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Right to Know Hazardous Substance Fact Sheet Common Name: ARSENIC PENTAFLUORIDE Synonyms: Arsenic Fluoride CAS Number: 7784-36-3 Chemical Name: Arsorane, Pentafluoro- RTK Substance Number: 4171 Date: February 2010 DOT Number: UN 1955 Description and Use EMERGENCY RESPONDERS >>>> SEE LAST PAGE Arsenic Pentafluoride is a colorless gas that forms white Hazard Summary fumes in air. It is used in making electroconductive polymers. Hazard Rating NJDOH NFPA HEALTH - 4 FLAMMABILITY - 0 REACTIVITY - 1 CARCINOGEN Reasons for Citation POISONOUS GASES ARE PRODUCED IN FIRE CONTAINERS MAY EXPLODE IN FIRE f Arsenic Pentafluoride is on the Right to Know Hazardous Hazard Rating Key: 0=minimal; 1=slight; 2=moderate; 3=serious; Substance List because it is cited by OSHA, ACGIH, DOT, 4=severe NIOSH, NTP, DEP, IARC, IRIS, NFPA and EPA. f Arsenic Pentafluoride can affect you when inhaled. f This chemical is on the Special Health Hazard Substance f Arsenic Pentafluoride is a CARCINOGEN. HANDLE WITH List. EXTREME CAUTION. f Skin contact can cause irritation, burns, rash and loss of pigment. f Eye contact can cause irritation and burns. f Inhaling Arsenic Pentafluoride can irritate the nose and throat and can cause an ulcer or hole in the “bone” (septum) dividing the inner SEE GLOSSARY ON PAGE 5. nose. f Exposure to Arsenic Pentafluoride can cause weakness, poor appetite, headache and even death. FIRST AID f Arsenic Pentafluoride may damage the nervous system and the Eye Contact liver. f Immediately flush with large amounts of water for at least 30 f If Arsenic Pentafluoride is exposed to WATER, MOIST AIR or is minutes, lifting upper and lower lids. Remove contact involved in a fire it can release Hydrogen Fluoride. Consult the lenses, if worn, while flushing. Seek medical attention. Right to Know Hazardous Substance Fact Sheet on HYDROGEN FLUORIDE. Skin Contact f Arsenic Pentafluoride is not combustible, but it is a STRONG f Immediately flush with large amounts of water. Continue OXIDIZER that enhances the combustion of other substances. flushing while removing clothing. Apply 2.5% Calcium Workplace Exposure Limits Gluconate gel to the affected skin. Massage the gel into the The following exposure limits are for inorganic Arsenic compounds skin while wearing rubber gloves. Continue to reapply and (measured as Arsenic): massage until pain is entirely relieved. Seek medical assistance immediately. OSHA: The legal airborne permissible exposure limit (PEL) is 3 0.01 mg/m averaged over an 8-hour workshift. NIOSH: The recommended airborne exposure limit (REL) is Inhalation 3 f Remove the person from exposure. 0.002 mg/m ,which should not be exceeded in any 15-minute work period. f Begin rescue breathing (using universal precautions) if 3 breathing has stopped and CPR if heart action has stopped. ACGIH: The threshold limit value (TLV) is 0.01 mg/m averaged over an 8-hour workshift. f Transfer promptly to a medical facility. The following exposure limits are for Hydrogen Fluoride: OSHA: The legal airborne permissible exposure limit (PEL) is 3 ppm EMERGENCY NUMBERS averaged over an 8-hour workshift. NIOSH: The recommended airborne exposure limit (REL) is Poison Control: 1-800-222-1222 3 ppm averaged over a 10-hour workshift and 6 ppm, which CHEMTREC: 1-800-424-9300 should not to be exceeded during any 15-minute work period. NJDEP Hotline: 1-877-927-6337 ACGIH: The threshold limit value (TLV) is 0.5 ppm averaged over National Response Center: 1-800-424-8802 an 8-hour workshift and 2 ppm, which should not be exceeded at any time. f Arsenic Pentafluoride is a CARCINOGEN in humans. There may be no safe level of exposure to a carcinogen, so all contact should be reduced to the lowest possible level. ARSENIC PENTAFLUORIDE Page 2 of 6 Determining Your Exposure Reproductive Hazard f While Arsenic Pentafluoride has not been identified as a f Read the product manufacturer’s Material Safety Data teratogen or a reproductive hazard, Arsenic and certain Sheet (MSDS) and the label to determine product Arsenic compounds are teratogens and may also cause ingredients and important safety and health information reproductive damage, such as reduced fertility and about the product mixture. interference