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hazardous material
- Definição1
- Any substance or material that when involved in an accident and released in sufficient quantities, poses a risk to people’s health, safety, and/or property. These substances and materials include explosives, radioactive materials, flammable liquids or solids, combustible liquids or solids, poisons, oxidizers, toxins, and corrosive materials.
- Fonte1
- ESTADOS UNIDOS. Federal Aviation Administration. Advisory circular: airport emergency plan. Consolidated AC includes change 2. [Washington, DC], 2009. (AC n. 150/5200-31C).
- Fonte2
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Airport services manual: part 5: removal of disabled aircraft. 4th ed. Montreal, 2009. (Doc. 9137 AN/898).
- Nota adicional1
- The term is generally used in the plural: hazardous materials.
- Nota adicional2
- Acronym in English: HAZMAT.
- Contexto
- Hazardous materials at an accident/incident site can include various aircraft parts made from composite materials and dangerous goods being carried as cargo. Another example of hazardous material is depleted uranium, which is sometimes used for balance weights. Cracked, broken and torn metals also present significant hazards from their sharp and jagged edges.
- Subárea1
- Safety
- Related Term
- respiratory protection equipment
- Português
- material perigoso