Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG)

This is an online version of the 2008 Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) 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 ERG will give you your answer.

Phosphorus sesquisulphide ==> Poisonous liquid, corrosi

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Current as of: Oct. 2, 2011
Phosphorus sesquisulphide, free from yellow and white Phosphorus1391341
Phosphorus tribromide1371808
Phosphorus trichloride1371809Yes
Phosphorus trichloride1371809Yes
Phosphorus trioxide1572578
Phosphorus trisulfide, free from yellow and white Phosphorus1391343
Phosphorus trisulphide, free from yellow and white Phosphorus1391343
Phosphorus, amorphous1331338
Phosphorus, amorphous, red1331338
Phosphorus, white, dry or under water or in solution1361381
Phosphorus, white, molten1362447
Phosphorus, yellow, dry or under water or in solution1361381
Phthalic anhydride1562214
Phthalimide derivative pesticide, liquid, flammable, poisonous1312774
Phthalimide derivative pesticide, liquid, flammable, toxic1312774
Phthalimide derivative pesticide, liquid, poisonous1513008
Phthalimide derivative pesticide, liquid, poisonous, flammable1313007
Phthalimide derivative pesticide, liquid, toxic1513008
Phthalimide derivative pesticide, liquid, toxic, flammable1313007
Phthalimide derivative pesticide, solid, poisonous1512773
Phthalimide derivative pesticide, solid, toxic1512773
Picolines1292313
Picric acid, wet, with not less than 10% water1131344
Picric acid, wetted with not less than 10% water1133364
Picric acid, wetted with not less than 30% water1131344
Picrite, wetted1131336
Picryl chloride, wetted with not less than 10% water1133365
Pine oil1291272
Pinene (alpha) 1282368
Piperazine1532579
Piperidine1322401
Plastic molding compound1713314
Plastic, nitrocellulose-based, spontaneously combustible, n.o.s.1352006
Plastics moulding compound1713314
Plastics, nitrocellulose-based, self-heating, n.o.s.1352006
Poison B, liquid, n.o.s.1532810
Poisonous by inhalation liquid, corrosive, n.o.s. (Inhalation Hazard Zone A) 1543389Yes
Poisonous by inhalation liquid, corrosive, n.o.s. (Inhalation Hazard Zone B) 1543390Yes
Poisonous by inhalation liquid, flammable, n.o.s. (Inhalation Hazard Zone A) 1313383Yes
Poisonous by inhalation liquid, flammable, n.o.s. (Inhalation Hazard Zone B) 1313384Yes
Poisonous by inhalation liquid, n.o.s. (Inhalation Hazard Zone A) 1513381Yes
Poisonous by inhalation liquid, n.o.s. (Inhalation Hazard Zone B) 1513382Yes
Poisonous by inhalation liquid, oxidizing, n.o.s. (Inhalation Hazard Zone A) 1423387Yes
Poisonous by inhalation liquid, oxidizing, n.o.s. (Inhalation Hazard Zone B) 1423388Yes
Poisonous by inhalation liquid, water-reactive, n.o.s. (Inhalation Hazard Zone A) 1393385Yes
Poisonous by inhalation liquid, water-reactive, n.o.s. (Inhalation Hazard Zone B) 1393386Yes

Data Source for our online 2008 ERG

This information was compiled from the 2008 Emergency Response Guidebook (2008 ERG) which is produced by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

(Data last updated/verified: Oct. 2, 2011)

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