Minnesota CDL HazMat case studies
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The Minnesota CDL Hazardous Materials (H) endorsement is a required addition to a Minnesota Commercial Driver's License for drivers who will operate vehicles carrying hazardous materials that require placarding, or who will haul certain quantities of hazardous materials in tanks or other configurations covered by federal hazardous materials rules. It is aimed at working and prospective commercial drivers in Minnesota - tanker drivers, LTL freight haulers, fuel and chemical delivery drivers, and linehaul operators - who need the endorsement added to an existing CDL or obtained alongside a new one. The Minnesota CDL HazMat case studies are 5 cases and about 3,411 words.
1One DANGEROUS Placard and a Scale That Is 89 Pounds Over
on a Duluth loading dock. You are the driver of a 53-foot dry van taking a mixed load to Fargo.
630 words, about 3 min2The Shipping Paper Nobody Will Stand Behind
You are at a chemical distributor to pick up 24 drums of hydrochloric acid, UN1789, Class 8, PG II, for a customer in Rochester. The shipping paper reads: "Hydrochloric acid, UN1789, Class 8, PG II, 24 drums, 14,200 lb." The emergency response telephone number printed on it rings the shipper's front desk; the receptionist who answers says she has no hazardous materials information and would have to page someone, but the plant is shutting down for the day in 20 minutes.
687 words, about 3 min3Forty Feet and a Sheet of Plywood
Minneapolis, 8:00 a.m. Two shipments are on the dock for the same 53-foot van.
667 words, about 3 min4Filling a Cargo Tank at Minus Eight
Cloud, 5:30 a.m., minus 8 °F. You are filling a DOT 406 cargo tank with unleaded gasoline, UN1203, PG II.
693 words, about 3 min5Fifteen Feet of Acid and a Storm Drain
Alexandria, Minnesota, 9:40 p.m., minus 10 °F. You are parked overnight in a truck stop lot with a placarded van load of eight 275-gallon IBCs of sulfuric acid, UN1830, Class 8, PG II.
734 words, about 4 min