When hazardous materials are handed to a common carrier, which party packages and labels them and prepares their shipping papers?

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Why

Getting a hazardous shipment ready is the shipper's duty: it packages, marks, and labels the material, fills out the shipping papers, and supplies the placards. The carrier and the driver then check that this work was done correctly.

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Topic: Hazardous materials   License: CDL

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