Dangerous Goods and its 9 classes.

Dangerous goods’ are materials or items with hazardous properties which, if not properly controlled, present a potential hazard to human health and safety, infrastructure and/ or their means of transport.

The transportation of dangerous goods is controlled and governed by a variety of different regulatory regimes, operating at both the national and international levels. Prominent regulatory frameworks for the transportation of dangerous goods include the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, ICAO’s Technical Instructions, IATA’s Dangerous Goods Regulations and the IMO’s International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code. Collectively, these regulatory regimes mandate the means by which dangerous goods are to be handled, packaged, labelled and transported.

Regulatory frameworks incorporate comprehensive classification systems of hazards to provide a taxonomy of dangerous goods. Classification of dangerous goods is broken down into nine classes according to the type of danger materials or items present, click on a class to read more details;

  • Class 1: Explosives.

  • Class 2: Gases.

  • Class 3: Flammable and Combustible Liquids.

  • Class 4: Flammable Solids.

  • Class 5: Oxidizing Substances, Organic Peroxides.

  • Class 6: Toxic Substances and Infectious Substances.

  • Class 7: Radioactive Materials.

  • Class 8: Corrosives.

  • Class 9: Miscellaneous Hazardous Materials.

List of Dangerous Goods

Aerosols

Acetone / acetone oils

Alkali metals

Compressed air

Adhesives

Metal powders

Hydrocarbon gas-powered devices

Paints / lacquers / varnishes

Aluminum phosphide

Fire extinguishers

Alcohols

Sodium batteries

Gas cartridges

Perfumery products

Sodium cells

Fertilizer ammoniating solution

Gasoline / Petrol, Diesel fuel, Aviation fuel, Liquid bio-fuels

Firelighters

Insecticide gases

Coal tar / coal tar distillates

Matches

Refrigerant gases

Petroleum crude oil

Calcium carbide

Lighters Acetylene / Oxyacetylene

Petroleum distillates

Camphor

Carbon dioxide

Gas oil, Shale oil

Carbon

Helium / helium compounds

Heating oil

Activated carbon

Hydrogen / hydrogen compounds

Kerosene

Celluloid

Oxygen / oxygen compounds

Resins

Cerium

Nitrogen / nitrogen compounds

Tars

Copra

Natural gas, Oil gas

Turpentine

Seed cake

Petroleum gases

Carbamate insecticides

Oily cotton waste

Butane

Organochlorine pesticides

Desensitized explosives

Propane

Organophosphorus pesticides

Oily fabrics

Ethane

Copper based pesticides

Oily fibers

Methane

Esters

Ferrocerium

Dimethyl ether

Ethers

Iron oxide (spent, Iron sponge/direct-reduced iron (spent)

Propene / propylene

Ethanol

Metaldehyde

Ethylene

Benzene

Naphthalene

Butanols

Butanols

Nitrocellulose

Dichloropropenes

Diethyl ether

Phosphorus

Diethyl ether

Isobutanols

Sulphur

Isobutanols

Isopropyls

Octanes

Octanes

Methanol

Radioactive ores

Hemical oxygen generators

Medical/Biomedical waste

Medical isotopes

Ammonium nitrate fertilizers

Clinical waste

Yellowcake

Chlorates

Biological cultures / samples / specimens, Medical cultures / samples / specimens

Density gauges

Nitrates

Motor fuel anti-knock mixture

Mixed fission products

Nitrites

Dyes

Surface contaminated objects

Perchlorates

Carbamate pesticides

Caesium radionuclides / isotopes, Iridium radionuclides / isotopes

Permanganates

Alkaloids

Americium radionuclides / isotopes

Persulphates

Allyls

Plutonium radionuclides / isotopes

Aluminium nitrate

Acids

Radium radionuclides / isotopes

Ammonium dichromate

Arsenates

Thorium radionuclides / isotopes

Ammonium nitrate

Arsenites

Uranium radionuclides / isotopes

Ammonium persulphate

Cyanides

Depleted uranium / depleted uranium products

Calcium hypochlorite

Thiols/mercaptans

Uranium hexafluoride

Calcium nitrate

Cresols

Enriched Uranium

Calcium peroxide

Barium compounds

Acids/acid solutions

Hydrogen peroxide

Arsenics / arsenic compounds

Batteries

Magnesium peroxide

Beryllium/ beryllium compounds

Battery fluid

Lead nitrate

Lead compounds

Fuel cell cartridges

Lithium hypochlorite

Mercury compounds

Dyes

Potassium chlorate

Nicotine / nicotine compounds

Fire extinguisher charges

Potassium nitrate

Selenium compounds

Formaldehyde

Potassium chlorate

Antimony

Flux

Potassium perchlorate

Ammonium metavanadate

Paints

Potassium permanganate

Adiponitrile

Alkylphenols

Sodium nitrate

Chloroform

Amines

Sodium persulphate

Dichloromethane

Polyamines

Chlorides

Hexachlorophene

Sulphides

Chlorosilanes

Phenol

Polysulphides

Bromine

Cyclohexylamine

Phenol / carbolic acid

Hydrochloric acid

Sulfuric acid

Hydrofluoric acid

Nitric acid

Hydrogen fluoride

Morpholine

Sludge acid

Iodine

Castor bean plant products

Dry ice / cardice / solid carbon dioxide

Magnetized material

Polychlorinated biphenyls

Expandable polymeric beads / polystyrene beads

Dangerous goods in apparatus

Polychlorinated terphenyls

Ammonium nitrate fertilizers

Dangerous goods in machinery

Dibromodifluoromethane

Blue asbestos / crocidolite

Genetically modified organisms

Benzaldehyde

Lithium ion batteries

Genetically modified micro-organisms

Life saving appliances

Lithium metal batteries

Chemical kits

Air bag modules

Battery powered equipment

First aid kits

Seatbelt pretensioners

Battery powered vehicles

Fuel cell engines

Plastics moulding compound

Fuel cell engines

Internal combustion engines

Aircraft engines

Internal combustion engines

Vehicles

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List of Non- Dangerous Goods

Hydraulic Oil

Lube Oil

Wastewater

Gear Oil

Stainless Steel Tubing Pipes

Brake Fluid

Transformer Oil

DI Water

Mineral Oil

Engine Oil

Turbine Oil

Boric Acid

Armohib 31

Essential Oil

Flyash

Garments

Shoes

Car parts

Bath Clear (fisher water bath solution)

Activated charcoal; activated carbon 

Boileezers

Dextran blue

Magnesium acetate

Fuchsin

Glycerin

Wescodyne

Pipes

Tween 20 

Molecular sieves 

Paraffin

Peptone

Polyethylene glycols

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