Hazchem Placards

Hazchem placards are signboards which are fitted to vehicles transporting dangerous goods. The placard should clearly indicate the product transported by means of a UN number of MIXED LOAD where more than one product from different classes are transported. By law, there should be no placard on an empty vehicle. By law, the placard should be clearly visible from the road side and the 10 mm black border should be visible. By law, each vehicle should have 3 placards (6 in the case of a super-link). One on each side and one at the back.

Required info for placards:

• Size of the vehicle (GVM)
• What material should the placards be printed on – ABS, Cromadek, Magnetic or vinyl
• Products that are being transported
• How many vehicles
• Emergency telephone numbers that should be printed on the placards (Operator advice and specialist advice)
• Operator – is the person responsible for the vehicle
• Specialist – is the person responsible for the product / person who can give advice about the product on the vehicle / spill response contractors.

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