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September, 2007

Shipping Airbags

Q. What is the explosive number for shipping an automotive airbag?

A.  Please see the following link - http://hazmat.dot.gov/sp_app/special_permits/docs/14000/SP14281.pdf

Specifically the following excerpt seems to apply:

Hazardous Material Description Proper Shipping Name  - Articles, explosive, n.o.s. (scrap airbag inflators, and/or scrap seat belt pretensioners, and/or scrap airbag modules and/or scrap airbag inflator components, and/or scrap seat belt pretensioner components)

Hazard Class/Division   1.3C
Identification #           UN0470
Packing Group             II