Start here if you have been told to submit DD Form 2357. First, know what you are filling: Hazardous Component Safety Data Statement (HCSDS). The document is titled DD Form 2357, Hazardous Component Safety Data Statement (HCSDS), April 1999..
Next, check the edition. You want not stated, currently carried as not stated by the publisher. Then confirm the form applies to you — this is a Department of Defense form, so you use it whether you serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force or Coast Guard under Defense jurisdiction.
After that, turn to timing. The requirement comes from not stated; the form is maintained by not stated. Local implementing instructions fill in the dates, so check with the office that will receive your copy.
Before you download, pick your approach — editable file or printed page. What follows covers the formats first, then the entries, then what you do afterward.
Now fill it in. Work from the top of the page downward, and do not jump ahead — the identifying block comes first, the substance of your entry second, the certification last. Later boxes often depend on what you put at the top.
Before your first entry, look at the corner of the page and compare the printed date with not stated. If they do not match, stop and download again. Old copies circulate in shared drives for years, and a DD form is revised centrally for every service at once, so a superseded blank may not carry the fields your reviewer expects.
If a particular field puzzles you, read the instructions printed on the form first, then go to not stated. When the two disagree, follow the directive.
Download the form
First, look at what you can download. The set covers PDF, the form runs 1 pages, and you will complete roughly 35 fields.
Take the pdf if you are unsure. Then check which kind you have: if the boxes highlight when you click them, you have a fillable pdf and can type straight into it, and your entries save with the file. If nothing highlights, you have a printable pdf — send it to a printer and use black ink.
Prefer typing over writing. Your form will likely be scanned and emailed onward, and typed text reproduces at every stage while pen strokes fade or blur. When you do write, print in capitals so the receiving clerk can read it.
What the form asks for
- Press this Reset button to clear the data from all fields.
- 1. Date prepared (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 2. Material/component/assembly.
- 3. Number.
- 4. Revision.
- 5. Applicable federal acquisition regulation (F A R) safety clause.
- Part 1 - Sensitivity (apparatus and comparison values). 6. Friction test.
- 7. Impact test.
- 8. Electrostatic discharge test.
- Part 1 - Hazards. 9. Fire.
- 10. Auto ignition temperature.
- 11. Flash point.
- 12. Decomposition products.
- 13. Flammable and or explosive limits. a. Lower percent.
- 13.b. Upper percent.
- 14. Explosion.
- 15. Explosive temperature (5 sec.).
- 16. Dusts.
- 17. Health hazard information (toxicity).
- 18. Unpacked (in process) hazard class (specify quantities involved).
- 19. Special requirements (if additional space is needed, use plain bond paper).
- Part 3 - Shipping/Storage Classification of Item when Packed in Accordance with Approved Packing Drawings. 20. DoD Hazard Class/Division.
- 21. D O D storage compatibility group.
- 22. D O T hazard classification.
Now that it is complete, send it where not stated or your local procedure says it goes. Before you do, make yourself a copy — scan it or save the file elsewhere. It costs you nothing and saves you the whole exercise if the original goes missing.
Should you need a related form, look it up by its number. The DD sequence is Department-wide, which makes your search simple: no service qualifier, no branch-specific variant to track down.
Be careful when a procedure pairs this form with a service form. Read the prefix, not just the digits. Service forms answer to a service proponent, while DD forms answer to not stated or an equivalent Department office, and the two sequences were never aligned. Grabbing the wrong prefix gets you a form that has nothing to do with your task.
Do not archive this file and reuse it in a year. Forms are reissued as directives are revised, as data requirements shift, and as statutory notice text is amended. Your protection is simple: download fresh each time and confirm the edition date.
One thing this page does not do: tell you whether your submission will be accepted. We publish the document and explain how to complete it, and that is where our role ends. Nothing here is legal advice. Take questions about eligibility, applicability or procedure to not stated, to your servicing personnel office, or to the office named in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2357?
- DD Form 2357, Hazardous Component Safety Data Statement (HCSDS), April 1999.
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?