Transcript 49 CFR FUNCTION SPECIFIC TRAINING

Purpose:
To teach employees how to handle hazardous material
shipments they will come across in their day to day
operations at Oklahoma State University
Your Dangerous Goods Unit is:
•Donna Morris
•Barbara Dobson
•Seth Becker
DO NOT handle any damaged hazardous material shipment.
Further DO NOT handle ANY damaged package that is leaking.
Report any damaged hazardous material shipment
to the Dangerous Goods Unit!
DO NOT receive, accept, or sign for any damaged hazardous
material shipment from a delivering carrier
Report the problem to the Dangerous Goods Unit (DGU)
Certain Infectious Substances are covered by other regulatory
agencies and by distinct Federal Laws in addition to 49CFR.
Center for Disease Control (CDC)
“Select Agents”
fall into this category.
Federal Law requires strict security for
Select Agents
• DO NOT release information about Select Agent shipments!
• Report any inquiries of Select Agent shipments to the
Dangerous Goods Unit.
• University picture ID cards are required for receipt of a select
agents shipment.
Non-Select Agent Infectious Substances will be approved for
delivery by any person who has received this training.
This includes all delivery personnel.
All radioactive shipments are regulated by
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
as well as the D.O.T’s 49CFR
Notify the Dangerous Goods Unit (DGU) immediately upon
seeing a radioactive shipment.
• A DGU member will take charge of the shipment.
• The University’s Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) must be
notified upon arrival of the shipment.
•Delivery cannot be completed until the RSO approves the
shipment for delivery.
Only employees with radiology training can
handle radioactive shipments.
• UMS radiology trained employees are:
• Barbara Dobson
• Seth Becker
• Jared Johnson
• Joel Pennie
• Ryan Watts
University Mailing Services (UMS) recognizes that
shipments leave commerce when they received
and signed for from the carrier. Further UMS
recognizes that shipments enter commerce when
they are presented to a carrier for shipment.
49CFR may not require some of this training
because the handling occurs outside of
commerce. Out of concern for its employees,
UMS requires this training whether the shipment
is in or out of commerce.