Common Name: Sec-AMYL ACETATE HAZARD SUMMARY
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Common Name: sec-AMYL ACETATE CAS Number: 626-38-0 RTK Substance number: 1643 DOT Number: UN 1104 Date: February 1998 Revision: June 2004 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- HAZARD SUMMARY * sec-Amyl Acetate can affect you when breathed in. * If you think you are experiencing any work-related health * Contact can irritate the skin and eyes. problems, see a doctor trained to recognize occupational * Breathing sec-Amyl Acetate can irritate the nose and diseases. Take this Fact Sheet with you. throat causing coughing and wheezing. * ODOR THRESHOLD = 0.052 ppm. * Exposure can cause headache, dizziness, lightheadedness, * The range of accepted odor threshold values is quite and even cause you to pass out. broad. Caution should be used in relying on odor alone as * Prolonged or repeated contact can cause drying and a warning of potentially hazardous exposures. cracking of the skin. * Repeated exposure to sec-Amyl Acetate may affect the WORKPLACE EXPOSURE LIMITS liver, kidneys and brain. OSHA: The legal airborne permissible exposure limit * sec-Amyl Acetate is a FLAMMABLE LIQUID and a (PEL) is 125 ppm averaged over an 8-hour FIRE HAZARD. workshift. IDENTIFICATION NIOSH: The recommended airborne exposure limit is sec-Amyl Acetate is a clear, colorless liquid with a fruity 125 ppm averaged over a 10-hour workshift. odor. It is widely used as a solvent for many different applications. ACGIH: The recommended airborne exposure limit is 50 ppm averaged over an 8-hour workshift and REASON FOR CITATION 100 ppm as a STEL (short term exposure limit). * sec-Amyl Acetate is on the Hazardous Substance List because it is regulated by OSHA and cited by ACGIH, WAYS OF REDUCING EXPOSURE DOT, NIOSH, NFPA 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 FLAMMABLE. 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 sec-Amyl Acetate and at the end of the workshift. EXPOSED * Post hazard and warning information in the work area. In The New Jersey Right to Know Act requires most employers addition, as part of an ongoing education and training to label chemicals in the workplace and requires public effort, communicate all information on the health and employers to provide their employees with information and safety hazards of sec-Amyl Acetate to potentially exposed training concerning chemical hazards and controls. The 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. sec-AMYL ACETATE 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 Mixed Exposures potential effects described below. * Because more than light alcohol consumption can cause --------------------------------------------------------------------------- liver damage, drinking alcohol may increase the liver damage caused by sec-Amyl Acetate. HEALTH HAZARD INFORMATION WORKPLACE CONTROLS AND PRACTICES Acute Health Effects The following acute (short-term) health effects may occur Unless a less toxic chemical can be substituted for a hazardous immediately or shortly after exposure to sec-Amyl Acetate: substance, ENGINEERING CONTROLS are the most effective way of reducing exposure. The best protection is to * Contact can irritate the skin and eyes. enclose operations and/or provide local exhaust ventilation at * Breathing sec-Amyl Acetate can irritate the nose and throat the site of chemical release. Isolating operations can also causing coughing and wheezing. reduce exposure. Using respirators or protective equipment is * Exposure can cause headache, dizziness, lightheadedness, less effective than the controls mentioned above, but is and even cause you to pass out. sometimes necessary. Chronic Health Effects In evaluating the controls present in your workplace, consider: The following chronic (long-term) health effects can occur at (1) how hazardous the substance is, (2) how much of the some time after exposure to sec-Amyl Acetate and can last for substance is released into the workplace and (3) whether months or years: harmful skin or eye contact could occur. Special controls should be in place for highly toxic chemicals or when Cancer Hazard significant skin, eye, or breathing exposures are possible. * According to the information presently available to the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, sec-Amyl In addition, the following controls are recommended: Acetate has not been tested for its ability to cause cancer in animals. * Where possible, automatically pump liquid sec-Amyl Acetate from drums or other storage containers to process Reproductive Hazard containers. * According to the information presently available to the New * Before entering a confined space where sec-Amyl Acetate Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, sec-Amyl may be present, check to make sure that an explosive Acetate has not been tested for its ability to affect concentration does not exist. reproduction. Good WORK PRACTICES can help to reduce hazardous Other Long-Term Effects exposures. The following work practices are recommended: * Prolonged or repeated contact can cause drying and cracking of the skin. * Workers whose clothing has been contaminated by sec- * Repeated exposure to sec-Amyl Acetate may affect the Amyl Acetate should change into clean clothing promptly. liver, kidneys and brain. * Contaminated work clothes should be laundered by individuals who have been informed of the hazards of MEDICAL exposure to sec-Amyl Acetate. * Eye wash fountains should be provided in the immediate work area for emergency use. Medical Testing * If there is the possibility of skin exposure, emergency If symptoms develop or overexposure is suspected, the shower facilities should be provided. following are recommended: * On skin contact with sec-Amyl Acetate, immediately wash or shower to remove the chemical. At the end of the * Liver and kidney function tests. workshift, wash any areas of the body that may have * EEG. contacted sec-Amyl Acetate, whether or not known skin contact has occurred. Any evaluation should include a careful history of past and * Do not eat, smoke, or drink where sec-Amyl Acetate is present symptoms with an exam. Medical tests that look for handled, processed, or stored, since the chemical can be damage already done are not a substitute for controlling swallowed. Wash hands carefully before eating, drinking, exposure. smoking, or using the toilet. sec-AMYL ACETATE page 3 of 6 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT * Where the potential for high exposure exists, use a MSHA/NIOSH approved supplied-air respirator with a full WORKPLACE CONTROLS ARE BETTER THAN facepiece operated in a pressure-demand or other positive- PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. However, for pressure mode. For increased protection use in combination some jobs (such as outside work, confined space entry, jobs with an auxiliary self-contained breathing apparatus done only once in a while, or jobs done while workplace operated in a pressure-demand or other positive-pressure controls are being installed), personal protective equipment mode. may be appropriate. * Exposure to 1,000 ppm is immediately dangerous to life and health. If the possibility of exposure above 1,000 ppm OSHA 1910.132 requires employers to determine the exists, use a NIOSH approved self-contained breathing appropriate personal protective equipment for each hazard and apparatus with a full facepiece operated in a pressure- to train employees on how and when to use protective demand or other positive-pressure mode equipped with an equipment. emergency escape air cylinder. The following recommendations are only guidelines and may HANDLING AND STORAGE not apply to every situation. * Prior to working with sec-Amyl Acetate you should be Clothing trained on its proper handling and storage. * Avoid skin contact with sec-Amyl Acetate. Wear solvent- * sec-Amyl Acetate is not compatible with OXIDIZING resistant gloves and clothing. Safety equipment suppliers/ AGENTS (such as PERCHLORATES, PEROXIDES, manufacturers can provide recommendations on the most PERMANGANATES, CHLORATES, NITRATES, protective glove/clothing material for your operation. CHLORINE, BROMINE and FLUORINE); STRONG * All protective clothing (suits, gloves, footwear, headgear) ACIDS (such as HYDROCHLORIC, SULFURIC and should be clean, available each day, and put on before NITRIC); and STRONG BASES (such as SODIUM work. HYDROXIDE and POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE). * ACGIH recommends Polyvinyl Alcohol as a protective * Store in tightly closed containers in a cool, well-ventilated material. area away from HEAT. * Sources of