4,235
SUNLAND CHEMICAL & RESEARCH CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquid, toxic, n.o.s. (containing sulfuric acid and hydrofluoric acid), 8, UN2922, PG II, in packaging marked with the wrong proper shipping name and UN identification number; affixed hazard warning labels to the packaging that were only two inches on each side; offered this material accompanied by a shipping paper that misidentified the material as UN1786, PG I.
[172.301 (a), 172.407 (c), 172.202 (a)(1)- (3)]
Case No. 04T-017-SB-WE
$375
SUNLAND SANITARY SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered corrosive liquid, basic, organic, n.o.s. (containing monoethanolamine and sodium hydroxide), accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect UN identification number, did not list the technical name of the material, and included an unsigned shipper's certification; failed to provide employee training; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.202 (a)(3), 172.203 (k), 172.204 (d), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (b)]
Case No. 03T-080-SBD-SW
$2,200
SUPERIOR FIRE & SAFETY EQUIPMENT CO., INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of the test equipment to within 500 psi of the actual test pressure.
[180.205 (g)(3)(i)]
Case No. 04T-015-CR-SO
$1,460
SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
(Fiberboard Box Manufacturer)
Manufactured, marked, certified and sold fiberboard boxes as meeting the UN4G standard without conditioning them prior to testing; failed to maintain complete design qualification test records for fiberboard boxes certified as meeting UN4G standard; failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[178.601 (d), 178.602 (l), 173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2)]
Case No. 04T-057-BM-SO
$2,600
T & G CHEMICAL & SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-112-TRN-SW
$480
TANGRAM COMPANY, LLC
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 03T-068-SB-EA
$400
TANNER INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2)]
Case No. 04T-038-SD-EA
$300
TANNER INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered ammonia solutions, 8, in intermediate bulk containers marked as meeting the UN31H1 standard that had not been tested within the prescribed intervals.
[173.35 (a), 173.241 (d), 180.352 (a)]
Case No. 04T-043-SIBC-EA
$1,200
THERMO KING CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Offering temperature-controlled equipment for use in motor vehicles engaged in the transportation of Class 3 and Division 2.1 materials under the terms of a DOT exemption after its authority under the exemption had expired.
[177.834 (l)(2)(i)]
Case No. 04T-006-EXR-HQ
$500
THREE G PREMIUM SUPPLY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failure to mark a packaging with a proper shipping name and UN identification number.
[172.301 (a)]
Case No. 04T-007-SD-SW
$1,125
TOXCO, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered a hazardous material under the terms and conditions of a DOT exemption allowing one-time-only transportation, when it was not authorized by the exemption; offered a hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a shipper's certification; failed to durably mark a DOT exemption number on a bulk packaging and failed to correctly display the UN identification number on the bulk packaging.
[173.244, 172.204 (a), 172.302 (c), 173.332]
Case No. 04T-010-RMS-HQ
$2,000
TRAILINER CORPORATION
(Motor Carrier)
Failed to report a hazardous materials incident in writing within 30 days of its occurrence.
[171.16]
Case No. 03T-072-HMI-EA
$625
TRANSCHEM
(Shipper)
Failed to provide initial and recurrent employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a) and (c)(2)]
Case No. 04T-027-SBD-SW
$450
TRI-COUNTY FIRE & SAFETY EQUIPMENT COMPANY
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of the test equipment to within 500 psi of the actual test pressure; failed to provide employee training; failed to maintain complete and accurate records of cylinder re-qualification.
[180.205 (g)(3)(i), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 180.215 (b)(2)]
04T-009-CR-SO
$2,460
TRI-STATE COATINGS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without providing a shipping paper; failed to provide employee training.
[172.200 (a), 172.202 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-030-SP-SW
$1,600
TRI-STATE INGREDIENTS, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered phosphoric acid accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to follow one or more of the three approved formats for listing hazardous materials.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2), 172.704 (d), 172.201 (a)(1)]
Case No. 04T-013-SP-CE
$1,100
TRIANGLE CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Shipper/Cylinder Retester)
Offered a hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper that did not listing the hazard class or a DOT exemption number; and listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; failed to maintain accurate records for DOT 57 portable tank re-qualification; failed to maintain a current copy of the regulations and current copies of applicable DOT exemptions at its cylinder re-qualification facility.
[172.202 (a)(2), 172.203 (a), 172.604 (b), 180.605 (k)(2), 180.605 (l), 180.215 (a)]
Case No. 04T-011-SPT-SO
$3,425
TRINITY COATINGS COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2)]
Case No. 04T-040-SD-SW
$935
TYCO SAFETY PRODUCTS
D/B/A WILDFIRE
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a proper shipping name or an emergency response telephone number; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.202 (a)(1), 172.604 (a), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 03T-095-SD-SO
$2,050
U.S. LIQUIDS OF DETROIT
(Shipper)
Offered asbestos, RQ, 9, accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; offered waste corrosive liquid and waste flammable liquid accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to follow one of the three approved formats for entering hazardous materials.
