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Common Name: ZINC SILICOFLUORIDE CAS Number: 16871-71-9 RTK Substance number: 2043 DOT Number: UN 2855 Date: December 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- HAZARD SUMMARY * Zinc Silicofluoride can affect you when breathed in and * If you think you are experiencing any work-related health by passing through your skin. problems, see a doctor trained to recognize occupational * Contact can irritate the skin and eyes. Prolonged contact diseases. Take this Fact Sheet with you. can cause skin rash and ulcers, and damage to the eyes. * Breathing Zinc Silicofluoride can irritate the nose, throat WORKPLACE EXPOSURE LIMITS and lungs causing coughing, wheezing and/or shortness of The following exposure limits are for Fluoride: (measured as breath. Fluorine): * Very high exposure can cause Fluoride poisoning with stomach pain, weakness, convulsions, collapse and death. OSHA: The legal airborne permissible exposure limit * Repeated high exposure can cause deposits of Fluorides in (PEL) is 2.5 mg/m3 averaged over an 8-hour the bones and teeth, a condition called “Fluorosis.” This workshift. may cause pain, disability and mottling of the teeth. * The above health effects do NOT occur at the level of NIOSH: The recommended airborne exposure limit is Fluoride used in water for preventing cavities in teeth. 2.5 mg/m3 averaged over a 10-hour workshift. * CONSULT THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES HAZARDOUS ACGIH: The recommended airborne exposure limit is SUBSTANCE FACT SHEET ON FLUORINE. 2.5 mg/m3 averaged over an 8-hour workshift. IDENTIFICATION * The above exposure limits are for air levels only. When Zinc Silicofluoride is a white, sand-like powder. It is used as skin contact also occurs, you may be overexposed, even a hardener for concrete, a mothproofing agent for textiles, a though air levels are less than the limits listed above. glaze for glass and ceramics, and a plaster additive. WAYS OF REDUCING EXPOSURE REASON FOR CITATION * Where possible, enclose operations and use local exhaust * Zinc Silicofluoride is on the Hazardous Substance List ventilation at the site of chemical release. If local exhaust because it is regulated by OSHA and cited by ACGIH, ventilation or enclosure is not used, respirators should be DOT, NIOSH, DEP and EPA. worn. * Definitions are provided on page 5. * Wear protective work clothing. * Wash thoroughly immediately after exposure to Zinc HOW TO DETERMINE IF YOU ARE BEING Silicofluoride and at the end of the workshift. EXPOSED * Post hazard and warning information in the work area. In addition, as part of an ongoing education and training The New Jersey Right to Know Act requires most employers effort, communicate all information on the health and to label chemicals in the workplace and requires public employers to provide their employees with information and safety hazards of Zinc Silicofluoride to potentially training concerning chemical hazards and controls. The exposed workers. 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. ZINC SILICOFLUORIDE page 2 of 6 This Fact Sheet is a summary source of information of all Request copies of your medical testing. You have a legal right potential and most severe health hazards that may result from to this information under OSHA 1910.1020. exposure. Duration of exposure, concentration of the substance and other factors will affect your susceptibility to any of the Conditions Made Worse By Exposure potential effects described below. * Persons with pre-existing kidney diseases and Diabetes --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Insipidus are at increased risk. HEALTH HAZARD INFORMATION WORKPLACE CONTROLS AND PRACTICES Acute Health Effects Unless a less toxic chemical can be substituted for a hazardous The following acute (short-term) health effects may occur substance, ENGINEERING CONTROLS are the most immediately or shortly after exposure to Zinc Silicofluoride: effective way of reducing exposure. The best protection is to enclose operations and/or provide local exhaust ventilation at * Contact can irritate the skin and eyes. Prolonged contact the site of chemical release. Isolating operations can also can cause skin rash and ulcers, and damage to the eyes. reduce exposure. Using respirators or protective equipment is * Breathing Zinc Silicofluoride can irritate the nose, throat less effective than the controls mentioned above, but is and lungs causing coughing, wheezing and/or shortness of sometimes necessary. breath. * Very high exposure can cause Fluoride poisoning with In evaluating