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Website Exposure May Cause Bronchitis to Develop with Coughing, ( Or in Your Facility’S RTK Phlegm, And/Or Shortness of Breath Right to Know Hazardous Substance Fact Sheet Common Name: SODIUM BISULFITE Synonym: Sodium Hydrogen Sulfite CAS Number: 7631-90-5 Chemical Name: Sulfurous Acid, Monosodium Salt RTK Substance Number: 1685 Date: August 1998 Revision: April 2008 DOT Number: UN 2693 (Solution) Description and Use EMERGENCY RESPONDERS >>>> SEE BACK PAGE Sodium Bisulfite is a white, crystalline solid with a slight odor Hazard Summary of rotten eggs. It is often in a liquid solution. It is used in Hazard Rating NJDOH NFPA making paper and leather, as a food preservative and in dye HEALTH 2 - and chemical production. FLAMMABILITY 0 - REACTIVITY 0 - CORROSIVE POISONOUS GASES ARE PRODUCED IN FIRE Reasons for Citation f Sodium Bisulfite is on the Right to Know Hazardous Substance List because it is cited by ACGIH, DOT, NIOSH, Hazard Rating Key: 0=minimal; 1=slight; 2=moderate; 3=serious; 4=severe IARC and EPA. f This chemical is on the Special Health Hazard Substance List. f Sodium Bisulfite can affect you when inhaled. f Contact can severely irritate and burn the skin and eyes. f Inhaling Sodium Bisulfite can irritate the nose, throat and lungs. f Sodium Bisulfite may cause a skin allergy and an asthma- like allergy. SEE GLOSSARY ON PAGE 5. f Sodium Bisulfite is CORROSIVE when in a liquid solution with water. FIRST AID Eye Contact f Quickly brush off excess chemical from the face. Immediately flush with large amounts of water for at least 60 Workplace Exposure Limits minutes, lifting upper and lower lids. Remove contact NIOSH: The recommended airborne exposure limit (REL) is lenses, if worn, while flushing. DO NOT INTERRUPT 5 mg/m3 averaged over a 10-hour workshift. FLUSHING. Seek medical attention immediately. 3 Skin Contact ACGIH: The threshold limit value (TLV) is 5 mg/m averaged f Quickly remove contaminated clothing. Immediately blot or over an 8-hour workshift. brush off excess chemical and wash gently with large amounts of water for at least 60 minutes. DO NOT INTERRUPT WASHING. Seek medical attention immediately. Inhalation f Remove the person from exposure. f Begin rescue breathing (using universal precautions) if breathing has stopped and CPR if heart action has stopped. f Transfer promptly to a medical facility. EMERGENCY NUMBERS Poison Control: 1-800-222-1222 CHEMTREC: 1-800-424-9300 NJDEP Hotline: 1-877-927-6337 National Response Center: 1-800-424-8802 SODIUM BISULFITE Page 2 of 6 Determining Your Exposure Reproductive Hazard f According to the information presently available to the New f Read the product manufacturer’s Material Safety Data Jersey Department of Health, Sodium Bisulfite has been Sheet (MSDS) and the label to determine product tested and has not been shown to affect reproduction. ingredients and important safety and health information about the product mixture. Other Effects f Exposure may cause a skin allergy. If allergy develops, very f For each individual hazardous ingredient, read the New low future exposure can cause itching and a skin rash. Jersey Department of Health Hazardous Substance Fact f Inhaling Sodium Bisulfite can irritate the lungs. Repeated Sheet, available on the RTK website exposure may cause bronchitis to develop with coughing, (www.nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb) or in your facility’s RTK phlegm, and/or shortness of breath. Central File or Hazard Communication Standard file. f Sodium Bisulfite may cause an asthma-like allergy. Future exposure can cause asthma attacks with shortness of f You have a right to this information under the New Jersey breath, wheezing, coughing, and/or chest tightness. Worker and Community Right to Know Act, the Public Employees Occupational Safety and Health (PEOSH) Act if you are a public worker in New Jersey, and under the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) if you Medical are a private worker. Medical Testing Before beginning employment and at regular times after that, f The New Jersey Right to Know Act requires most for frequent or potentially high exposures, the following are employers to label chemicals in the workplace and recommended: requires public employers to provide their employees with information concerning chemical hazards and controls. f Lung function tests The federal OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (29 CFR 1910.1200) and the PEOSH Hazard Communication If symptoms develop or overexposure is suspected, the following is recommended: Standard (N.J.A.C. 12:100-7) require employers to provide similar information and training to their employees. f Evaluation by a qualified allergist can help diagnose skin allergy. This Fact Sheet is a summary of available information regarding the health hazards that may result from exposure. Any evaluation should include a careful history of past and Duration of exposure, concentration of the substance and other present symptoms with an exam. Medical tests that look for factors will affect your susceptibility to any of the potential damage already done are not a substitute for