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FEBRUARY 2025
“Hazmat Highlights” is the FAA’s Office of Hazardous Materials Safety monthly newsletter with public updates from government sources related to the safe transportation of hazardous materials by air.
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Dry Ice is a Dangerous Good
Shipping perishable items such as food or medicines with dry ice? Before providing your package for shipment, you must ensure it is properly prepared and identified to the shipping company. Learn more in our factsheet at www.faa.gov/safecargo.
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Lithium Battery Air Incidents Involving Smoke, Fire or Extreme Heat
Note: These are lithium battery related events involving smoke, fire, or extreme heat that the FAA is aware of and should not be considered a complete listing of all such incidents. The methods of collecting and recording these incidents and the data involved has changed over the life span of this chart as the FAA’s Office of Hazardous Materials Safety has evolved. The incident summaries included here are intended to be brief and objective. They do not represent all information the FAA has collected, nor do they include all investigative or enforcement action taken.
This chart was last updated on February 14, 2025.
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 RECENT NOTICES
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 Safety Advisory Notice: Unsafe Cylinders Being Sold Online by Major Retailers to Consumers and HVAC Contractors
On January 13, PHMSA issued a Safety Advisory Notice, titled “Unsafe Cylinders Being Sold Online by Major Retailers to Consumers and HVAC Contractors,” focused on online sales of cylinders not authorized for hazardous materials transportation.
As detailed in the notice, PHMSA is concerned that unauthorized cylinders are being filled with hazardous materials and transported in commerce in support of a business operation. We have found several instances of empty cylinders being sold to consumers, shippers, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) personnel and service technicians that were not manufactured to a DOT specification or UN standard and lack certification markings. Filling these cylinders with hazardous materials could cause significant damage to property, physical injury, or death, as these cylinders are not designed to contain and safely transport hazardous materials.
With this safety advisory notice, PHMSA requests that consumers, retailers, shippers, and DOT-regulated entities ensure their cylinders containing hazardous gases are in compliance with the hazardous materials regulations. In addition to explaining the issue and the regulatory scope of the HMR, the notice provides information and visual examples to assist in identifying whether cylinders are authorized for hazmat transportation in the United States.
For more information on cylinder safety, see the following PHMSA resources:
• Is Your Cylinder Safe to Fill?
• PHMSA Cautions Against Refilling DOT-39 Cylinders.
PHMSA's Newsroom
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Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) 'CALLBACK' Newsletter Highlights
Controller Assistance and Kudos for...
This month, CALLBACK shares incidents that reveal the professionalism, competence, creativity, vision for improvement, and the dedication to safety that Controllers extol.
Read the full newsletter from ASRS here.
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Date: November 26, 2024
Hazard: JIANGSU JUMAO X-CARE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT CO LTD is recalling certain devices due to incidents of device melting and fire during the use of oxygen concentrators. The cause of the fires and melting remains under investigation.
Read more about this recall.
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Date: February 20, 2025
Hazard: The recalled Holosun Red and Gold Firearm Dot Sights violate the mandatory federal regulations for consumer products containing button cell or coin batteries because the lithium coin battery can be easily accessed, posing an ingestion hazard. The products include a lithium coin battery which is not in child-resistant packaging, as required by Reese’s Law. In addition, the products do not bear the required warnings. When button cell or coin batteries are swallowed, the ingested batteries can cause serious injuries, internal chemical burns, and death.
Read more about this recall.
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Date: February 20, 2025
Hazard: The recalled camera grips violate the mandatory federal regulation for consumer products containing button cell and coin batteries because, when the product is dropped, the battery tray can separate from its compartment, making the lithium coin battery easily accessible by children. If button cell or coin batteries are swallowed, the ingested batteries can cause serious injuries, internal chemical burns, and death.
Read more about this recall.
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