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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 1580 through 1638

UN#	Guide	Name of Material	ISO
Current as of: Oct. 2, 2011
1580	154	Chloropicrin	Yes
1581	123	Chloropicrin and Methyl bromide mixture	Yes
1581	123	Methyl bromide and Chloropicrin mixture	Yes
1582	119	Chloropicrin and Methyl chloride mixture	Yes
1582	119	Methyl chloride and Chloropicrin mixture	Yes
1583	154	Chloropicrin mixture, n.o.s.	Yes
1585	151	Copper acetoarsenite
1586	151	Copper arsenite
1587	151	Copper cyanide
1588	157	Cyanides, inorganic, n.o.s.
1588	157	Cyanides, inorganic, solid, n.o.s.
1589	125	CK
1589	125	Cyanogen chloride, stabilized	Yes
1590	153	Dichloroanilines
1590	153	Dichloroanilines, liquid
1590	153	Dichloroanilines, solid
1591	152	o-Dichlorobenzene
1593	160	Dichloromethane
1593	160	Methylene chloride
1594	152	Diethyl sulfate
1594	152	Diethyl sulphate
1595	156	Dimethyl sulfate	Yes
1595	156	Dimethyl sulphate	Yes
1596	153	Dinitroanilines
1597	152	Dinitrobenzenes
1597	152	Dinitrobenzenes, liquid
1597	152	Dinitrobenzenes, solid
1598	153	Dinitro-o-cresol
1599	153	Dinitrophenol, solution
1600	152	Dinitrotoluenes, molten
1601	151	Disinfectant, solid, poisonous, n.o.s.
1601	151	Disinfectant, solid, toxic, n.o.s.
1601	151	Disinfectants, solid, n.o.s. (poisonous)
1602	151	Dye intermediate, liquid, poisonous, n.o.s.
1602	151	Dye intermediate, liquid, toxic, n.o.s.
1602	151	Dye, liquid, poisonous, n.o.s.
1602	151	Dye, liquid, toxic, n.o.s.
1603	155	Ethyl bromoacetate
1604	132	Ethylenediamine
1605	154	Ethylene dibromide	Yes
1606	151	Ferric arsenate
1607	151	Ferric arsenite
1608	151	Ferrous arsenate
1610	159	Halogenated irritating liquid, n.o.s.
1611	151	Hexaethyl tetraphosphate
1611	151	Hexaethyl tetraphosphate, liquid
1611	151	Hexaethyl tetraphosphate, solid
1612	123	Hexaethyl tetraphosphate and compressed gas mixture	Yes
1613	154	Hydrocyanic acid, aqueous solution, with less than 5% Hydrogen cyanide
1613	154	Hydrocyanic acid, aqueous solution, with not more than 20% Hydrogen cyanide	Yes
1613	154	Hydrogen cyanide, aqueous solution, with not more than 20% Hydrogen cyanide	Yes
1614	152	Hydrogen cyanide, stabilized (absorbed)	Yes
1616	151	Lead acetate
1617	151	Lead arsenates
1618	151	Lead arsenites
1620	151	Lead cyanide
1621	151	London purple
1622	151	Magnesium arsenate
1623	151	Mercuric arsenate
1624	154	Mercuric chloride
1625	141	Mercuric nitrate
1626	157	Mercuric potassium cyanide
1627	141	Mercurous nitrate
1629	151	Mercury acetate
1630	151	Mercury ammonium chloride
1631	154	Mercury benzoate
1634	154	Mercuric bromide
1634	154	Mercurous bromide
1634	154	Mercury bromides
1636	154	Mercuric cyanide
1636	154	Mercury cyanide
1637	151	Mercury gluconate
1638	151	Mercury iodide

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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US DOT Hazardous Materials Transportation Placards
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