controlling effects described below. exposure. Request copies of your medical testing. You have a legal right Health Hazard Information to this information under the OSHA Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records Standard (29 CFR 1910.1020). Acute Health Effects The following acute (short-term) health effects may occur immediately or shortly after exposure to Sodium Bisulfite: Mixed Exposures f Smoking can cause heart disease, lung cancer, f Contact can severely irritate and burn the skin and eyes. emphysema, and other respiratory problems. It may worsen f Inhaling Sodium Bisulfite can irritate the nose and throat respiratory conditions caused by chemical exposure. Even if causing coughing and wheezing. you have smoked for a long time, stopping now will reduce your risk of developing health problems. Chronic Health Effects The following chronic (long-term) health effects can occur at some time after exposure to Sodium Bisulfite and can last for months or years: Cancer Hazard f While Sodium Bisulfite has been tested, it is not classifiable as to its potential to cause cancer. f Sodium Bisulfite may cause mutations (genetic changes). SODIUM BISULFITE Page 3 of 6 Workplace Controls and Practices Eye Protection Very toxic chemicals, or those that are reproductive hazards or f Wear eye protection with side shields or goggles. sensitizers, require expert advice on control measures if a less f For liquid solutions of Sodium Bisulfite, use indirect-vent, toxic chemical cannot be substituted. Control measures impact and splash resistant goggles. include: (1) enclosing chemical processes for severely f Wear a face shield along with goggles when working with irritating and corrosive chemicals, (2) using local exhaust corrosive, highly irritating or toxic substances. ventilation for chemicals that may be harmful with a single f Do not wear contact lenses when working with this exposure, and (3) using general ventilation to control substance. exposures to skin and eye irritants. For further information on workplace controls, consult the NIOSH document on Control Respiratory Protection Banding at www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/ctrlbanding/. Improper use of respirators is dangerous. Respirators should only be used if the employer has implemented a written The following work practices are also recommended: program that takes into account workplace conditions, requirements for worker training, respirator fit testing, and f Label process containers. medical exams, as described in the OSHA Respiratory f Provide employees with hazard information and training. f Monitor airborne chemical concentrations. Protection Standard (29 CFR 1910.134). f Use engineering controls if concentrations exceed recommended exposure levels. f Where the potential exists for exposure over 5 mg/m3, use a f Provide eye wash fountains and emergency showers. NIOSH approved full facepiece negative pressure, air f Wash or shower if skin comes in contact with a hazardous purifying, particulate filter respirator. The filter classifications material. of dust/mist/fume, paint spray or pesticide prefilters, and f Always wash at the end of the workshift. filters for radon daughters, have been replaced with the N, f Change into clean clothing if clothing becomes R, and P series. Each series has three levels of filtering contaminated. efficiency: 95%, 99%, and 99.9%. f Do not take contaminated clothing home. f Leave the area immediately if (1) while wearing a filter or f Get special training to wash contaminated clothing. cartridge respirator you can smell, taste, or otherwise detect f Do not eat, smoke, or drink in areas where chemicals are Sodium Bisulfite, (2) while wearing particulate filters being handled, processed or stored. abnormal resistance to breathing is experienced, or (3) eye f Wash hands carefully before eating, smoking, drinking, irritation occurs while wearing a full facepiece respirator. applying cosmetics or using the toilet. Check to make sure the respirator-to-face seal is still good. If it is, replace the filter or cartridge. If the seal is no longer In addition, the following may be useful or required: good, you may need a new respirator. f Consider all potential sources of exposure in your workplace. f Use a vacuum or a wet method to reduce dust during clean- You may need a combination of filters, prefilters or cartridges up. DO NOT DRY SWEEP. to protect against different forms of a chemical (such as vapor and mist) or against a mixture of chemicals. 3 f Where the potential exists for exposure over 50 mg/m , use a NIOSH approved supplied-air respirator with a full Personal Protective Equipment facepiece operated in a pressure-demand or other positive- The OSHA Personal Protective Equipment Standard (29 CFR pressure mode. For increased protection use in combination with an auxiliary self-contained breathing apparatus 1910.132) requires employers to determine the appropriate operated in a pressure-demand or other positive-pressure personal protective equipment for each hazard and to train mode. employees on how and when to use protective equipment.
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