[172.604 (b), 172.201 (a)]
Case No. 04T-024-SD-CE
$1,900
UMICORE
(Shipper)
Failed to provide function-specific employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(2)]
Case No. 04T-061-SD-SO
$275
UNIPAC SHIPPING, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a shipper's certification.
[107.601 (a)(6), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 172.204 (a)]
Case No. 04T-040-SBG-EA
$1,626
UNITED GREEN MARK, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered adhesives, 3, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the proper shipping name, hazard class, UN identification number, and packing group, or an emergency response telephone number; failed to provide employee training.
[172.202 (a)(1)- (4), 172.604 (a), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-066-SB-WE
$2,700
UNIVAR USA, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hypochlorite solution in an intermediate bulk container on which the most recent date of retest and UN standard certification marking had not been marked; failed to prepare and retain a record of the most recent periodic retest.
[180.352 (c)(1), 180.352 (e), 180.352 (f)]
Case No. 03T-100-SIBC-SW
$750
UNIVERSAL PACKAGING COMPANY
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-083-SB-SO
$600
UTILITY ENTERPRISES COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered sulfuric acid in a quantity that exceeded the authorized gross weight marked on the packaging, which was a fiberboard box marked as meeting the UN4G/Y28.3/S standard.
[173.22 (a)(2), 173.202 (a)]
Case No. 03T-040-SB-EA
$2,400
VALDES ENTERPRISES
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training, or create and retain records of training testing; offered ethanol solutions accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include a shipper's certification.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a) and (d), 172.204 (a) and (d)]
Case No. 04T-045-SD-CE
$1,100
R. T. VANDERBILT CO., INC.
(Shipper)
Offered waste nitrogen trioxide, 2.3, toxic inhalation hazard, Zone A, under the terms of a DOT exemption without maintaining a copy of the exemption at the facility where it was offered; offered organic peroxide type D, solid (containing t-butyl peroxy 3, 5, 5 trimethylhexanoate), 5.2, accompanied by a shipping paper that (1) listed the basic shipping description in an incorrect sequence, (2) did not list the packing group, and (3) did not list a statement of approval required for this material.
[173.22a (b), DOT-E 7835 – Paragraph 8.d., 172.202 (a)(4), 172.202 (b), 172.203 (o)(1)]
Case No. 04T-011-SC-EA
$1,400
VENUS LABORATORIES, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2)]
Case No. 03T-082-SD-CE
$1,250
VERSA CHEM, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered a hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper that included an unsigned shipper's certification; failed to provide employee training.
[172.204 (d), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-054-SD-SO
$920
VOLUNTEER ADHESIVES CORPORATION
(Shipper)
Failed to provide employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 04T-033-SB-SO
$600
WALCO INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to mark the packaging with the proper shipping name and UN identification number; offered isopropanol solution (containing isopropyl alcohol) accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list the materials in one of the three approved formats, that listed incorrect shipping descriptions or did not list any; failed to provide general awareness employee training.
[172.301 (a), 172.201 (a)(1), 172.202 (a)(1)- (4)], 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1)]
Case No. 03T-099-SB-SO
$2,650
WALKER MANUFACTURI NG AND DISTRIBUTION, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an emergency response telephone number; and that did not list the hazard class or the basic shipping description in the required sequence; failed to provide employee training.
[172.604 (a), 172.202 (a)(2), 172.202 (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-129-SD-SW
$2,025
WALL TIES & FORMS, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials without preparing a shipping paper; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an incorrect proper shipping name; failed to register with RSPA; failed to provide general awareness employee training. 172.200 (a), 172.202 (a), 172.202 (a)(1), 107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (b), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1)]
Case No. 04T-052-SIBC-SW
$2,550
WALMART.COM
(Shipper)
Offered limited quantities of liquids and solids containing ethyl alcohol not in compliance with the regulations, after its authority under the terms of a DOT exemption had expired.
[173.150]
Case No. 04T-004-EXR-HQ
$500
WARREN'S EXCAVATING & DRILLING, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to create and retain records of employee training testing; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list a DOT exemption number; failed to maintain a current copy of a DOT exemption at the shipping location where the material was offered.
[172.704 (d), 172.203 (a), 173.22a (b), DOT - E 11156]
Case No. 04T-013-SE-HQ
$975
WASTE MANAGEMENT
(Shipper)
Offered asbestos, 9, RQ, accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an emergency response telephone number; offered this material accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a basic shipping description.
[172.604 (a), 172.202 (a)]
Case No. 04T-015-SBG-CE
$2,800
WATTERS AND MARTIN, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hydrochloric acid solution accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an emergency response telephone number and included an unsigned shipper's certification.
