Shipping oil

[derb]

Thanks Lil bastard. I looked around the web and couldn't find anything either.
Did it come with any special packaging?

[Lil bastard]

Originally Posted by derb

Thanks Lil bastard. I looked around the web and couldn't find anything either.
Did it come with any special packaging?

Well, it was wrapped in a standard plastic bag like you'd get at a convenience store. It was a 'Malossi' bag, but that's all. The bag was not even taped, just twist tied. It was with some other parts, all in a standard corrugated cardboard shipping box (actuially a reused 'Maxell' box), no special handling or other HazMat stickers on the box or anything. The UPS label didn't say anything about oil or hazardous material either.

[cas951]

This also depends on quantity being shipped and where it's being shipped. Some states consider motor oil as hazardous material. Some don't.

But then again It's been several years since I've dealt with Haz.

[cnavarro]

We ship oil out on almost a daily basis - first I ever hear of this. Sounds like they didn't have it or didn't want get it for you.

[jmatta]

Amazon carries Royal Purple, as well as most other top brands. They'll ship it anywhere. Sounds like the people you were dealing with are goofs.

[ddb]

I'm not famiilar with any new regulations about shipping motor oil. To be honest, I'm not familiar with any old regulations either. I do believe any regulations governing shipment of hazardous or potentially hazardous materials would come from Department of Transportation, not OSHA.

[gregdacat]

+1 ddb

OSHA would have nothing to do with shipping oil. OSHA is concerned with workplace safety. They could care less about what a vendor ships through the mail to a private customer. Now DOT or US Postal might have something, but not OSHA.

I ship oil to Blackstone labs every couple of months and no one has ever questioned it. Likewise, my employer ships probably hundreds of oil sample to a lab each month it has never been a problem.