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New York State Metal Coil Endorsement Securement Manual

SECTION 1: FUNDAMENTALS OF CARGO SECUREMENT

Guiding Principle:

Public safety requires that METAL COILS and other cargo being transported on the highway must remain on or within the vehicle under normal driving conditions. The purpose of the standard is:

• To make highways safer.
• To prevent damage to cargo

Consequences for Drivers Who Do Not Follow the Standard:

• Delay of trip due to roadside enforcement activity.
• Possible accident resulting in personal injury or death.
• Financial losses to the driver and carrier, such as: loss of shipment, criminal or civil prosecution, increase in insurance rates, clean-up costs after the accident.
• Damage to cargo.

When to Apply the Standard:

Apply the standard when securing cargo to be transported on a highway by commercial vehicles:

• Cargo Type:

  For cargo and dangerous goods/hazardous materials, including equipment carried for vehicle operation and the contents of intermodal containers.

• Vehicle Type:

  Vehicle Type - for commercial vehicles (trucks, truck tractors, semitrailers, full trailers and tractor-pole trailers) with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 4,500 kgs. / 10,000 lbs.

General Requirements of the Standard:

Cargo must be contained or secured so it does not:

• Leak
• Spill
• Blow
• Fall from or through
• Become dislodged
• Swing or shift, making the vehicle unstable

Performance Criteria for Securement Systems:

Part I: Cargo Securement Performance Criteria

The standard provides the minimum amount of force that cargo should be expected to withstand, in each direction, as shown below.

These minimum force requirements, called the “performance criteria”, were determined after extensive testing. The securement system MUST be capable of resisting these forces, as shown below.

• The forward force (80% of the cargo weight) represents braking while driving straight ahead.
• The rearward force (50% of the cargo weight) represents vehicle acceleration or braking in reverse.
• The side-to-side or lateral force (50% of the cargo weight) represents traveling on a curve, ramp or changing lanes.
• The vertical force (20% of the cargo weight)) represents cargo vibration during transport. This requirement is satisfied when the cargo is "Fully Contained"

The performance criteria may also be expressed in terms of acceleration, which is shown at right (“g” is the term used for gravity, and represents acceleration or deceleration).

• 0.8 g deceleration in the forward direction.
• 0.5 g deceleration in the rearward direction.
• 0.5 g acceleration in a side-to-side or lateral direction.
• 0.2 g vertical acceleration.

EXAMPLE: If a steel coil weighs 10,000 lbs., the load securement must provide 8,000 lbs. of securement to prevent movement in the forward direction, which is expressed as 80% of the cargo weight (or 0.8 g).

"Fully Contained" Cargo:

"Fully contained" means that the cargo is placed against a vehicle structure of adequate strength or other cargo so that it cannot shift or tip. Cargo that fills a sided vehicle of adequate strength is considered fully contained.

PART II - Performance Criteria for Components of a Securement System

Each component of the cargo securement system should not exceed its Working Load Limit (WLL), when at maximum force. The Working Load Limit is the maximum load that may be applied to a component of a cargo securement system during normal service; it is usually assigned by the manufacturer of the component.

Each force in the performance criteria is to be applied separately to the securement system to determine if it is compliant.