[172.604 (a), 172.204 (d)]
Case No. 03T-050-SD-EA
$1,100
EDGAR A. WEBER & COMPANY
(Shipper)
Offered extracts, flavoring, liquid, accompanied by a shipping paper that included an unsigned shipper's certification; offered this material in an over-pack that was not marked with the statement that the inside packages complied with prescribed specifications; failed to close drums in accordance with the manufacturer’ closure notification.
[172.204 (d), 173.25 (a)(4), 173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2)]
Case No. 04T-033-SD-CE
$2,520
WELD - RITE SERVICES, 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. 04T-057-SD-CE
$480
WESMAR COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to close packaging in accordance with the manufacturer's closure notification.
[173.22 (a)(4), 173.24 (f)(2)]
Case No. 04T-029-SD-WE
$935
WEST GEORGIA FIRE EXTINGUISHER
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to demonstrate the accuracy of the test equipment to within 500 psi of the actual test pressure; failed to hold the minimum test pressure for at least 30 seconds; failed to notify the owner in writing regarding a cylinder that was condemned.
[180.205 (g)(3)(i), 180.205 (g)(5), 180.205 (h)(2)]
Case No. 04T-034-CR-SO
$3,020
WEST PENN LACO, INC.
(Cylinder Retester)
After equipment failure, repeated the hydrostatic test at the same pressure, rather than at 10 percent or 100 psi higher (whichever is lower), and failed to explain the reason for the second test in the records.
[180.205 (g)(5), 180.215 (b)(2)]
Case No. 04T-022-CR-EA
$1,550
WEST POINT SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that did not list an emergency response telephone number; and that did not list the proper shipping name, hazard class, and UN identification number; failed to affix a subsidiary warning label to a packaging.
[107.601 (a)(6), 172.604 (a), 172.202 (a)(1)- (3), 172.400 (a), 172.402 (a)]
Case No. 03T-047-SC-EA
$3,060
WEST TEXAS DRUM COMPANY, INC.
(Drum Reconditioner)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 04T-014-DR-SW
$525
WILCHEM, INC.
(Shipper)
Failed to provide recurrent employee training; offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that included an unsigned shipper's certification.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (c)(2), 172.204 (d)]
Case No. 03T-068-SD-WE
$1,150
WILSON FIRE EQUIPMENT
(Cylinder Retester)
Failed to maintain current copies of applicable CGA pamphlets at its facility; failed to properly mark a condemned cylinder or render it incapable of holding pressure.
[180.215 (a), 180.205 (i)(2)]
Case No. 04T-076-CR-SW
$680
WORLDWIDE SUPPLY
(Shipper)
Failure to provide employee training; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a), 107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b)]
Case No. 03T-114-SB-SW
$900
WORTHINGTON BIOCHEMICAL CORP.
(Shipper)
Offered flammable liquid, n.o.s. (containing acetone) accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an emergency response telephone number of a person who did not accept responsibility for providing information concerning the hazardous materials; failed to register with RSPA.
[172.600 (b) and (c), 172.604 (b), 107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a)]
Case No. 03T-052-SP-EA
$1,680
WURTH U.S.A., INC.
(Shipper)
Offered flammable liquid, n.o.s. (containing isopropanol hexane), in an over-pack that was not marked to indicate that the inside packages complied with prescribed specifications; offered this material in inner packages that were placed in the packaging with their closures not in the upright position and without marking the orientation arrows with the correct orientation; failed to affix the hazard warning label on the same surface of the packaging as the proper shipping name; failed to provide employee training.
[173.25 (a)(4), 172.312 (a)(1) and (2), 172.406 (a)(1)(ii), 172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)]
Case No. 03T-082-SP-WE
$4,150
WYNCO, LLC
(Shipper)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-124-TRN-SW
$595
XL ADHESIVES, LLC
(Shipper)
Failed to register with RSPA; offered a hazardous material accompanied by a shipping paper that did not include a signed shipper's certification.
[107.601 (a)(6), 107.608 (a) and (b), 172.204 (a)]
Case No. 03T-091-SC-SO
$920
XYNATECH, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered hazardous materials accompanied by a shipping paper that listed an unauthorized emergency response telephone number; failed to create and retain records of employee training testing.
[172.604 (b), 172.704 (d)]
Case No. 04T-002-SD-SW
$1,250
YORK CONTAINER COMPANY
(Fiberboard Box Manufacturer)
Failed to provide general awareness and function-specific employee training.
[172.702 (b), 172.704 (a)(1) and (2)]
Case No. 03T-078-BM-EA
$400
YOUNG'S ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP, INC.
(Shipper)
Offered and transported waste aerosol cans containing a flammable propellant over-packed in drums marked as meeting the UN1A1 and UN1A2 standards weighing more than 66 pounds, after its authority under the terms of a DOT exemption had expired.
[173.306]
Case No. 04T-008-EXR-HQ
$500
Total number of tickets - 525
Total civil penalties - $729,973
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