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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.

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UN Numbers 1323 through 1382

UN#GuideName of MaterialISO
Current as of: Oct. 2, 2011
1323170Ferrocerium
1324133Films, nitrocellulose base
1325133Flammable solid, n.o.s.
1325133Flammable solid, organic, n.o.s.
1325133Fusee (rail or highway)
1325133Medicines, flammable, solid, n.o.s.
1326170Hafnium powder, wetted with not less than 25% water
1327133Bhusa, wet, damp or contaminated with oil
1327133Hay, wet, damp or contaminated with oil
1327133Straw, wet, damp or contaminated with oil
1328133Hexamethylenetetramine
1328133Hexamine
1330133Manganese resinate
1331133Matches, strike anywhere
1332133Metaldehyde
1333170Cerium, slabs, ingots or rods
1334133Naphthalene, crude
1334133Naphthalene, refined
1336113Nitroguanidine (Picrite) , wetted with not less than 20% water
1336113Nitroguanidine, wetted with not less than 20% water
1336113Picrite, wetted
1337113Nitrostarch, wetted with not less than 20% water
1337113Nitrostarch, wetted with not less than 30% solvent
1337113Nitrostarch, wetted with not less than 30% solvent
1338133Phosphorus, amorphous
1338133Phosphorus, amorphous, red
1338133Red phosphorus
1338133Red phosphorus, amorphous
1339139Phosphorus heptasulfide, free from yellow and white Phosphorus
1339139Phosphorus heptasulphide, free from yellow and white Phosphorus
1340139Phosphorus pentasulfide, free from yellow and white Phosphorus
1340139Phosphorus pentasulphide, free from yellow and white Phosphorus
1341139Phosphorus sesquisulfide, free from yellow and white Phosphorus
1341139Phosphorus sesquisulphide, free from yellow and white Phosphorus
1343139Phosphorus trisulfide, free from yellow and white Phosphorus
1343139Phosphorus trisulphide, free from yellow and white Phosphorus
1344113Picric acid, wet, with not less than 10% water
1344113Picric acid, wetted with not less than 30% water
1344113Trinitrophenol, wetted with not less than 30% water
1345133Rubber scrap, powdered or granulated
1345133Rubber shoddy, powdered or granulated
1346170Silicon powder, amorphous
1347113Silver picrate, wetted with not less than 30% water
1348113Sodium dinitro-o-cresolate, wetted with not less than 15% water
1348113Sodium dinitro-ortho-cresolate, wetted
1349113Sodium picramate, wetted with not less than 20% water
1350133Sulfur
1350133Sulphur
1352170Titanium powder, wetted with not less than 25% water
1353133Fabrics impregnated with weakly nitrated Nitrocellulose, n.o.s.
1353133Fibers impregnated with weakly nitrated Nitrocellulose, n.o.s.
1353133Fibres impregnated with weakly nitrated Nitrocellulose, n.o.s.
1353133Toe puffs, nitrocellulose base
1354113Trinitrobenzene, wetted with not less than 30% water
1355113Trinitrobenzoic acid, wetted with not less than 30% water
1356113TNT, wetted with not less than 30% water
1356113Trinitrotoluene, wetted with not less than 30% water
1357113Urea nitrate, wetted with not less than 20% water
1358170Zirconium metal, powder, wet
1358170Zirconium powder, wetted with not less than 25% water
1360139Calcium phosphide
1361133Carbon, animal or vegetable origin
1361133Charcoal
1362133Carbon, activated
1363135Copra
1364133Cotton waste, oily
1365133Cotton
1365133Cotton, wet
1366135Diethylzinc
1369135p-Nitrosodimethylaniline
1370135Dimethylzinc
1372133Fiber, animal or vegetable, n.o.s., burnt, wet or damp
1372133Fibers, animal or vegetable, burnt, wet or damp
1372133Fibres, animal or vegetable, burnt, wet or damp
1373133Fabrics, animal or vegetable or synthetic, n.o.s. with oil
1373133Fibers, animal or vegetable or synthetic, n.o.s. with oil
1373133Fibres, animal or vegetable or synthetic, n.o.s. with oil
1374133Fish meal, unstabilized
1374133Fish scrap, unstabilized
1376135Iron oxide, spent
1376135Iron sponge, spent
1378170Metal catalyst, wetted
1379133Paper, unsaturated oil treated
1380135PentaboraneYes
1381136Phosphorus, white, dry or under water or in solution
1381136Phosphorus, yellow, dry or under water or in solution
1381136White phosphorus, dry
1381136White phosphorus, in solution
1381136White phosphorus, under water
1381136Yellow phosphorus, dry
1381136Yellow phosphorus, in solution
1381136Yellow phosphorus, under water
1382135Potassium sulfide, anhydrous
1382135Potassium sulfide, with less than 30% water of crystallization
1382135Potassium sulfide, with less than 30% water of hydration
1382135Potassium sulphide, anhydrous
1382135Potassium sulphide, with less than 30% water of crystallization
1382135Potassium sulphide, with less than 30% water of hydration

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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