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Common Name: ISOBUTYL ALCOHOL CAS Number: 78-83-1 RTK Substance number: 1043 DOT Number: UN 1212 Date: April 1997 Revision: April 2004 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- HAZARD SUMMARY * Isobutyl Alcohol can affect you when breathed in. * ODOR THRESHOLD = 3.6 ppm. * Isobutyl Alcohol can irritate the eyes and skin causing a * The range of accepted odor threshold values is quite rash or burning feeling on contact. broad. Caution should be used in relying on odor alone as * Breathing Isobutyl Alcohol can irritate the nose, mouth a warning of potentially hazardous exposures. and throat causing coughing and wheezing. * Exposure to Isobutyl Alcohol can cause headache, WORKPLACE EXPOSURE LIMITS dizziness, drowsiness, confusion and loss of coordination. OSHA: The legal airborne permissible exposure limit * Isobutyl Alcohol may affect the liver. (PEL) is 100 ppm averaged over an 8-hour * Isobutyl Alcohol is a FLAMMABLE LIQUID and a workshift. DANGEROUS FIRE HAZARD. NIOSH: The recommended airborne exposure limit is IDENTIFICATION 50 ppm averaged over a 10-hour workshift. Isobutyl Alcohol is a colorless liquid with a mild, sweet, and musty odor. It is used as a solvent, in making other chemicals, ACGIH: The recommended airborne exposure limit is and as a flavoring. 50 ppm averaged over an 8-hour workshift. REASON FOR CITATION WAYS OF REDUCING EXPOSURE * Isobutyl Alcohol is on the Hazardous Substance List * Where possible, enclose operations and use local exhaust because it is regulated by OSHA and cited by ACGIH, ventilation at the site of chemical release. If local exhaust DOT, NIOSH, IRIS, NFPA and EPA. ventilation or enclosure is not used, respirators should be * This chemical is on the Special Health Hazard Substance worn. List because it is FLAMMABLE. * Wear protective work clothing. * Definitions are provided on page 5. * Wash thoroughly immediately after exposure to Isobutyl Alcohol and at the end of the workshift. HOW TO DETERMINE IF YOU ARE BEING * Post hazard and warning information in the work area. In EXPOSED addition, as part of an ongoing education and training effort, communicate all information on the health and The New Jersey Right to Know Act requires most employers safety hazards of Isobutyl Alcohol to potentially exposed to label chemicals in the workplace and requires public workers. employers to provide their employees with information and training concerning chemical hazards and controls. The federal OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, 1910.1200, 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. * If you think you are experiencing any work-related health problems, see a doctor trained to recognize occupational diseases. Take this Fact Sheet with you. ISOBUTYL ALCOHOL page 2 of 6 This Fact Sheet is a summary source of information of all * Evaluate for brain effects such as changes in memory, potential and most severe health hazards that may result from concentration, sleeping patterns and mood (especially exposure. Duration of exposure, concentration of the substance irritability and social withdrawal), as well as headaches and and other factors will affect your susceptibility to any of the fatigue. Consider evaluations of the cerebellar, autonomic potential effects described below. and peripheral nervous systems. Positive and borderline --------------------------------------------------------------------------- individuals should be referred for neuropsychological testing. HEALTH HAZARD INFORMATION Any evaluation should include a careful history of past and Acute Health Effects present symptoms with an exam. Medical tests that look for The following acute (short-term) health effects may occur damage already done are not a substitute for controlling immediately or shortly after exposure to Isobutyl Alcohol: exposure. * Isobutyl Alcohol can irritate the eyes and skin causing a Request copies of your medical testing. You have a legal right rash or burning feeling on contact. to this information under OSHA 1910.1020. * Breathing Isobutyl Alcohol can irritate the nose, mouth and throat causing coughing and wheezing. Mixed Exposures * Exposure to Isobutyl Alcohol can cause headache, * Because more than light alcohol consumption can cause dizziness, drowsiness, confusion and loss of coordination. liver damage, drinking alcohol may increase the liver damage caused by Isobutyl Alcohol. Chronic Health Effects The following chronic (long-term) health effects can occur at WORKPLACE CONTROLS AND PRACTICES some time after exposure to Isobutyl Alcohol and can last for months or years: Unless