Common Name: ETHANOLAMINE

CAS Number: 141-43-5 RTK Substance number: 0835 DOT Number: UN 2491 Date: June 1996 Revision: August 2002 ------

HAZARD SUMMARY * If you think you are experiencing any work-related health * Ethanolamine can affect you when breathed in and by problems, see a doctor trained to recognize occupational passing through your skin. diseases. Take this Fact Sheet with you. * Ethanolamine is a CORROSIVE CHEMICAL and

contact can severely irritate and burn the skin and eyes with possible eye damage. WORKPLACE EXPOSURE LIMITS * Breathing Ethanolamine can irritate the nose, throat and OSHA: The legal airborne permissible exposure limit lungs causing coughing, wheezing and/or shortness of (PEL) is 3 ppm averaged over an 8-hour breath. workshift. * Ethanolamine may cause a skin allergy. If allergy develops, very low future exposure can cause itching and a NIOSH: The recommended airborne exposure limit is skin rash. 3 ppm averaged over a 10-hour workshift and * Ethanolamine may damage the liver and kidneys. 6 ppm, not to be exceeded during any 15 minute * High exposure may affect the nervous system. work period.

ACGIH: The recommended airborne exposure limit is IDENTIFICATION 3 ppm averaged over an 8-hour workshift and Ethanolamine is a colorless, thick , or solid below 51oF o 6 ppm as a STEL (short term exposure limit). (10.5 C), with a mild -like . It is used in making soap and detergents, ink, dyes, and rubber. * The above exposure limits are for air levels only. When skin contact also occurs, you may be overexposed, even REASON FOR CITATION though air levels are less than the limits listed above. * Ethanolamine is on the Hazardous Substance List because it is regulated by OSHA and cited by ACGIH, WAYS OF REDUCING EXPOSURE DOT, NIOSH and NFPA. * Where possible, enclose operations and use local exhaust * This chemical is on the Special Health Hazard Substance ventilation at the site of chemical release. If local exhaust List because it is CORROSIVE. ventilation or enclosure is not used, respirators should be * Definitions are provided on page 5. worn. * Wear protective work clothing. HOW TO DETERMINE IF YOU ARE BEING * Wash thoroughly immediately after exposure to EXPOSED Ethanolamine and at the end of the workshift. The New Jersey Right to Know Act requires most employers * Post hazard and warning information in the work area. In to label chemicals in the workplace and requires public addition, as part of an ongoing education and training employers to provide their employees with information and effort, communicate all information on the health and training concerning chemical hazards and controls. The safety hazards of Ethanolamine to potentially exposed federal OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, 1910.1200, workers. requires private employers to provide similar training and information to their employees.

* Exposure to hazardous substances should be routinely evaluated. This may include collecting personal and area air samples. You can obtain copies of sampling results from your employer. You have a legal right to this information under OSHA 1910.1020. ETHANOLAMINE page 2 of 6

This Fact Sheet is a summary source of information of all Any evaluation should include a careful history of past and potential and most severe health hazards that may result from present symptoms with an exam. Medical tests that look for exposure. Duration of exposure, concentration of the substance damage already done are not a substitute for controlling and other factors will affect your susceptibility to any of the exposure. potential effects described below. ------Request copies of your medical testing. You have a legal right to this information under OSHA 1910.1020. HEALTH HAZARD INFORMATION Mixed Exposures Acute Health Effects * Because smoking can cause heart disease, as well as lung The following acute (short-term) health effects may occur cancer, emphysema, and other respiratory problems, it may immediately or shortly after exposure to Ethanolamine: worsen respiratory conditions caused by chemical exposure. Even if you have smoked for a long time, stopping now will * Contact can severely irritate and burn the skin and eyes reduce your risk of developing health problems. with possible eye damage. * Breathing Ethanolamine can irritate the nose, throat and WORKPLACE CONTROLS AND PRACTICES lungs causing coughing, wheezing and/or shortness of breath. Unless a less toxic chemical can be substituted for a hazardous substance, ENGINEERING CONTROLS are the most Chronic Health Effects effective way of reducing exposure. The best protection is to The following chronic (long-term) health effects can occur at enclose operations and/or provide local exhaust ventilation at some time after exposure to Ethanolamine and can last for the site of chemical release. Isolating operations can also months or years: reduce exposure. Using respirators or protective equipment is less effective than the controls mentioned above, but is Cancer Hazard sometimes necessary. * According to the information presently available to the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, In evaluating the controls present in your workplace, consider: Ethanolamine has not been tested for its ability to cause (1) how hazardous the substance is, (2) how much of the cancer in . substance is released into the workplace and (3) whether harmful skin or eye contact could occur. Special controls Reproductive Hazard should be in place for highly toxic chemicals or when * There is limited evidence that Ethanolamine is a teratogen significant skin, eye, or breathing exposures are possible. in animals. Until further testing has been done, it should be treated as a possible teratogen in humans. In addition, the following control is recommended:

