HAZMAT/fingerprints (Michigan)

would that be an inhalation poison?

 

Unfortunately, since I don't have a hazmat, I don't really know the answer. I know that it is primarily an inhalation hazard, but I would have to get my little orange book out of the truck and review what class it comes under. We do have to have special equipment on the trailers to handle it. Usually, to vent air from the trailer you just open a valve and possibly get some dust. With lead, you have to have a special filter unit installed on the blowdown line to capture and filter the air.

And though we have washbays for doing the interior of the trailers, we have to send thses out to a commercial facility since they can;t be washed in a facility that is certified to wash food grade trailers.

 

I took pride in maintaining all of the endorsements although I do not use them anymore. I was grandfathered in with tankers and doubles, and passed the written test for hazardous several times before the fingerprint and background check rule. My employer wanted me to renew it, and the Michigan web site listed the Flying J at Benton Harbor as a fingerprinting site. That location was dropped the week before I stopped there. Finally, I took a day off and drove to Portage, MI where the fingerprinting was completed at a Kinko's. It's a good thing I was in my car because there was no truck parking. Afterwards, my wife and I ate at Red Lobster. This fingerprinting fiasco cost me big bucks, all for the pride (and job security) of being licensed for everything except motorcycles and school busses.