# Ferrous metal borings or Ferrous metal shavings or Ferrous metal turnings or Ferrous metal cuttings in a form liable to self-heating — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For Ferrous metal borings or Ferrous metal shavings or Ferrous metal turnings or Ferrous metal cuttings in a form liable to self-heating, carrier is USPS; restriction type is prohibited; scope is domestic mail (air and surface); conditions is Hazard class 4.2, UN2793, packing group III; domestic mail air: Prohibited; domestic mail surface: Prohibited, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Item category:** Ferrous metal borings or Ferrous metal shavings or Ferrous metal turnings or Ferrous metal cuttings in a form liable to self-heating _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** USPS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** prohibited _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** domestic mail (air and surface) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Hazard class 4.2, UN2793, packing group III; domestic mail air: Prohibited; domestic mail surface: Prohibited _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Ferrous metal borings or Ferrous metal shavings or Ferrous metal turnings or Ferrous metal cuttings in a form liable to self-heating 4.2 UN2793 III Prohibited Prohibited

## Source

- https://pe.usps.com/cpim/ftp/pubs/pub52/pub52.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).