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1688 Chemical Name: Chloric Acid, Sodium Salt DOT Number: UN 1495 Date: February 2001 Revision: June 2011 UN 2428 (Solution) Right to Know Hazardous Substance Fact Sheet Common Name: SODIUM CHLORATE CAS Number: 7775-09-9 Synonyms: Atlacide; Chlorate of Soda; Oxycil RTK Substance Number: 1688 Chemical Name: Chloric Acid, Sodium Salt DOT Number: UN 1495 Date: February 2001 Revision: June 2011 UN 2428 (solution) Description and Use EMERGENCY RESPONDERS >>>> SEE LAST PAGE Sodium Chlorate is an odorless, pale yellow to white, Hazard Summary crystalline (sugar-like) solid that is often used in a water Hazard Rating NJDOH NFPA solution. It is used in making herbicides, explosives, dyes, HEALTH 2 - cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, paper, and other chemicals. FLAMMABILITY 0 - REACTIVITY 0 - POISONOUS GASES ARE PRODUCED IN FIRE DOES NOT BURN Hazard Rating Key: 0=minimal; 1=slight; 2=moderate; 3=serious; Reasons for Citation 4=severe f Sodium Chlorate is on the Right to Know Hazardous Substance List because it is cited by DOT and EPA. f Sodium Chlorate can affect you when inhaled. f Contact can irritate and burn the skin and eyes. f Inhaling Sodium Chlorate can irritate the nose and throat. f Sodium Chlorate can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain. f High levels of this substance can reduce the blood’s ability to transport Oxygen, causing headache, fatigue, dizziness, and a blue color to the skin and lips (methemoglobinemia). Exposure to very high levels can cause trouble breathing, SEE GLOSSARY ON PAGE 5. collapse and even death. f Sodium Chlorate may damage the kidneys and affect the liver. FIRST AID f Sodium Chlorate is not combustible, but it is a STRONG Eye Contact OXIDIZER that enhances the combustion of other f Immediately flush with large amounts of water for at least 15 substances. minutes, lifting upper and lower lids. Remove contact lenses, if worn, while flushing. Seek medical attention. Skin Contact Workplace Exposure Limits f Quickly remove contaminated clothing. Immediately wash No occupational exposure limits have been established for contaminated skin with large amounts of water. Sodium Chlorate. However, it may pose a health risk. Inhalation Always follow safe work practices. 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 CHLORATE Page 2 of 6 Determining Your Exposure Reproductive Hazard f While Sodium Chlorate has been tested, further testing is f Read the product manufacturer’s Material Safety Data required to assess its potential to cause reproductive harm. Sheet (MSDS) and the label to determine product ingredients and important safety and health information Other Effects about the product mixture. f Sodium Chlorate may damage the kidneys and affect the liver. f For each individual hazardous ingredient, read the New Jersey Department of Health Hazardous Substance Fact Sheet, available on the RTK website (www.nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb) or in your facility’s RTK Medical Central File or Hazard Communication Standard file. Medical Testing f You have a right to this information under the New Jersey If symptoms develop or overexposure is suspected, the following are recommended: Worker and Community Right to Know Act and the Public Employees Occupational Safety and Health (PEOSH) Act f Blood methemoglobin level if you are a public worker in New Jersey, and under the f Liver and kidney function tests federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) if you are a private worker. Any evaluation should include a careful history of past and present symptoms with an exam. Medical tests that look for f The New Jersey Right to Know Act requires most damage already done are not a substitute for controlling employers to label chemicals in the workplace and exposure. requires public employers to provide their employees with information concerning chemical hazards and controls. You have a legal right to request copies of your medical testing The federal OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (29 under the OSHA Access to Employee Exposure and Medical CFR 1910.1200) and the PEOSH Hazard Communication Records Standard (29 CFR 1910.1020). Standard (N.J.A.C. 12:100-7) require employers to provide Mixed Exposures similar information and training to their employees. f More than light alcohol consumption can cause liver damage. Drinking alcohol may increase the liver damage This Fact Sheet is a summary of available information caused by Sodium Chlorate. regarding the health hazards that may result from exposure. Duration of exposure, concentration of the substance and other factors will affect your susceptibility to any of the potential effects described below. Health Hazard Information Acute Health Effects The following acute (short-term) health effects may occur immediately or shortly after exposure to Sodium Chlorate: f Contact can irritate and burn the skin and eyes. f Inhaling Sodium Chlorate can irritate the nose and throat causing coughing and