OSHA Final Rule for Retention of – Dot Markings, Placards and Labels

SAN FRANCISCO - Fed-OSHA has issued a final rule that applies to employers who receive a package, freight container, motor vehicle, rail freight car or transport vehicle containing a hazardous material required by the Department of Transportation (DOT) to be marked, labeled or placarded. Employers are to retain hazard labels until packaging is sufficiently cleaned of residue and purged of vapors to remove any potential hazards, or retain placards on vehicles and transport containers which held hazardous m