Kolman’s Korner: How well do you know FMCSA regulations?

For a number of years, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has issued an annual ranking of the top 20 cargo tank facility violations.

Before reading any further, make a list of what you think those violations were for last year. Then, see how many you were able to name.

FMCSA’s 2014 ranking:

- Failure to include all required information on test/inspection reports.

- Failure to perform a pressure retest as prescribed.

- Failure to keep training records for 90 days after termination.

- Failure to retrain hazmat employees every three years.

- Failure to perform an external visual inspection as prescribed.

- Failure to train hazmat employees in function-specific training.

- Representing a package as meeting an exemption when it does not.

- Failure to instruct employees in hazmat regulations.

- Failure to maintain a current copy of registration information.

- Failure to permanently mark the nurse tank with a unique owner's identification number after passing the visual, thickness and pressure tests.

- Failure to train hazmat employees as required.

- Failure to maintain a copy of the nurse tank test inspection report prepared by the inspector.

- Failure to include all required information in the registration statement.

- Cargo tank does not comply with hazmat regulations.

- Failure to notify within 30 days of changes to regulation information.

- Failure to conduct and record monthly inspections and test.

- Failure to perform an internal visual inspection.

- Failure to inspect and record a delivery hose/piping inspection.

- Failure to perform wet fluorescent magnetic particle testing on MC 330/331 cargo tanks.

- Failure to mark the test date on cargo tank.

FMCSA’s annual rankings of the top 20 cargo tank facility violations since 2007 can be found here.