MANUAL10AGUIDETOTHESAFEHANDLINGOFHAZARDOUSMATERIALSACCIDENTSSecondEditionASpecialCardInsert,"InitialEmergencyAssessmentmInitialResponseAction,"willbefoundinsidethebackcoverASTMManual10isarevisionofASTMSTP8251916RaceStreet,Philadelphia,PA19103-1187LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataAGuidetothesafehandlingofhazardousmaterialsaccidents.--2nded.(ASTMmanualseries;MNL10)"Acardinsert:'InitialemergencyassessmentIinitialresponseaction'willbefoundinsidethebackcover."ISBN0-8031-1415-X1.Hazardoussubstances--Accidents--Handbooks,manuals,etc.I.AmericanSocietyforTestingandMaterials.II.Series.T55.3.H3G851990604.7IdC2090-21971CIPCopyright�91990bytheAmericanSocietyforTestingandMaterials.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,orotherwise,withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofthepublisher.Note:ASTMisnotresponsible,asabody,forthestatementsandopinionsadvancedinthispublication.Copyright�91990bytheAmericanSocietyforTestingandMaterialsASTMPublicationCodeNumber(PCN):28-010090-48LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber:90-21971ISBN:0-8031-1415-XFirstpublishedasASTMSTP825in1983PrintedinPhiladelphia,Pa.December1990ACKNOWLEDGMENTSAGuidetotheSafeHandlingofHazardousMaterialsAccidentswastheresultofthecoordinatedeffortsofthemanyindividualswhohaveactivelyservedonASTMCommitteeF-20,DivisiononHazardousMaterialsSpillResponse.TheDivisionacknowledgesthespecificeffortsofM.N.McCullochoftheSouthernPacificTransportationCompany,whoprovidedthedraftdocumentsfromwhichthismanualwasdeveloped.ThisrevisededitionofASTMSTP825,nowdesignatedManual10,istheproductoftheactivemembersofF20.2000,HazardousMaterialsSpillResponse,from1986to1990.CONTENTSPurposeStatementIntroductionExplosives:ClassA,B,andCOxidizerOrganicPeroxidePoisonAPoisonBNonflammableGasFlammableGas,FlammableLiquid,CombustibleLiquidFlammableSolidCorrosiveMaterialIrritatingMaterialEtiologicAgentRadioactiveMaterialSpecialCategory:Water-S...