a less toxic chemical can be substituted for a hazardous substance, ENGINEERING CONTROLS are the most Cancer Hazard effective way of reducing exposure. The best protection is to * There is limited evidence that Isobutyl Alcohol causes enclose operations and/or provide local exhaust ventilation at cancer in animals. It may cause cancer of the stomach and the site of chemical release. Isolating operations can also liver. reduce exposure. Using respirators or protective equipment is * Many scientists believe there is no safe level of exposure to less effective than the controls mentioned above, but is a carcinogen. Such substances may also have the potential sometimes necessary. for causing reproductive damage in humans. In evaluating the controls present in your workplace, consider: Reproductive Hazard (1) how hazardous the substance is, (2) how much of the * According to the information presently available to the New substance is released into the workplace and (3) whether Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Isobutyl harmful skin or eye contact could occur. Special controls Alcohol has not been tested for its ability to affect should be in place for highly toxic chemicals or when reproduction. significant skin, eye, or breathing exposures are possible. Other Long-Term Effects In addition, the following controls are recommended: * Isobutyl Alcohol may affect the liver. * This chemical has not been adequately evaluated to * Where possible, automatically pump liquid Isobutyl determine whether brain or other nerve damage could occur Alcohol from drums or other storage containers to process with repeated exposure. However, many solvents and other containers. petroleum-based chemicals have been shown to cause such * Before entering a confined space where Isobutyl Alcohol damage. Effects may include reduced memory and may be present, check to make sure that an explosive concentration, personality changes (withdrawal, irritability), concentration does not exist. fatigue, sleep disturbances, reduced coordination, and/or effects on nerves supplying internal organs (autonomic Good WORK PRACTICES can help to reduce hazardous nerves) and/or nerves to the arms and legs (weakness, "pins exposures. The following work practices are recommended: and needles"). * Workers whose clothing has been contaminated by MEDICAL Isobutyl Alcohol should change into clean clothing promptly. Medical Testing * Contaminated work clothes should be laundered by If symptoms develop or overexposure is suspected, the individuals who have been informed of the hazards of following are recommended: exposure to Isobutyl Alcohol. * Eye wash fountains should be provided in the immediate * Liver function tests. work area for emergency use. ISOBUTYL ALCOHOL page 3 of 6 * If there is the possibility of skin exposure, emergency * If while wearing a filter or cartridge respirator you can shower facilities should be provided. smell, taste, or otherwise detect Isobutyl Alcohol, or if * On skin contact with Isobutyl Alcohol, immediately wash while wearing particulate filters abnormal resistance to or shower to remove the chemical. At the end of the breathing is experienced, or eye irritation occurs while workshift, wash any areas of the body that may have wearing a full facepiece respirator, leave the area contacted Isobutyl Alcohol, whether or not known skin immediately. Check to make sure the respirator-to-face seal contact has occurred. is still good. If it is, replace the filter or cartridge. If the * Do not eat, smoke, or drink where Isobutyl Alcohol is seal is no longer good, you may need a new respirator. handled, processed, or stored, since the chemical can be * Be sure to consider all potential exposures in your swallowed. Wash hands carefully before eating, drinking, workplace. You may need a combination of filters, smoking, or using the toilet. prefilters or cartridges to protect against different forms of a chemical (such as vapor and mist) or against a mixture of PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT chemicals. * Where the potential for high exposure exists, use a WORKPLACE CONTROLS ARE BETTER THAN MSHA/NIOSH approved supplied-air respirator with a full PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. However, for facepiece operated in a pressure-demand or other positive- some jobs (such as outside work, confined space entry, jobs pressure mode. For increased protection use in combination done only once in a while, or jobs done while workplace with an auxiliary self-contained breathing apparatus controls are being installed), personal protective equipment operated in a pressure-demand