the controls present in your workplace, consider: stomach pain, weakness, convulsions, collapse and death. (1) how hazardous the substance is, (2) how much of the substance is released into the workplace and (3) whether Chronic Health Effects harmful skin or eye contact could occur. Special controls The following chronic (long-term) health effects can occur at should be in place for highly toxic chemicals or when some time after exposure to Zinc Silicofluoride and can last significant skin, eye, or breathing exposures are possible. for months or years: In addition, the following control is recommended: Cancer Hazard * According to the information presently available to the New * Where possible, automatically transfer Zinc Silicofluoride Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Zinc from drums or other storage containers to process Silicofluoride has not been tested for its ability to cause containers. cancer in animals. Good WORK PRACTICES can help to reduce hazardous Reproductive Hazard exposures. The following work practices are recommended: * According to the information presently available to the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Zinc * Workers whose clothing has been contaminated by Zinc Silicofluoride has not been tested for its ability to affect Silicofluoride should change into clean clothing promptly. reproduction. * Do not take contaminated work clothes home. Family members could be exposed. Other Long-Term Effects * Contaminated work clothes should be laundered by * Repeated high exposure can cause deposits of Fluorides in individuals who have been informed of the hazards of the bones and teeth, a condition called “Fluorosis.” This exposure to Zinc Silicofluoride. may cause pain, disability and mottling of the teeth. * Eye wash fountains should be provided in the immediate work area for emergency use. * If there is the possibility of skin exposure, emergency MEDICAL shower facilities should be provided. * On skin contact with Zinc Silicofluoride, immediately Medical Testing wash or shower to remove the chemical. At the end of the For those with frequent or potentially high exposure (half the workshift, wash any areas of the body that may have PEL or greater), the following is recommended before contacted Zinc Silicofluoride, whether or not known skin beginning work and at regular times after that: contact has occurred. * Do not eat, smoke, or drink where Zinc Silicofluoride is * Fluoride level in urine. Levels higher than 4 mg/liter handled, processed, or stored, since the chemical can be indicate overexposure. swallowed. Wash hands carefully before eating, drinking, applying cosmetics, smoking, or using the toilet. Any evaluation should include a careful history of past and * Use a vacuum or a wet method to reduce dust during clean- present symptoms with an exam. Medical tests that look for up. DO NOT DRY SWEEP. damage already done are not a substitute for controlling exposure. ZINC SILICOFLUORIDE page 3 of 6 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT * Be sure to consider all potential exposures in your workplace. You may need a combination of filters, WORKPLACE CONTROLS ARE BETTER THAN prefilters or cartridges to protect against different forms of a PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. However, for chemical (such as vapor and mist) or against a mixture of some jobs (such as outside work, confined space entry, jobs chemicals. done only once in a while, or jobs done while workplace * Where the potential for high exposure exists, use a NIOSH controls are being installed), personal protective equipment approved supplied-air respirator with a full facepiece may be appropriate. operated in a pressure-demand or other positive-pressure mode. For increased protection use in combination with an OSHA 1910.132 requires employers to determine the auxiliary self-contained breathing apparatus operated in a appropriate personal protective equipment for each hazard and pressure-demand or other positive-pressure mode. to train employees on how and when to use protective * Exposure to 25 mg/m3 (as Fluorine) is immediately equipment. dangerous to life and health. If the possibility of exposure above 25 mg/m3 (as Fluorine) exists, use a NIOSH The following recommendations are only guidelines and may approved self-contained breathing apparatus with a full not apply to every situation. facepiece operated in a pressure-demand or other positive- pressure mode. Clothing * Avoid skin contact with Zinc Silicofluoride. Wear QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS protective gloves and clothing.