TDG accident report

When there is an accident or incident related to the transport of dangerous goods by road or rail, the loader, filler, carrier and recipient must report it to Tukes.

Report the following to Tukes within one month:

  • Dangerous substance leak
  • Imminent risk of the product leaking
  • Personal injury, damage to property, damage to the environment
  • Incident involving a request for assistance from the authorities

For class 7 substances, the report should be simultaneously submitted to the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK). Tukes will notify STUK of an incident involving a class 7 substance, if the person submitting the report has not done so themselves.

Submit an accident report when the personal injury or damage to property or the environment exceeds the decreed criteria, Finnish Transport and Communications Agency on the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road or Rail, Appendix, section 1.8.5.3. The report must be submitted if any of the criteria in the table below is met.

Duty-to-report criteria

 

International TDG accident report
Appendix 

Tukes TDG
accident report form
Appendix 
  Quantity of leaked substance X X
Transport category 0 or 1 ≥ 50 kg or 50 l X X
Transport category 2 ≥ 333 kg or 333 l X X
Transport category 3 or 4 ≥ 1000 kg or 1 000 l X X
Class 6.2 substances > 0 kg or 0 l   X
No leak but an imminent risk of a leak of the quantity of substance above

 

 

 X X
Class 7
A leak, exposure or safety deterioration of a class 7 substance referred to in Appendix A, section 1.8.5 of the Finnish Transport Safety Agency Regulation

X

NB: The report will also be submitted to the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK)

 X

Serious personal injury
A dangerous substance has directly resulted in intensive hospital care, at least a one-day stay in hospital or at least a three-day incapacity for work.

 X X
Damage to property or the environment > €50,000 X X
Serious incident (the criteria above are not met) No obligation X*

* Even if the criteria for TDG reporting were not met, Tukes will regardless request that you report the serious incident using the Tukes TDG accident report form, Appendix A

For the development of safety, it is important to fill out the forms carefully. You can also attach to the form additional information, inspection certificates, images or a graphic presentation related to the accident. Tukes will draw up a description of the events of the TDG accident, and companies can utilise the information to develop their own operations.