Antimony Tribromide Hazard Summary Identification
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Common Name: ANTIMONY TRIBROMIDE CAS Number: 7789-61-9 RTK Substance number: 0146 DOT Number: NA 1549 Date: January 1987 Revised: October 2000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- HAZARD SUMMARY * Antimony Tribromide can affect you when breathed in * Exposure to hazardous substances should be routinely and by passing through your skin. evaluated. This may include collecting personal and area * Antimony Tribromide is a CORROSIVE CHEMICAL air samples. You can obtain copies of sampling results and contact can severely irritate and burn the skin and eyes from your employer. You have a legal right to this with possible eye damage. information under OSHA 1910.1020. * Breathing Antimony Tribromide can irritate the nose and * If you think you are experiencing any work-related health throat. problems, see a doctor trained to recognize occupational * Breathing Antimony Tribromide can irritate the lungs diseases. Take this Fact Sheet with you. causing coughing and/or shortness of breath. Higher exposures can cause a build-up of fluid in the lungs WORKPLACE EXPOSURE LIMITS (pulmonary edema), a medical emergency, with severe The following exposure limits are for Antimony: shortness of breath. * Antimony Tribromide can cause headache, nausea, OSHA: The legal airborne permissible exposure limit vomiting, abdominal pain and loss of sleep. (PEL) is 0.5 mg/m3 averaged over an 8-hour * Prolonged or repeated contact can cause ulcers or sores in workshift. the nose. * High or repeated exposure may damage the liver and heart, NIOSH: The recommended airborne exposure limit is and may cause anemia. 0.5 mg/m3 averaged over a 10-hour workshift. IDENTIFICATION ACGIH: The recommended airborne exposure limit is Antimony Tribromide is a yellow crystalline (sand-like) 0.5 mg/m3 averaged over an 8-hour workshift. material. It is used to make Antimony salts, in dyeing, and in analytical chemistry. * The above exposure limits are for air levels only. When skin contact also occurs, you may be overexposed, even REASON FOR CITATION though air levels are less than the limits listed above. * Antimony Tribromide is on the Hazardous Substance List because it is regulated by OSHA and cited by WAYS OF REDUCING EXPOSURE ACGIH, DOT, NIOSH, DEP and EPA. * Where possible, enclose operations and use local exhaust * This chemical is on the Special Health Hazard Substance ventilation at the site of chemical release. If local exhaust List because it is CORROSIVE. 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 Antimony EXPOSED Tribromide 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 Antimony Tribromide to potentially federal OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, 1910.1200, exposed workers. requires private employers to provide similar training and information to their employees. ANTIMONY TRIBROMIDE page 2 of 6 This Fact Sheet is a summary source of information of all If symptoms develop or overexposure is suspected, the potential and most severe health hazards that may result from following are recommended: exposure. Duration of exposure, concentration of the substance and other factors will affect your susceptibility to * EKG. any of the potential effects described below. * Liver function tests. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Consider chest x-ray after acute overexposure. * Complete blood count. 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 Antimony exposure. Tribromide: Request copies of your medical testing. You have a legal * Contact can severely irritate and burn the skin and eyes right to this information under OSHA 1910.1020. with possible eye damage. * Breathing Antimony Tribromide can irritate the nose and Mixed Exposures throat. * Because smoking can cause heart disease, as well as lung * Breathing Antimony Tribromide can irritate the lungs cancer, emphysema, and other respiratory problems, it may causing coughing and/or shortness of breath. Higher worsen respiratory conditions caused by chemical exposures can cause a build-up of fluid in the lungs exposure. Even if you have smoked for a long time, (pulmonary edema), a medical emergency, with severe stopping now will reduce your risk of developing health shortness of breath. problems. * Antimony Tribromide can cause headache, nausea, * Because more than light alcohol consumption can cause vomiting, abdominal pain and loss of sleep. liver damage, drinking alcohol can increase the liver damage caused by Antimony Tribromide. Chronic Health Effects The following chronic (long-term) health effects can occur at WORKPLACE CONTROLS AND PRACTICES some time after exposure to Antimony Tribromide 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 * According to the information presently available to the enclose operations and/or provide local exhaust ventilation at New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, the site of chemical release. Isolating operations can also Antimony Tribromide has not been tested for its ability reduce exposure. Using respirators or protective equipment is to cause cancer in animals. less effective than the controls mentioned above, but is sometimes necessary. Reproductive Hazard * According to the information presently available to the In evaluating the controls present in your workplace, consider: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, (1) how hazardous the substance is, (2) how much of the Antimony Tribromide has not been tested for its ability substance is released into the workplace and (3) whether to affect reproduction. harmful skin or eye contact could occur. Special controls should be in place for highly toxic chemicals or when Other Long-Term Effects significant skin, eye, or breathing exposures are possible. * Prolonged or repeated contact can cause ulcers or sores in the nose. In addition, the following control is recommended: * High or repeated exposure may damage the liver and heart, and may cause anemia. * Where possible, automatically transfer Antimony * Antimony Tribromide can irritate the lungs. Repeated Tribromide from drums or other storage containers to exposure may cause bronchitis to develop with cough, process containers. phlegm, and/or shortness of breath. Good WORK PRACTICES can help to reduce hazardous MEDICAL exposures. The following work practices are recommended: Medical Testing * Workers whose clothing has been contaminated by For those with frequent or potentially high exposure (half the Antimony Tribromide should change into clean clothing TLV or greater), the following is recommended before promptly. beginning work and at regular times after that: * Do not take contaminated work clothes home. Family members could be exposed. * Urine test for Antimony. ANTIMONY TRIBROMIDE page 3 of 6 * Contaminated work clothes should be laundered by * NIOSH has established new testing and certification individuals who have been informed of the hazards of requirements for negative pressure, air purifying, exposure to Antimony Tribromide. particulate filter and filtering facepiece respirators. The * Eye wash fountains should be provided in the immediate filter classifications of dust/mist/fume, paint spray or work area for emergency use. pesticide prefilters, and filters for radon daughters, have * If there is the possibility of skin exposure, emergency been replaced with the N, R, and P series. Each series has shower facilities should be provided. three levels of filtering efficiency: 95%, 99%, and 99.9%. * On skin contact with Antimony Tribromide, immediately Check with your safety equipment supplier or your wash or shower to remove the chemical. At the end of the respirator manufacturer to determine which respirator is workshift, wash any areas of the body that may have appropriate for your facility. contacted Antimony Tribromide, whether or not known * If while wearing a filter or cartridge respirator you can skin contact has occurred. smell, taste, or otherwise detect Antimony Tribromide, * Do not eat, smoke, or drink where Antimony Tribromide or if while wearing particulate filters abnormal resistance is handled, processed, or stored, since the chemical can be to breathing is experienced, or eye irritation occurs while swallowed. Wash hands carefully before eating, drinking, wearing a full facepiece respirator, leave the area smoking, or using the toilet. immediately. Check to make sure the respirator-to-face * Use a vacuum to reduce dust during clean-up. DO NOT seal is still good. If it is, replace the filter