Other Long-Term Effects * Where possible, automatically pump liquid Ethanolamine * Ethanolamine may cause a skin allergy. If allergy from drums or other storage containers to process develops, very low future exposure can cause itching and a containers. skin rash. * Ethanolamine can irritate the lungs. Repeated exposure Good WORK PRACTICES can help to reduce hazardous may cause bronchitis to develop with cough, phlegm, exposures. The following work practices are recommended: and/or shortness of breath. * Ethanolamine may damage the liver and kidneys. * Workers whose clothing has been contaminated by Ethanolamine should change into clean clothing promptly. * High exposure may affect the nervous system. * Contaminated work clothes should be laundered by

individuals who have been informed of the hazards of MEDICAL exposure to Ethanolamine. * Eye wash fountains should be provided in the immediate Medical Testing work area for emergency use. If symptoms develop or overexposure is suspected, the * If there is the possibility of skin exposure, emergency following are recommended: shower facilities should be provided. * On skin contact with Ethanolamine, immediately wash or * Liver and kidney function tests. shower to remove the chemical. At the end of the * Exam of the nervous system. workshift, wash any areas of the body that may have * Evaluation by a qualified allergist, including careful contacted Ethanolamine, whether or not known skin exposure history and special testing, may help diagnose contact has occurred. skin allergy. * Lung function tests.

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* Do not eat, smoke, or drink where Ethanolamine is * If while wearing a filter or cartridge respirator you can handled, processed, or stored, since the chemical can be smell, taste, or otherwise detect Ethanolamine, or if while swallowed. Wash hands carefully before eating, drinking, wearing particulate filters abnormal resistance to smoking, or using the toilet. breathing is experienced, or eye irritation occurs while wearing a full PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT facepiece respirator, leave the area immediately. Check to make sure the respirator-to-face seal is still good. If it is, WORKPLACE CONTROLS ARE BETTER THAN replace the filter or cartridge. If the seal is no longer good, PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. However, for you may need a new respirator. some jobs (such as outside work, confined space entry, jobs * Be sure to consider all potential exposures in your done only once in a while, or jobs done while workplace workplace. You may need a combination of filters, controls are being installed), personal protective equipment prefilters or cartridges to protect against different forms of a may be appropriate. chemical (such as vapor and mist) or against a mixture of chemicals. OSHA 1910.132 requires employers to determine the * Where the potential for high exposure exists, use a NIOSH appropriate personal protective equipment for each hazard and approved supplied-air respirator with a full facepiece to train employees on how and when to use protective operated in a pressure-demand or other positive-pressure equipment. mode. For increased protection use in combination with an auxiliary self-contained breathing apparatus operated in a The following recommendations are only guidelines and may pressure-demand or other positive-pressure mode. not apply to every situation. * Exposure to 30 ppm is immediately dangerous to life and health. If the possibility of exposure above 30 ppm exists, Clothing use a MSHA/NIOSH approved self-contained breathing * Avoid skin contact with Ethanolamine. Wear protective apparatus with a full facepiece operated in a pressure- gloves and clothing. Safety equipment demand or other positive-pressure mode. suppliers/manufacturers can provide recommendations on the most protective glove/clothing material for your HANDLING AND STORAGE operation. * All protective clothing (suits, gloves, footwear, headgear) * Prior to working with Ethanolamine you should be trained should be clean, available each day, and put on before on its proper handling and storage. work. * Ethanolamine is not compatible with OXIDIZING * ACGIH recommends Neoprene, Nitrile, Viton or Polyvinyl AGENTS (such as PERCHLORATES, PEROXIDES, Chloride as protective materials. PERMANGANATES, CHLORATES, NITRATES, CHLORINE, BROMINE and FLUORINE); STRONG Eye Protection (such as HYDROCHLORIC, SULFURIC and * Wear indirect-vent, impact and splash resistant goggles NITRIC); IRON; VINYL ACETATE; ISOCYANATES; when working with . and EPICHLOROHYDRIN. * Wear a face shield along with goggles when working with * Store in tightly closed containers in a cool, well-ventilated corrosive, highly irritating or toxic substances. area away from COPPER, BRASS, RUBBER, * Contact lenses should not be worn when working with this ALUMINUM, TIN, and PLASTIC. substance. * Sources of ignition, such as smoking and open flames, are prohibited where Ethanolamine is used, handled, or stored Respiratory Protection in a manner that could create a potential fire or explosion IMPROPER USE OF RESPIRATORS IS DANGEROUS. hazard. Such equipment should only be used if the employer has a * Ship under an inert gas. written program that takes into account workplace conditions, requirements for worker training, respirator fit testing and medical exams, as described in OSHA 1910.134. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

