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#1 Posted : 29 June 2009 10:24:00(UTC)
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Posted By D Mitchell This is not my area of expertise, so any assistance or guidance is appreciated. For the first time we have to ship some adhesives and solvents to Las Vegas and require a Dangerous Goods Note. As the Health and Safety manager this has landed on my desk. Is this form something I am able to complete? If so is there any guidance available? Or must the form be completed by a specialist? Thanks
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#2 Posted : 29 June 2009 10:29:00(UTC)
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Posted By SteveD-M http://www.sitpro.org.uk/trade/dangerous.html Try this it should help.
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#3 Posted : 29 June 2009 11:06:00(UTC)
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Posted By Mick154 first, does your company have a DGSA thats the first point of call if not try SRL Assocaites. co.uk they will help with all international documentation, tell them mick sent you as i am very busy at the moment
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#4 Posted : 29 June 2009 12:34:00(UTC)
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Posted By Dave Wilson Step 1 - From a legal standpoint If you are shipping DG you need to have access to a DGSA either in house or a Consultant. Step 2 - Do not do this until you have completed step 1 Step 3 - Follow DGSA Advice
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#5 Posted : 29 June 2009 13:23:00(UTC)
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Posted By David Ritchie Couple of points 1st A DGSA may or may not be required depending on various factors e.g. limited quantites and/or small load exemptions. 2nd The DGSA qualification is only for road, rail or inland waterway and not for sea transport. For your journey different rules apply i.e. GB road, IMDG for sea and CFR 49 for transport in the US. Three sets of rules to get right. For assistance please contact me direct. david@ritchiestraining.co.uk David Ritchie (DGSA, ADR, IMDG, DG by Air, Instructor)
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#6 Posted : 29 June 2009 13:37:00(UTC)
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Posted By Dave Wilson That was the point mate, needs to speak to a DGSA to sort
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#7 Posted : 29 June 2009 14:18:00(UTC)
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Posted By D Mitchell Thanks all for your replies and advice. We are not trying to 'cut' a DGSA out of the process, we have a time constraint with a working party of fitters in Las Vegas without the materials to undertake a repair. Steve-DM thanks for the link, it provides an basic understanding. Dave Wilson - Thanks for confirming what I suspected. A second opinion is always appreciated and worthwhile. David Ritchie, I have contacted you direct. Finally, I can only hope that I am requested to go to Las Vegas to conduct the risk assessment. Any volunteers? Thanks again
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#8 Posted : 29 June 2009 16:03:00(UTC)
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Posted By garyh Re the DGSa not being needed as it's a sea journey. Err, how does the package get from the works to the ship? Think about it. I am an ex DGSA, used to be competent in IMDG and IATA stuff, thank goodness out of it now. An absolute minefield. Take expert advice. The repercussions of messing up dangerous goods in transport can be huge - you don't have to spill anything or affect anyone. Just imagine the costs of a port / airport outage due to a panic about wrongly packaged / documented DGs...........
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#9 Posted : 29 June 2009 16:12:00(UTC)
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Posted By Stuff4blokes USA is very big with very many supliers of very many things. Why not buy what you need locally?
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#10 Posted : 29 June 2009 16:19:00(UTC)
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Posted By Colin Reeves Prosecutions do take place, albeit rare: 3rd case down - http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c..._prosecutions_-_2009.htm 7th case down - http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c...cement-prosecution06.htm 9th case down - http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c...force-prosecutions04.htm Colin
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#11 Posted : 30 June 2009 13:20:00(UTC)
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Posted By David Ritchie Still not received email. Try: adrtraining@yahoo.co.uk Regards David Ritchie
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#12 Posted : 11 July 2009 21:31:00(UTC)
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