Air carrier captain reported dangerous goods cargo was unloaded due to packages being crushed.

Attributes
ACN	1582303
Time
Date	201810
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Two class 8 dangerous goods packages were tied down too tightly and the packages were crushed. We had them removed from the aircraft before pushback.inspect the tie down ropes and ensure they secure the packages but don't crush them.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier Captain reported Dangerous Goods cargo was unloaded due to packages being crushed.

Narrative: Two Class 8 Dangerous Goods packages were tied down too tightly and the packages were crushed. We had them removed from the aircraft before pushback.Inspect the tie down ropes and ensure they secure the packages but don't crush them.

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.