This is an online version of the 2004 ERG (Emergency Response Guidebook) which is produced by the USDOT for first responders during the initial phase of a Dangerous goods/Hazardous Materials incident. Have you ever wondered what those four digit numbers on the placards on the side of trucks and rail cars mean? Our online 2004 ERG will give you your answer.
| Isolation and Protective Action Distances Table | |||||||||||||
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| SMALL SPILLS | LARGE SPILLS | ||||||||||||
| UN# | Name of Material | First ISOLATE in all Directions | Then PROTECT Persons Downwind During- | First ISOLATE in all Directions | Then PROTECT Persons Downwind During- | ||||||||
| Day | Night | Day | Night | ||||||||||
| m | ft | km | mi | km | mi | m | ft | km | mi | km | mi | ||
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Please see: How to use the table of initial isolation and protective action distances | |||||||||||||
| 1754 | Chlorosulfonic acid (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 90 | 300 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 1.7 |
| 1754 | Chlorosulfonic acid (when spilled on land) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30 | 100 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| 1754 | Chlorosulfonic acid and Sulfur trioxide mixture (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 90 | 300 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 1.7 |
| 1754 | Chlorosulfonic acid and Sulfur trioxide mixture (when spilled on land) | 60 | 200 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 330 | 1000 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 4 |
| 1754 | Chlorosulphonic acid (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 90 | 300 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 1.7 |
| 1754 | Chlorosulphonic acid (when spilled on land) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30 | 100 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| 1754 | Chlorosulphonic acid and Sulphur trioxide mixture (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 90 | 300 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 1.7 |
| 1754 | Chlorosulphonic acid and Sulphur trioxide mixture (when spilled on land) | 60 | 200 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 330 | 1000 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 4 |
| 1754 | Sulfur trioxide and Chlorosulfonic acid mixture (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 90 | 300 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 1.7 |
| 1754 | Sulfur trioxide and Chlorosulfonic acid mixture (when spilled on land) | 60 | 200 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 330 | 1000 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 4 |
| 1754 | Sulphur trioxide and Chlorosulphonic acid mixture (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 90 | 300 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 1.7 |
| 1754 | Sulphur trioxide and Chlorosulphonic acid mixture (when spilled on land) | 60 | 200 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 330 | 1000 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 4 |
| 1758 | Chromium oxychloride (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 30 | 100 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
| 1763 | Cyclohexyl- trichlorosilane (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 90 | 300 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 3 | 1.9 |
| 1766 | Dichlorophenyl- trichlorosilane (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 210 | 700 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 5.7 | 3.6 |
| 1767 | Diethyldichlorosilane (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 60 | 200 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
| 1769 | Diphenyldichlorosilane (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30 | 100 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
| 1771 | Dodecyltrichlorosilane (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 60 | 200 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
| 1777 | Fluorosulfonic acid (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 120 | 400 | 1 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 2.1 |
| 1777 | Fluorosulphonic acid (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 120 | 400 | 1 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 2.1 |
| 1784 | Hexyltrichlorosilane (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 120 | 400 | 1 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 2.4 |
| 1799 | Nonyltrichlorosilane (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 60 | 200 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 1.6 |
| 1800 | Octadecyl- trichlorosilane (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 90 | 300 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 1.8 |
| 1801 | Octyltrichlorosilane (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 60 | 200 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 1.6 |
| 1804 | Phenyltrichlorosilane (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 240 | 800 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 6.4 | 4 |
| 1806 | Phosphorus pentachloride (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 90 | 300 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 1.9 |
| 1809 | Phosphorus trichloride (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 180 | 600 | 1.6 | 1 | 4.8 | 3 |
| 1809 | Phosphorus trichloride (when spilled on land) | 30 | 100 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 150 | 500 | 1.5 | 1 | 3.5 | 2.2 |
| 1810 | Phosphorus oxychloride (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.6 | 240 | 800 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 6.3 | 3.9 |
| 1810 | Phosphorus oxychloride (when spilled on land) | 30 | 100 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 120 | 400 | 1 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 1.4 |
| 1816 | Propyltrichlorosilane (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 120 | 400 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 4.1 | 2.6 |
| 1818 | Silicon tetrachloride (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 150 | 500 | 1.5 | 1 | 4.6 | 2.9 |
| 1828 | Sulfur chlorides (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 150 | 500 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 4.9 | 3 |
| 1828 | Sulfur chlorides (when spilled on land) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 90 | 300 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
| 1828 | Sulphur chlorides (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 150 | 500 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 4.9 | 3 |
| 1828 | Sulphur chlorides (when spilled on land) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 90 | 300 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
| 1829 | Sulfur trioxide | 60 | 200 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 330 | 1000 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 4 |
| 1829 | Sulfur trioxide, inhibited | 60 | 200 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 330 | 1000 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 4 |
| 1829 | Sulfur trioxide, stabilized | 60 | 200 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 330 | 1000 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 4 |
| 1829 | Sulfur trioxide, uninhibited | 60 | 200 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 330 | 1000 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 4 |
| 1829 | Sulphur trioxide | 60 | 200 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 330 | 1000 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 4 |
| 1829 | Sulphur trioxide, inhibited | 60 | 200 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 330 | 1000 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 4 |
| 1829 | Sulphur trioxide, stabilized | 60 | 200 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 330 | 1000 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 4 |
| 1829 | Sulphur trioxide, uninhibited | 60 | 200 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 330 | 1000 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 4 |
| 1831 | Sulfuric acid, fuming | 60 | 200 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 330 | 1000 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 4 |
| 1831 | Sulfuric acid, fuming, with not less than 30% free Sulfur trioxide | 60 | 200 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 330 | 1000 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 4 |
| 1831 | Sulphuric acid, fuming | 60 | 200 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 330 | 1000 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 4 |
| 1831 | Sulphuric acid, fuming, with not less than 30% free Sulphur trioxide | 60 | 200 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 330 | 1000 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 4 |
| 1834 | Sulfuryl chloride (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 90 | 300 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 1.8 |
| 1834 | Sulfuryl chloride (when spilled on land) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30 | 100 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| 1834 | Sulphuryl chloride (when spilled in water) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 90 | 300 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 1.8 |
| 1834 | Sulphuryl chloride (when spilled on land) | 30 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30 | 100 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
This information was compiled from the 2004 Emergency Response Guidebook (2004 ERG) which is produced by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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