A300 captain reported hazmat container lid was not configured securely for air transport.

Attributes
ACN	1705663
Time
Date	201911
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation

Narrative:

I was in the ZZZ1 ramp office waiting to get checked in for a jumpseat back to ZZZ an hour and a half after our flight inbound. I over heard the ZZZ1 ramp agents discussing the fact that the door was not secured on the hazmat container; on the flight that we operated into ZZZ1 from ZZZ that morning. After the fact; I spoke with first officer about the hazmat container inspection. First officer told me that he checked the fire hose connection and left the cargo compartment to give me the hazmat paperwork; but he couldn't specifically recall the agent replacing the hazmat container door. When first officer went back to give the ramp agent the signed copy of the paperwork; he saw the ramp agent securing the cargo net and smoke barrier. Ramp agent forgot to replace or secure the hazmat container door. We probably need to have a verification procedure the the hazmat container door.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A300 Captain reported hazmat container lid was not configured securely for air transport.

Narrative: I was in the ZZZ1 Ramp Office waiting to get checked in for a jumpseat back to ZZZ an hour and a half after our flight inbound. I over heard the ZZZ1 ramp agents discussing the fact that the door was not secured on the hazmat container; on the flight that we operated into ZZZ1 from ZZZ that morning. After the fact; I spoke with First Officer about the hazmat container inspection. First Officer told me that he checked the fire hose connection and left the cargo compartment to give me the hazmat paperwork; but he couldn't specifically recall the Agent replacing the hazmat container door. When First Officer went back to give the Ramp Agent the signed copy of the paperwork; he saw the Ramp Agent securing the cargo net and smoke barrier. Ramp Agent forgot to replace or secure the hazmat container door. We probably need to have a verification procedure the the hazmat container door.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.