* Where the potential exists for exposure over 3 ppm, use a Q: If I have acute health effects, will I later get chronic MSHA/NIOSH approved full facepiece respirator with a health effects? chemical cartridge specific for Ethanolamine. Increased A: Not always. Most chronic (long-term) effects result from protection is obtained from full facepiece powered-air repeated exposures to a chemical. purifying respirators. Q: Can I get long-term effects without ever having short- term effects? A: Yes, because long-term effects can occur from repeated exposures to a chemical at levels not high enough to make you immediately sick.

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Q: What are my chances of getting sick when I have been ------exposed to chemicals? The following information is available from: A: The likelihood of becoming sick from chemicals is increased as the amount of exposure increases. This is New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services determined by the length of time and the amount of Occupational Health Service material to which someone is exposed. PO Box 360 Trenton, NJ 08625-0360 Q: When are higher exposures more likely? (609) 984-1863 A: Conditions which increase risk of exposure include (609) 984-7407 (fax) physical and mechanical processes (heating, pouring, spraying, spills and evaporation from large surface areas Web address: http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/odisweb/ such as open containers), and "confined space" exposures (working inside vats, reactors, boilers, small rooms, etc.). Industrial Hygiene Information Industrial hygienists are available to answer your questions Q: Is the risk of getting sick higher for workers than for regarding the control of chemical exposures using exhaust community residents? ventilation, special work practices, good housekeeping, good A: Yes. Exposures in the community, except possibly in hygiene practices, and personal protective equipment including respirators. In addition, they can help to interpret the results of cases of fires or spills, are usually much lower than those industrial hygiene survey data. found in the workplace. However, people in the

community may be exposed to contaminated water as Medical Evaluation well as to chemicals in the air over long periods. This If you think you are becoming sick because of exposure to may be a problem for children or people who are already chemicals at your workplace, you may call personnel at the ill. Department of Health and Senior Services, Occupational Health Service, who can help you find the information you Q: Can men as well as women be affected by chemicals that need. cause reproductive system damage? A: Yes. Some chemicals reduce potency or fertility in both Public Presentations men and women. Some damage sperm and eggs, possibly Presentations and educational programs on occupational health leading to birth defects. or the Right to Know Act can be organized for labor unions, trade associations and other groups. Q: Who is at the greatest risk from reproductive hazards? A: Pregnant women are at greatest risk from chemicals that Right to Know Information Resources harm the developing fetus. However, chemicals may The Right to Know Infoline (609) 984-2202 can answer affect the ability to have children, so both men and questions about the identity and potential health effects of women of childbearing age are at high risk. chemicals, list of educational materials in occupational health,

references used to prepare the Fact Sheets, preparation of the Q: Should I be concerned if a chemical is a teratogen in Right to Know Survey, education and training programs, animals? labeling requirements, and general information regarding the A: Yes. Although some chemicals may affect humans Right to Know Act. Violations of the law should be reported to differently than they affect animals, damage to animals (609) 984-2202. suggests that similar damage can occur in humans. ------

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DEFINITIONS

ACGIH is the American Conference of Governmental NAERG is the North American Emergency Response Industrial Hygienists. It recommends upper limits (called Guidebook. It was jointly developed by Transport Canada, the TLVs) for exposure to workplace chemicals. United States Department of Transportation and the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation of Mexico. It is a A carcinogen is a substance that causes cancer. guide for first responders to quickly identify the specific or generic hazards of material involved in a transportation The CAS number is assigned by the Chemical Abstracts incident, and to protect themselves and the general public Service to identify a specific chemical. during the initial response phase of the incident.

A combustible substance is a solid, liquid or gas that will burn. NCI is the National Cancer Institute, a federal agency that determines the cancer-causing potential of chemicals. A corrosive substance is a gas, liquid or solid that causes irreversible damage to human tissue or containers. NFPA is the National Fire Protection Association. It classifies substances according to their fire and explosion hazard. DEP is the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. NIOSH is the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. It tests equipment, evaluates and approves respirators, DOT is the Department of Transportation, the federal agency conducts studies of workplace hazards, and proposes standards that regulates the transportation of chemicals. to OSHA.

