Battery Market in Motion – Fall 2014
Keeping a Pulse on Packaging Trends. Battery Market in Motion
READ MORESafe Packaging Matters – Safe Battery Packaging
Did you know? PHMSA recently published the Final Rule on Transportation of Lithium Batteries (HM-224F). This Final Rule harmonizes many of the applicable provisions with the International Regulations, (ICAO, IMDG and the UN Model Regulations). Safe Packaging Matters – Battery Packaging
READ MOREOSHA Hazcom/ (GHS) Internationally Recognized Communication Standards – by Lonnie Jaycox, Packaging Engineer, HAZPlus®
HARMONIZED WORKER SAFETY REGULATIONS In the same manner that the US DOT, in an effort to facilitate global commerce, has largely harmonized the regulations concerning the transportation of hazardous materials in commerce in the US with the rest of the world, OSHA has adopted the first step in the harmonization…
READ MOREHM-215K and HM-215L – Review & Commentary
HM-215K and HM-215L – Review & Commentary by Lonnie Jaycox, Packaging Engineer, HAZPlus® The HM-215 series of rulemakings are an annual adjustment to the HMR (Hazardous Materials Regulations) to align the HMR directly with international regulations and to incorporate the latest versions of relevant international regulations (ICAO, IMDG, TDG Canada,…
READ MOREDangerous Goods by Air
A Package Designer’s Observations about Docket HM-231A Background of HM-231A This rulemaking started with a public meeting (June 2007) to discuss the issue of combination packages leaking liquid hazardous materials in air shipments. The concern was based on incident data that was gathered over the previous decade, and analyzed and…
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