Legal notice and terms of use

HazMat Tool is operated by Preventize Safety Consulting. The service provides regulatory information and online checks for your own review. See also Help and scope of this service.

Contact

We do not publish a phone number.

Disclaimer

HazMat Tool has been prepared and is updated with care according to the state of science and technology at the time of publication. Use is at your own risk. To the extent permitted by law, liability for the website, its software, and any information provided (including accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and fitness for a particular purpose) is excluded. This includes regulatory tables, segregation results, and substance data derived from third-party sources.

The operator does not provide personal hazardous materials consulting, legal advice, or binding compliance determinations. Verify all information against the current official regulations before operational use.

The operator endeavours to keep the site free of malware; nevertheless, no guarantee of virus-free downloads or online tools can be given. Users should maintain appropriate security measures on their devices.

Privacy

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Integrated technologies and resources

Components and data sources used to build and operate this website (non-exhaustive):

• Web application
  • PHP with MySQL/MariaDB
  • jQuery 2.2.4 and jQuery UI 1.12.1
  • Bootstrap 3.3.7
  • MegaNavbar (navigation layout and Simple Line Icons)
  • Custom autosuggest (js/hazmat_suggest.js, JSON API db.php)
  • jQuery Expander (Karl Swedberg)
  • Progressive Web App: manifest.php, Service Worker sw.js
• Regulatory and substance data
  • Hazardous Materials Table — 49 CFR 172.101, based on the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR)
  • Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) and special-provision references as integrated on this site
  • PubChem (NCBI) REST API for supplementary substance properties (successor to legacy TOXNET/HSDB lookups)
  • GESTIS substance database (DGUV) — deep links per ZVG number; Lagerklasse shown from local cache where available, under the DGUV linking terms
  • Wikipedia excerpts under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 where indicated
• Third-party services
  • Matomo web analytics (self-hosted; see Privacy Policy)
  • Google AdSense on selected pages (see Privacy Policy)
• Images and icons
  • Stock images, including licenses from Dreamstime where applicable
  • Icons: WPClipart, Open Icon Library, and Glyphicons (Bootstrap)
  • Placards and Labels by Ian Albert