Hazardous Materials Shipping Guide - Industrial Safety and Hazmat ...

o For packages weighing up to 20 lbs. the outer package minimum
requirements will be a 200 lb. Bursting test or 32 Edge Crush Test
package.
o For packages weighing 21-50 lbs. a 250 lb. Bursting test or 44 Edge
Crush Test will be required.
o For packages weighing 51-70 lbs. the outer container must be 275 lb.
or 55 Edge Crush Test.
• Full partitions between the inner containers and box sides.
• Fiberboard padding above and below the inner containers.
• A retaining ring around the lid or:
o For gallons 6 lid clips
o For quarts 5 lid clips
o For pints 4 lid clips
• Absorbent material is required to fill the void spaces.
Radioactive Shipments
Radioactive material: FedEx Ground will only accept radioactive material, Type
A quantity, in packaging required to be labeled RADIOACTIVE WHITE-I. FedEx
Ground will not accept the RADIOACTIVE YELLOW II or YELLOW III hazard
labels. If shipping a Radioactive material that requires the shipping paper (OP-
900) and certification form (OP-950) the following information must appear in the
“Type DOT Label(s) Required, Ltd. Qty., or Special Permit” section of both forms:
• The name of each radionuclide, abbreviations are permitted.
• The physical and chemical form.
• The activity in becquerels, gigabecquerels or terabecquerels, abbreviations
are permitted.
• The name of the label: RADIOACTIVE WHITE-I
• The words “Fissile Excepted” if packaged is excepted under 49 CFR 173.453.
FedEx Fact: FedEx Ground does not accept Radioactive Fissile material unless
properly prepared and packaged under exception 49 CFR 173.453.
Radioactive material limited quantity (Ltd. Qty.): Radioactive materials in
excepted packages for limited quantities do not require the RADIOACTIVE
WHITE-I hazard label, hazardous material shipping paper (OP-900) or
certification form (OP-950). Radioactive packages in limited quantities must
conform to 49 CFR 173.421. The outside of the inner packaging or, if there is not
inner packaging the outside of the package itself must have “Radioactive”
marked on the package. The outside of each package must be marked with the
four digit UN identification number for the material preceded by the letter UN.
Note: Radioactive material meeting the definition of another hazard class or
division cannot be transported or prepared under the limited quantity exceptions.
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