{"operation":"document","citation":"ERG 2024 Guide 133","title":"Guide 133: Flammable Solids","source_type":"guidance","agency":"U.S. DOT / Transport Canada / SICT","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2024-04-04","effective_on":null,"summary":"ERG2024 response Guide 133: Flammable Solids.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-erg-2024-guide-133.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-erg-2024-guide-133.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-erg-2024-guide-133","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/erg/guide?number=133","body":"GUIDE\n133\nFlammable Solids\nPOTENTIAL HAZARDS\nFIRE OR EXPLOSION\n•\nFlammable/combustible material.\n•\nMay be ignited by friction, heat, sparks or flames.\n•\nSome may burn rapidly with flare-burning effect.\n•\nPowders, dusts, shavings, borings, turnings or cuttings may explode or burn with explosive violence.\n•\nSubstance may be transported in a molten form at a temperature that may be above its flash point.\n•\nMay re-ignite after fire is extinguished.\n•\n•\n•\n•\nHEALTH\nFire may produce irritating and/or toxic gases.\nContact may cause burns to skin and eyes.\nContact with molten substance may cause severe burns to skin and eyes.\nRunoff from fire control or dilution water may cause environmental contamination.\nPUBLIC SAFETY\nCALL 911. Then call emergency response telephone number on shipping paper. If shipping paper\nnot available or no answer, refer to appropriate telephone number listed on the inside back cover.\nKeep unauthorized personnel away.\nStay upwind, uphill and/or upstream.\n•\n•\n•\nPROTECTIVE CLOTHING\n•\nWear positive pressure self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA).\n•\nStructural firefighters' protective clothing provides thermal protection but only limited chemical protection.\nEVACUATION\nImmediate precautionary measure\n•\n•\n•\nIsolate spill or leak area for at least 25 meters (75 feet) in all directions.\nLarge Spill\nConsider initial downwind evacuation for at least 100 meters (330 feet).\nFire\nIf tank, rail tank car or highway tank is involved in a fire, ISOLATE for 800 meters (1/2 mile) in all\ndirections; also, consider initial evacuation for 800 meters (1/2 mile) in all directions.\nPage 196\nERG 2024\n\nFlammable Solids\nGUIDE\n133\nEMERGENCY RESPONSE\nFIRE\nSmall Fire\n•\nDry chemical, CO2, sand, earth, water spray or regular foam.\nLarge Fire\n•\nWater spray, fog or regular foam.\n•\n•\nIf it can be done safely, move undamaged containers away from the area around the fire.\nFire Involving Metal Pigments or Pastes (e.g. “Aluminum Paste”)\nAluminum Paste fires should be treated as a combustible metal fire. Use DRY sand, graphite powder, dry\nsodium chloride-based extinguishers or class D extinguishers. Also, see GUIDE 170.\nFire Involving Tanks, Rail Tank Cars or Highway Tanks\n•\nCool containers with flooding quantities of water until well after fire is out.\n•\nFor massive fire, use unmanned master stream devices or monitor nozzles; if this is impossible, withdraw\nfrom area and let fire burn.\n•\nWithdraw immediately in case of rising sound from venting safety devices or discoloration of tank.\n•\nALWAYS stay away from tanks in direct contact with flames.\nSPILL OR LEAK\n•\nELIMINATE all ignition sources (no smoking, flares, sparks or flames) from immediate area.\n•\nDo not touch or walk through spilled material.\nSmall Dry Spill\n•\nWith clean shovel, place material into clean, dry container and cover loosely; move containers from spill\narea.\nLarge Spill\n•\nWet down with water and dike for later disposal.\n•\nPrevent entry into waterways, sewers, basements or confined areas.\nFIRST AID\nRefer to the “General First Aid” section.\nSpecific First Aid:\n•\nRemoval of solidified molten material from skin requires medical assistance.\nIn Canada, an Emergency Response Assistance Plan (ERAP) may be required for this product.\nPlease consult the shipping paper and/or the \"ERAP\" section.\nERG 2024\nPage 197","truncated":false,"body_characters":3307}