Manufacture, storage and carriage of thermites and thermite containing articles

Guidance on the manufacture, storage and carriage by road and rail of thermites and thermite containing articles, including their classification for transport in Great Britain and the ADR area.

Applies to:

Great Britian

Published:

March 2024

Document

Details

The aim of this document is to provide guidance on the appropriate approach to the classification for transport of thermites and thermite containing articles.

HSE has identified that thermites and thermite containing articles meeting the criteria for being classified for transport in Great Britain and the ADR area as Class 1 dangerous goods (as explosive substances and articles) are sometimes being transported either as non-dangerous goods or as Class 4.1 dangerous goods (flammable solids).

Overview of guidance

The guidance covers how:

• thermites and thermite containing articles should not be consigned or accepted for carriage by road or rail without having been assigned an appropriate classification by the Competent Authority of a contracting party to ADR
• thermites and thermite containing articles should be manufactured and stored tin accordance with the requirements of the Explosives Regulations 2014
• thermite containing articles should be subjected to the placing on the market requirements of the Pyrotechnic Articles Safety Regulations 2015