wheezing. f Sodium Chlorate can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain. f High levels of this substance can reduce the blood’s ability to transport Oxygen, causing headache, fatigue, dizziness, and a blue color to the skin and lips (methemoglobinemia). Exposure to very high levels can cause trouble breathing, collapse and even death. Chronic Health Effects The following chronic (long-term) health effects can occur at some time after exposure to Sodium Chlorate and can last for months or years: Cancer Hazard f While Sodium Chlorate has been tested, it is not classifiable as to its potential to cause cancer. SODIUM CHLORATE Page 3 of 6 Workplace Controls and Practices Eye Protection Very toxic chemicals, or those that are reproductive hazards or f For solid Sodium Chlorate wear direct vent goggles when sensitizers, require expert advice on control measures if a less airborne particles or dust are present. toxic chemical cannot be substituted. Control measures f Wear indirect vent goggles when working with liquids that include: (1) enclosing chemical processes for severely may splash, spray or mist. A face shield is also required if irritating and corrosive chemicals, (2) using local exhaust the liquid is severely irritating or corrosive to the skin and ventilation for chemicals that may be harmful with a single eyes. exposure, and (3) using general ventilation to control f Do not wear contact lenses when working with this exposures to skin and eye irritants. For further information on substance. workplace controls, consult the NIOSH document on Control Banding at www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/ctrlbanding/. Respiratory Protection Improper use of respirators is dangerous. Respirators The following work practices are also recommended: should only be used if the employer has implemented a written program that takes into account workplace conditions, f Label process containers. requirements for worker training, respirator fit testing, and f Provide employees with hazard information and training. medical exams, as described in the OSHA Respiratory f Monitor airborne chemical concentrations. f Use engineering controls if concentrations exceed Protection Standard (29 CFR 1910.134). recommended exposure levels. f Provide eye wash fountains and emergency showers. f At any detectable concentration, use a NIOSH approved f Wash or shower if skin comes in contact with a hazardous negative pressure, air-purifying, particulate filter respirator material. with an N, R or P95 filter for solid Sodium Chlorate. More f Always wash at the end of the workshift. protection is provided by a full facepiece respirator than by a half-mask respirator, and even greater protection is provided f Change into clean clothing if clothing becomes by a powered-air purifying respirator. contaminated. f Leave the area immediately if (1) while wearing a filter or f Do not take contaminated clothing home. cartridge respirator you can smell, taste, or otherwise detect f Get special training to wash contaminated clothing. Sodium Chlorate, (2) while wearing particulate filters f Do not eat, smoke, or drink in areas where chemicals are abnormal resistance to breathing is experienced, or (3) eye being handled, processed or stored. irritation occurs while wearing a full facepiece respirator. f Wash hands carefully before eating, smoking, drinking, Check to make sure the respirator-to-face seal is still good. applying cosmetics or using the toilet. If it is, replace the filter or cartridge. If the seal is no longer good, you may need a new respirator. In addition, the following may be useful or required: f Consider all potential sources of exposure in your workplace. You may need a combination of filters, prefilters or cartridges f Use a vacuum or a wet method to reduce dust during clean- to protect against different forms of a chemical (such as up. DO NOT DRY SWEEP. vapor and mist) or against a mixture of chemicals. f Where the potential for high exposure exists, use a NIOSH approved supplied-air respirator with a full facepiece operated in a pressure-demand or other positive-pressure Personal Protective Equipment mode. For increased protection use in combination with an The OSHA Personal Protective Equipment Standard (29 CFR auxiliary self-contained breathing apparatus or an 1910.132) requires employers to determine the appropriate emergency escape air cylinder. personal protective equipment for each hazard and to train employees on how and when to use protective equipment. Fire Hazards The following recommendations are only guidelines and may If employees are expected to fight fires, they must be trained not apply to every situation. and equipped as stated in the OSHA Fire Brigades Standard (29 CFR 1910.156). Gloves and Clothing f Sodium Chlorate is not combustible, but it is a STRONG f Avoid skin contact with Sodium Chlorate. Wear personal OXIDIZER that enhances the combustion of other protective equipment made from material that can not be substances.
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