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COMING SOON TO A ROUNDABOUT NEAR YOU !
Wickenburg, AZ: The new Wickenburg
Roundabouts put new focus on safety and what travels through our
little town. The trucks shown have DOT placards that identify
the materials being hauled and per the US Federal Authorities
theses are Potential Hazards per the DOT. Enjoy your new roundabouts.
Placard
1830 : Sulfuric acid
- CORROSIVE and/or
TOXIC; inhalation, ingestion or contact (skin, eyes)
with vapors, dusts or substance may cause severe injury,
burns or death.
- Fire will produce
irritating, corrosive and/or toxic gases.
- Reaction with
water may generate much heat that will increase the
concentration of fumes in the air.
- Contact with
molten substance may cause severe burns to skin and
eyes.
- Runoff from fire
control or dilution water may cause pollution.
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Placard
3077 : Environmentally hazardous substances
- Inhalation of
material may be harmful.
- Contact may cause
burns to skin and eyes.
- Inhalation of
Asbestos dust may have a damaging effect on the lungs.
- Fire may produce
irritating, corrosive and/or toxic gases.
- Some liquids
produce vapors that may cause dizziness or suffocation.
- Runoff from fire
control may cause pollution.
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Over Size Loads
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 Placard 1203
: Flammable Liquid
gasoline
- HIGHLY
FLAMMABLE: Will be easily ignited by heat, sparks or
flames.
- Vapors may form
explosive mixtures with air.
- Vapors may travel
to source of ignition and flash back.
- Most vapors are
heavier than air. They will spread along ground and
collect in low or confined areas (sewers, basements,
tanks).
- Vapor explosion
hazard indoors, outdoors or in sewers.
- Those substances
designated with a "P" may polymerize explosively when
heated or involved in a fire.
- Runoff to sewer
may create fire or explosion hazard.
- Containers may
explode when heated.
- Many liquids are
lighter than water.
- Substance may be
transported hot.
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Placard 2710 :
Dipropyl ketone
- HIGHLY
FLAMMABLE: Will be easily ignited by heat, sparks or
flames.
- Vapors may form
explosive mixtures with air.
- Vapors may travel
to source of ignition and flash back.
- Most vapors are
heavier than air. They will spread along ground and
collect in low or confined areas (sewers, basements,
tanks).
- Vapor explosion
hazard indoors, outdoors or in sewers.
- Those substances
designated with a "P" may polymerize explosively when
heated or involved in a fire.
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Placard 1.4
Consists of
explosives that present a minor explosion hazard. The
explosive effects are largely confined to the package and
no projection of fragments of appreciable size or range is
to be expected.
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Placard 3257 :
Liquid heated above boiling
point 212 degrees
-
HIGHLY FLAMMABLE: Will
be easily ignited by
heat, sparks or flames.
-
Vapors may form
explosive mixtures with
air.
-
Vapors may travel to
source of ignition and
flash back.
-
Most vapors are heavier
than air. They will
spread along ground and
collect in low or
confined areas (sewers,
basements, tanks).
-
Vapor explosion hazard
indoors, outdoors or in
sewers.
-
Those substances
designated with a "P"
may polymerize
explosively when heated
or involved in a fire.
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Placard Radioactive :
Contains Radioactive
Material Pray . Hide
your DNA. |
Placard 1075
Liquefied Petroleum Gas
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EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE.
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Will be easily ignited by heat, sparks or flames.
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Will form explosive mixtures with air.
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Vapors from liquefied gas are initially heavier than air
and spread along ground.
CAUTION:
Hydrogen (UN1049), Deuterium (UN1957), Hydrogen,
refrigerated liquid (UN1966) and Methane (UN1971) are
lighter than air and will rise. Hydrogen and Deuterium
fires are difficult to detect since they burn with an
invisible flame. Use an alternate method of detection
(thermal camera, broom handle, etc.)
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Vapors may travel to source of ignition and flash back.
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Cylinders exposed to fire may vent and release flammable
gas through pressure relief devices.
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Containers may explode when heated.
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Ruptured cylinders may rocket.
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Placard 1206-3 Gasohol
HIGHLY FLAMMABLE:
Will be easily ignited by heat, sparks or flames.
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Vapors may form explosive mixtures with air.
-
Vapors may travel to source of ignition and flash back.
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Most vapors are heavier than air. They will spread along
ground and collect in low or confined areas (sewers,
basements, tanks).
-
Vapor explosion hazard indoors, outdoors or in sewers.
-
Those substances designated with a "P" may polymerize
explosively when heated or involved in a fire.
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Runoff to sewer may create fire or explosion hazard.
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Containers may explode when heated.
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Many liquids are lighter than water.
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Substance may be transported hot.
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Placard 1977 :
cryogenic liquid
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Vapors may cause dizziness or asphyxiation without
warning.
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Vapors from liquefied gas are initially heavier than air
and spread along ground.
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Contact with gas or liquefied gas may cause burns,
severe injury and/or frostbite.
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Placard 1824 :
Sodium Hydroxide Solution
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TOXIC; inhalation, ingestion or skin contact with
material may cause severe injury or death.
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Contact with molten substance may cause severe burns to
skin and eyes.
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Avoid any skin contact.
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Effects of contact or inhalation may be delayed.
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Fire may produce irritating, corrosive and/or toxic
gases.
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Runoff from fire control or dilution water may be
corrosive and/or toxic and cause pollution.
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For further information go to US Department
of Transportation : http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/library/erg
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