PLACES FOR
FIXING EMERGENCY INFORMATION PANELS
OF VEHICLES AND DIMENSIONS
Emergency Information Panels
Truck
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Back Side Front
Class
Label
Tanker
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Back Side Front
Emergency Information Panels
800
135
120
Subsidiary Risk Label
600
120
180
135.
Driver to be instructed
10 380 390
(All dimensions are expressed in millimetres)
The owner of every goods carriage transporting dangerous or hazardous goods shall ensure to the satisfaction of the consignor that the driver of the goods carriage has received adequate instruction and training to enable him to understand the nature of the goods being transported by him, the nature of the risk arising out of such goods, precautions he should take while the goods carriage is in motion or stationary and the action he has to take in case of any emergency.
1[136. Driver to report to the police station about accident
The driver of a goods carriage transporting any dangerous or hazardous goods shall on the occurrence of an accident involving any dangerous or hazardous goods transported by his carriage, report forthwith to the nearest police station and also inform the owner of the goods carriage or the transporter regarding the accident].
1. Substituted
by GSR 338 (E) dt. 26-3-1993.
In respect of the dangerous or hazardous goods specified in column (2) of the Table below, the labels specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) shall be the class labels, namely: -
TABLE - 1
Class of Labels
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UN Class No. |
Classification of goods |
Class label |
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
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1. |
Explosives |
Symbol (gas cylinder): Black or white Background : Green |
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2. |
Gases, compressed liguified, dissolved under pressure or deeply refrigenrated. |
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2.1 Non-flammable gases |
Symbol (gas cylinder) : Black or white Background : Green |
|
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2.2 Inflammable gases |
Symbol (Flame) : Black or white Background : Red |
|
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2.3 Poison (toxic) gases |
Symbol (skull and cross bones) : Black Background : White |
|
3. |
Inflammable liguids |
Symbol (flame) : Black or white Background : Red |
|
4. |
Inflammable solids, substances liable to spontaneous combustion, substances which, on contact with water, emit inflammable gases |
|
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4.1 Inflammable solids |
Symbol (Flame) : Black Background : White with vertical red stripes |
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4.2 Substances liable to spontaneous combustion |
Symbol (flame) : Black Background : Upper half white and lower half red |
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4.3 Substances which, on contact with water, emit inflammable gases |
Symbol (flame) : Black or white Background : Blue |
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5. |
Oxidising substance and organic peroxides |
|
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5.1 Oxidising substances |
Symbol (flame over circle) : Black Background : Yellow |
|
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5.2 Organic peroxides |
Symbol (flame over circle) : Black Background : Yellow |
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6. |
Poisonous (toxic) substances and infectious substances. |
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6.1 Poisonous (toxic) substances |
Symbol (skull and crossbones) : Black Background : White |
|
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6.2 Harmful substances |
The bottom half of the label should bear the inscription : Harmful : Stow away from foodstuffs. Symbol (St. Andrew cross over an ear of wheat) : Black Background : White |
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6.3 Infectious substances |
The bottom half of label should bear: Infectious substances (optional) and the inscription “In the case of damage or leakage immediately notify Public Health Authority (optional). Symbol (three crescents superimposed on a circle) and inscription): Black Background : White |
|
7 |
Radioactive substances |
Symbol-3 segments of article- (a number and lettering of the class label) shall be black on a white background and the parallel lines bordering the class label shall be black and shall be 5 mm thick |
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8. |
Corrosives |
Symbol (liquids spilling from two glass vessels and attacking a hand and a metal) : Black Background : Upper half white and lower half black with white border. |
