Domestic Shipping Placards

Within 42 C.F.R. Part 172, Subpart F placarding requirements are detailed. These placarding requirements assist responders in the event of an incident involving hazardous materials. Shipping placards are the same as the placards depicting the hazard classes and divisions. They must be as described in the C.F.R. for consistency purposes.

For a placard corresponding to the primary or subsidiary hazard class of a material, the hazard class or division number must be displayed in the lower corner of the placard.

Four hazardous materials placards from left, white diamond placard with skull and crossbones at top and the words Inhalation Hazard on it with the number 2 below. Next a red diamond placard with a flame at the top and the number 1863 with a white number 3 on the bottom; below an orange diamond placard with an image of an explosion at the top and the word explosives in the middle beneath that the numbers 1.1 and the letter B with the number 1 at the bottom; lastly a white diamond placard with a radioactive symbol on a yellow background at the top and the word radioactive in the middle with a black number 7 on the bottom.