Health & Safety Data Sheet s1

HEALTH & SAFETY DATA SHEET

1. IDENTIFICATION OF SUBSTANCE OR PREPARATION

SURGE: DRAIN CLEANER & OPENER

2. COMPOSTION/INFORMATION ON INGREDIENTS

SODIUM HYDROXIDE SEQUESTRANTS SURFACTANT DYE WATER

3. HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION

CORROSIVE – CAUSES BURNS CONTAINS SODIUM HYDROXIDE @ 17% W/W S.1.1824

4. FIRST AID MEASURES

INHALATION REMOVE PATIENT TO FRESH AIR

SKIN CONTACT FLUSH WITH PLENTY OF WATER AND REMOVE CONTAMINATED CLOTHING AND SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION

EYE CONTACT IRRIGATE THE EYES WITH WATER OF EYE WASH SOLUTION FOR AT LEAST 10 MINUTES AND SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION

INGESTION GIVE MILK OR WATER AS DILUTENT. 15mls PER KILO OF BODY WEIGHT TO A MAXIMUM OF 200 - 300mls. AND SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION

NOTES TO PHYSICIAN TREAT AS SYMPTOMATIC

5. FIRE FIGHTING MEASURES

MATERIAL IS NOT FLAMMABLE. USE ANY SUITABLE FIRE FIGHTING MEDIUM

6. ACCIDENTAL RELEASE MEASURES

ABSORB LARGE SPILLAGES WITH SAND OR ANY SUITABLE MEDIUM. DISPOSE OF ACCORDING TO LOCAL AUTHORITY GUIDELINES. SMALL SPILLAGES MAY BE FLUSHED AWAY WITH WATER. AVOID WASHINGS ENTERING WATER COURSE. DO NOT ALLOW PORDUCT TO ENTER EYES.

7. HANDLING & STORAGE

HANDLING AVOID SKIN & EYE CONTACT

STORAGE STORE AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURES. KEEP FROM FREEZING

8. EXPOSURE CONTROLS/PERSONAL PROTECTION

RESPIRATORY PROTECTION NOT NECESSARY UNLESS USED IN A CONFINED SPACE

HAND PROTECTION WEAR SUITABLE GLOVES SUCH AS RUBBER OR PLASTIC

EYE PROTECTION WEAR GOGGLES

SKIN PROTECTION WEAR SUITABLE OVERALLS

OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMIT 100% SODIUM HYDROXIDE HAS AN O.E.S. OF 2mg/m-3 (long & short term) 9. PHYSICAL & CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

APPEARANCE BLUE LIQUID

ODOUR SLIGHT

pH of 0.5% 12-14

BOILING POINT NOT DETERMINED

MELTING POINT NOT DETERMINED

FLASH POINT NO MEASURABLE FLASH POINT

VAPOUR PRESSURE NOT DETERMINED

RELATIVE DENSITY 1.21 + 0.01

SOLUBILITY IN WATER SOLUBLE

10. STABILITY & REACTIVITY

CONDITIONS TO AVOID EXTREMES OF TEMPERATURE

MATERIALS TO AVOID ACIDS, ALUMINIUM, ZINC

HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSTION PRODUCTS EVOLVES HYDROGEN IN CONTACT WITH ALUMINIUM & ZINC

11. TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION

SKIN CONTACT WILL CAUSE SEVERE BURNS

EYE CONTACT CAN CAUSE SEVERE DAMAGE

INGESTION CAUSES SEVERE DAMGE TO MUCOUS MEMBRANES AND DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

12. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION

HIGH pH ON DILUTION WITH WATER. TOXIC TO AQUATIC ORGANISMS DUE TO HIGH pH.

13. DISPOSABLE CONSIDERATIONS

LARGE QUANTITIES VIA AN AUTHORISED WASTE DISPOSABLE CONTRACTOR TO AN APPROVED WASTE DISPOSAL SITE, OBSERVING ALL LOCAL AND NATIONAL REGULATIONS. SMALL QUANTITIES MAY BE FLUSHED AWAY WITH PLENTY OF WATER.

14. TRANSPORT INFORMATION

UN No 1824

ICAO/IATA

ADR CLASS 8

PROPER SHIPPING NAME

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 15. REGULATORY INFORMATION

SYMBOL CORROSIVE

R-PHRASES R.35 CAUSES SEVERE BURNS

S-PHRASES S2, 26, 37/39

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

REFER TO NATIONAL LEGISLATION FOR SPECIFIC MEASURES THAT MAY BE RELEVANT

16. OTHER INFORMATION

THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN THIS SAFETY SHEET IS BASED ON KNOWLEDGE AVAILABLEAT THE TIME OF COMPILATION AND IS INTENDED TO DESCRIBE THE PRODUCT ONLY IN TERMA OF HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. IT DOES NOT SIGNIFY ANY WARRANTY WITH REGARD TO SPECIFIC PROPERTIES OR SPECIFICATIONS.

CREATION DATE 21ST JANUARY 1995