Dangerous Goods Load Readiness Check

In the chemicals industry, every outbound load of dangerous goods has to leave with the right shipping description, placards and papers, on a vehicle whose mix of hazard classes the site allows, with a driver cleared to carry it. This MoveTheWheels concept illustrates a Hazardous loads readiness board for a chemical or fertilizer shipper, covering bulk tank trucks from the loading rack, drums and IBC totes on mixed trailers, and bulk fertilizer such as ammonium nitrate.

These checks are usually spread across a shipping clerk's paperwork, a safety data sheet library, the quality system and a driver file. A load can be papered with an outdated SDS revision, two incompatible classes can end up on one trailer, or a driver's endorsement can lapse, and the problem is found at the gate rather than before the papers print.

The desktop illustration shows the board under Orders for outbound loads across all sites and a date range. Tiles count loads in the next 24 hours, loads ready to release, loads blocked and SDS revisions this month. An Outbound loads table lists load, mode, contents, UN number with hazard class and packing group, the SDS revision and whether it is current, the driver and a status. A mixed trailer carrying drums of a Class 3 thinner and IBC totes of a Class 5.1 etch cleaner is blocked, as is a tank truck whose SDS revision is outdated. The check panel for the mixed trailer passes shipping names and UN numbers, lot release in ManufacturedOps and placards, fails segregation under a site rule that keeps those classes on separate vehicles, and warns that the driver's hazmat endorsement ends in two days, according to CrewFoundry. Split load and Reassign driver buttons sit above a Release bill of lading button that is not yet available. The mobile illustration gives the rack operator a Rack check for a tank truck whose paperwork checks have passed: placards on all four sides with a photo, the bonding cable, seal numbers, papers in the cab and the driver's endorsements, before Confirm and release.

Two other Burdenoff products are designed to feed the check. Each lot's release is designed to be confirmed in ManufacturedOps, and CrewFoundry is designed to confirm that the driver is dispatchable, with current hazardous materials endorsements. Before the bill of lading is released, the check is designed to confirm that the SDS revision sent to the customer is current, apply the site's configured segregation rules to lines sharing a vehicle and list the placards required. A failed check is designed to block the paperwork and name the fix. The rack check shares the driver app's tabs.