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Common Name: CHROMIC ACETATE HAZARD SUMMARY Common Name: CHROMIC ACETATE CAS Number: 1066-30-4 RTK Substance number: 0428 DOT Number: NA 9101 Date: November 1993 Revision: December 1999 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- HAZARD SUMMARY WORKPLACE EXPOSURE LIMITS * Chromic Acetate can affect you when breathed in. The following exposure limits are for Chromium III * Contact can irritate the skin and eyes. compounds (measured as Chromium): * Breathing Chromic Acetate can irritate the nose, throat and lungs causing coughing and/or shortness of breath. OSHA: The legal airborne permissible exposure limit * Chromic Acetate may cause a skin allergy. If allergy (PEL) is 0.5 mg/m3 averaged over an 8-hour develops, very low future exposure can cause itching and a workshift. skin rash. NIOSH: The recommended airborne exposure limit is IDENTIFICATION 0.5 mg/m3 averaged over a 10-hour workshift. Chromic Acetate is a gray-green to blue-green powder or paste. It is used in textile dyeing and tanning, to harden ACGIH: The recommended airborne exposure limit is photographic emulsions, and as a catalyst. 0.5 mg/m3 averaged over an 8-hour workshift. REASON FOR CITATION WAYS OF REDUCING EXPOSURE * Chromic Acetate 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, NTP, DEP and EPA. 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 Chromic EXPOSED Acetate 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 Chromic Acetate 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. * 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. CHROMIC ACETATE page 2 of 6 This Fact Sheet is a summary source of information of all WORKPLACE CONTROLS AND PRACTICES potential and most severe health hazards that may result from exposure. Duration of exposure, concentration of the Unless a less toxic chemical can be substituted for a hazardous substance and other factors will affect your susceptibility to substance, ENGINEERING CONTROLS are the most any of the potential effects described below. effective way of reducing exposure. The best protection is to --------------------------------------------------------------------------- enclose operations and/or provide local exhaust ventilation at the site of chemical release. Isolating operations can also HEALTH HAZARD INFORMATION reduce exposure. Using respirators or protective equipment is less effective than the controls mentioned above, but is Acute Health Effects sometimes necessary. The following acute (short-term) health effects may occur immediately or shortly after exposure to Chromic Acetate: In evaluating the controls present in your workplace, consider: (1) how hazardous the substance is, (2) how much of the * Contact can irritate the skin and eyes. substance is released into the workplace and (3) whether * Breathing Chromic Acetate can irritate the nose, throat harmful skin or eye contact could occur. Special controls and lungs causing coughing and/or shortness of breath. should be in place for highly toxic chemicals or when significant skin, eye, or breathing exposures are possible. Chronic Health Effects The following chronic (long-term) health effects can occur at In addition, the following control is recommended: some time after exposure to Chromic Acetate and can last for months or years: * Where possible, automatically transfer Chromic Acetate from drums or other storage containers to process Cancer Hazard containers. * According to the information presently available to the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Good WORK PRACTICES can help to reduce hazardous Chromic Acetate has not been tested for its ability to exposures. The following work practices are recommended: cause cancer in animals. * Workers whose clothing has been contaminated by Reproductive Hazard Chromic Acetate should change into clean clothing * According to the information presently available to the promptly. New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, * Do not take contaminated work clothes home. Family Chromic Acetate has not been tested for its ability to members could be exposed. affect reproduction. * Contaminated work clothes should be laundered by individuals who have been informed of the hazards of Other Long-Term Effects exposure to Chromic Acetate. * Eye wash fountains should be provided in the immediate * Chromic Acetate may cause a skin allergy. If allergy work area for emergency use. develops, very low future exposure can cause itching and a * If there is the possibility of skin exposure, emergency skin rash. shower facilities should be provided. * Many Chromium compounds cause a sore or hole through * On skin contact with Chromic Acetate, immediately wash the inner nose (septum). It is not certain whether or shower to remove the chemical. At the end of the Chromic Acetate also has this effect. workshift, wash any areas of the body that may have MEDICAL contacted Chromic Acetate, whether or not known skin contact has occurred. Medical Testing * Do not eat, smoke, or drink where Chromic Acetate is If symptoms develop or overexposure is suspected, the handled, processed, or stored, since the chemical can be following is recommended: swallowed. Wash hands carefully before eating, drinking, smoking, or using the toilet. * Evaluation by a qualified allergist, including careful * Use a vacuum or a wet method to reduce dust during exposure history and special testing, may help diagnose clean-up. DO NOT DRY SWEEP. skin allergy. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT Any evaluation should include a careful history of past and present symptoms with an exam. Medical tests that look for WORKPLACE CONTROLS ARE BETTER THAN damage already done are not a substitute for controlling PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. However, for exposure. some jobs (such as outside work, confined space entry, jobs done only once in a while, or jobs done while workplace Request copies of your medical testing. You have a legal controls are being installed), personal protective equipment right to this information under OSHA 1910.1020. may be appropriate. CHROMIC ACETATE page 3 of 6 OSHA 1910.132 requires employers to determine the * Where the potential for high exposure exists, use a appropriate personal protective equipment for each hazard and MSHA/NIOSH approved supplied-air respirator with a full to train employees on how and when to use protective facepiece operated in a pressure-demand or other positive- equipment. pressure mode. For increased protection use in combination with an auxiliary self-contained breathing The following recommendations are only guidelines and may apparatus operated in a pressure-demand or other positive- not apply to every situation. pressure mode. * Exposure to 25 mg/m3 (as Chromium III) is immediately Clothing dangerous to life and health. If the possibility of exposure * Avoid skin contact with Chromic Acetate. Wear above 25 mg/m3 (as Chromium III) exists, use a protective gloves and clothing. Safety equipment MSHA/NIOSH approved self-contained breathing suppliers/ manufacturers can provide recommendations on apparatus with a full facepiece operated in a pressure- the most protective glove/clothing material for your demand or other positive-pressure mode. operation. * All protective clothing (suits, gloves, footwear, headgear) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS should be clean, available each day, and put on before work. Q: If I have acute health effects, will I later get chronic health effects? Eye Protection A: Not always. Most chronic (long-term) effects result * Wear impact resistant eye protection with side shields or from repeated exposures to a chemical. goggles. * Wear a face shield along with goggles when working with Q: Can I get long-term effects without ever having short- corrosive, highly irritating or toxic substances. term effects? A: Yes, because long-term effects can occur from repeated Respiratory Protection exposures to a chemical at levels not high enough to IMPROPER USE OF RESPIRATORS IS DANGEROUS. make you immediately sick. Such equipment should only be used if the employer has a written program that takes into account workplace conditions, Q: What are my chances of getting sick when I have been requirements for worker training, respirator fit testing and exposed to chemicals? medical exams, as described in OSHA 1910.134. A: The likelihood of becoming
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