EPA is the Environmental Protection Agency, the federal NTP is the National Toxicology Program which tests agency responsible for regulating environmental hazards. chemicals and reviews evidence for cancer.

A fetus is an unborn human or . OSHA is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which adopts and enforces health and safety standards. A flammable substance is a solid, liquid, vapor or gas that will ignite easily and burn rapidly. PEL is the Permissible Exposure Limit which is enforceable by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The flash point is the temperature at which a liquid or solid gives off vapor that can form a flammable mixture with air. PIH is a DOT designation for chemicals which are Poison Inhalation Hazards. HHAG is the Human Health Assessment Group of the federal EPA. ppm means parts of a substance per million parts of air. It is a measure of concentration by volume in air. IARC is the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a scientific group that classifies chemicals according to their A reactive substance is a solid, liquid or gas that releases cancer-causing potential. energy under certain conditions.

A miscible substance is a liquid or gas that will evenly dissolve A teratogen is a substance that causes birth defects by in another. damaging the fetus.

mg/m3 means milligrams of a chemical in a cubic meter of air. TLV is the Threshold Limit Value, the workplace exposure It is a measure of concentration (weight/volume). limit recommended by ACGIH.

A mutagen is a substance that causes mutations. A mutation is The vapor pressure is a measure of how readily a liquid or a a change in the genetic material in a body cell. Mutations can solid mixes with air at its surface. A higher vapor pressure lead to birth defects, miscarriages, or cancer. indicates a higher concentration of the substance in air and therefore increases the likelihood of breathing it in.

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Common Name: ETHANOLAMINE HANDLING AND STORAGE (See page 3) DOT Number: UN 2491 NAERG Code: 153 FIRST AID CAS Number: 141-43-5 For POISON INFORMATION call 1-800-222-1222

Hazard rating NJDHSS NFPA Eye Contact FLAMMABILITY - 2 * Immediately flush with large amounts of water for at least REACTIVITY - 0 15 minutes, occasionally lifting upper and lower lids. Seek medical attention immediately. CORROSIVE AND COMBUSTIBLE

POISONOUS GASES ARE PRODUCED IN FIRE CONTAINERS MAY EXPLODE IN FIRE Skin Contact * Quickly remove contaminated clothing. Immediately wash

area with large amounts of soap and water. Seek medical Hazard Rating Key: 0=minimal; 1=slight; 2=moderate; attention immediately. 3=serious; 4=severe

FIRE HAZARDS Breathing * Remove the person from exposure.

* Begin rescue breathing (using universal precautions) if * Ethanolamine is a COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID. breathing has stopped and CPR if heart action has stopped. * Use dry chemical, CO , water spray, or polymer 2 * Transfer promptly to a medical facility. foam extinguishers.

* POISONOUS GASES ARE PRODUCED IN FIRE, PHYSICAL DATA including Nitrogen Oxides. * CONTAINERS MAY EXPLODE IN FIRE. o o * Use water spray to keep fire-exposed containers cool. Vapor Pressure: 0.4 mm Hg at 68 F (20 C) * If employees are expected to fight fires, they must be Flash Point: 185oF (85oC) trained and equipped as stated in OSHA 1910.156. Water : Miscible

SPILLS AND EMERGENCIES OTHER COMMONLY USED NAMES

If Ethanolamine is spilled or leaked, take the following steps: Chemical Name: , 2-Amino- * Evacuate persons not wearing protective equipment from Other Names: area of spill or leak until clean-up is complete. Aminoethanol; 1-Amino-2-Hydroxyethane; * Remove all ignition sources. 2-Hydroxyethylamine * Cover with dry lime, sand or soda ash, and place in covered

containers for disposal. ------* Ventilate and wash area after clean-up is complete. * It may be necessary to contain and dispose of Not intended to be copied and sold for commercial Ethanolamine as a HAZARDOUS WASTE. Contact your purposes. state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) or ------your regional office of the federal Environmental NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Protection Agency (EPA) for specific recommendations. SENIOR SERVICES * If employees are required to clean-up spills, they must be Right to Know Program properly trained and equipped. OSHA 1910.120(q) may be PO Box 368, Trenton, NJ 08625-0368 applicable. (609) 984-2202 ------======FOR LARGE SPILLS AND FIRES immediately call your fire department. You can request emergency information from the following:

CHEMTREC: (800) 424-9300 NJDEP HOTLINE: 1-877-WARN-DEP ======