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.

UN Numbers 1697 through 1753

UN#GuideName of MaterialISO
Current as of: Oct. 2, 2011
1697153Chloroacetophenone
1697153Chloroacetophenone, liquid
1697153Chloroacetophenone, solid
1697153CN
1698154Adamsite
1698154Diphenylamine chloroarsine
1698154DM
1699151DA
1699151Diphenylchloroarsine
1699151Diphenylchloroarsine, liquid
1699151Diphenylchloroarsine, solid
1700159Tear gas candles
1700159Tear gas grenades
1701152Xylyl bromide
1701152Xylyl bromide, liquid
17021511,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
1702151Tetrachloroethane
1704153Tetraethyl dithiopyrophosphate
1704153Tetraethyl dithiopyrophosphate, mixture, dry or liquid
1707151Thallium compound, n.o.s.
1707151Thallium sulfate, solid
1707151Thallium sulphate, solid
1708153Toluidines
1708153Toluidines, liquid
1708153Toluidines, solid
17091512,4-Toluenediamine
17091512,4-Toluylenediamine
17091512,4-Toluylenediamine, solid
1710160Trichloroethylene
1711153Xylidines
1711153Xylidines, liquid
1711153Xylidines, solid
1712151Zinc arsenate
1712151Zinc arsenate
1712151Zinc arsenate and Zinc arsenite mixture
1712151Zinc arsenite
1712151Zinc arsenite
1712151Zinc arsenite and Zinc arsenate mixture
1713151Zinc cyanide
1714139Zinc phosphide
1715137Acetic anhydride
1716156Acetyl bromide
1717155Acetyl chloride
1718153Acid butyl phosphate
1718153Butyl acid phosphate
1719154Caustic alkali liquid, n.o.s.
1722155Allyl chlorocarbonateYes
1722155Allyl chloroformateYes
1723132Allyl iodide
1724155Allyltrichlorosilane, stabilized
1725137Aluminum bromide, anhydrous
1726137Aluminum chloride, anhydrous
1727154Ammonium bifluoride, solid
1727154Ammonium hydrogen fluoride, solid
1727154Ammonium hydrogendifluoride, solid
1728155Amyltrichlorosilane
1729156Anisoyl chloride
1730157Antimony pentachloride, liquid
1731157Antimony pentachloride, solution
1732157Antimony pentafluoride
1733157Antimony trichloride
1733157Antimony trichloride, liquid
1733157Antimony trichloride, solid
1733157Antimony trichloride, solution
1736137Benzoyl chloride
1737156Benzyl bromide
1738156Benzyl chloride
1739137Benzyl chloroformate
1740154Hydrogendifluorides, n.o.s.
1740154Hydrogendifluorides, solid, n.o.s.
1741125Boron trichlorideYes
1742157Boron trifluoride acetic acid complex
1742157Boron trifluoride acetic acid complex, liquid
1743157Boron trifluoride propionic acid complex
1743157Boron trifluoride propionic acid complex, liquid
1744154BromineYes
1744154Bromine, solutionYes
1744154Bromine, solution (Inhalation Hazard Zone A) Yes
1744154Bromine, solution (Inhalation Hazard Zone B) Yes
1745144Bromine pentafluorideYes
1746144Bromine trifluorideYes
1747155Butyltrichlorosilane
1748140Calcium hypochlorite mixture, dry, with more than 39% available Chlorine (8.8% available Oxygen)
1748140Calcium hypochlorite, dry
1749124Chlorine trifluorideYes
1750153Chloroacetic acid, liquid
1750153Chloroacetic acid, solution
1751153Chloroacetic acid, solid
1752156Chloroacetyl chlorideYes
1753156Chlorophenyltrichlorosilane

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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