with menstrual cycles. Arsenic Pentafluoride should be handled WITH EXTREME CAUTION. f For each individual hazardous ingredient, read the New Jersey Department of Health Hazardous Substance Fact Other Effects Sheet, available on the RTK website f Repeated skin contact can cause thickened skin and/or (www.nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb) or in your facility’s RTK patchy areas of darkening and loss of pigment. Some Central File or Hazard Communication Standard file. persons may develop white lines on the nails. f Long-term exposure can cause an ulcer or hole in the “bone” f You have a right to this information under the New Jersey (septum) dividing the inner nose, hoarseness and sore eyes. Worker and Community Right to Know Act and the Public f Arsenic Pentafluoride may damage the nervous system Employees Occupational Safety and Health (PEOSH) Act causing numbness, “pins and needles,” and/or weakness in if you are a public worker in New Jersey, and under the the hands and feet. federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) if you f Arsenic Pentafluoride may damage the liver. are a private worker. f The New Jersey Right to Know Act requires most employers to label chemicals in the workplace and Medical requires public employers to provide their employees with Medical Testing information concerning chemical hazards and controls. Before first exposure and every 12 months thereafter, OSHA The federal OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (29 requires your employer to provide (for persons exposed to greater than 0.005 mg/m3 of Arsenic) a work and medical CFR 1910.1200) and the PEOSH Hazard Communication history and exam which shall include: Standard (N.J.A.C. 12:100-7) require employers to provide similar information and training to their employees. f Chest x-ray f Exam of the nose, skin and nails This Fact Sheet is a summary of available information f Test for urine Arsenic. This is most accurate at the end of regarding the health hazards that may result from exposure. the workday. Eating shellfish or fish may elevate Arsenic Duration of exposure, concentration of the substance and other levels for up to two days. At NIOSH recommended factors will affect your susceptibility to any of the potential exposure levels, urine Arsenic should not be greater than effects described below. 100 micrograms per liter of urine. Any evaluation should include a careful history of past and Health Hazard Information 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 Arsenic exposure. Pentafluoride: OSHA requires your employer to provide you and your doctor f Skin contact can cause irritation, burns, itching, rash and with a copy of the OSHA Inorganic Arsenic Standard (29 CFR loss of pigment. 1910.1018). f Eye contact can cause irritation, burns, and red, watery eyes. Request copies of your medical testing. You have a legal right f Inhaling Arsenic Pentafluoride can irritate the nose and to this information under the OSHA Access to Employee throat causing coughing and wheezing. Exposure and Medical Records Standard (29 CFR 1910.1020). f Exposure to Arsenic Pentafluoride can cause weakness, poor appetite, nausea, vomiting, headache, muscle cramps, Mixed Exposures and even death. f More than light alcohol consumption can cause liver damage. Drinking alcohol can increase the liver damage caused by Arsenic Pentafluoride. Chronic Health Effects The following chronic (long-term) health effects can occur at Conditions Made Worse By Exposure some time after exposure to Arsenic Pentafluoride and can f Many scientists believe that skin changes, such as last for months or years: thickening and pigment changes, make those skin areas more likely to develop skin cancer. Cancer Hazard f Arsenic Pentafluoride is a CARCINOGEN in humans. There is evidence that Arsenic compounds cause skin, liver, and lung cancer in humans. f Many scientists believe there is no safe level of exposure to a carcinogen. ARSENIC PENTAFLUORIDE Page 3 of 6 Workplace Controls and Practices f Safety equipment manufacturers recommend Barrier®, Teflon®, and Kel-F® gloves for Hydrogen Fluoride, and Very toxic chemicals, or those that are reproductive hazards or Tychem® Responder® and TK, and Trellchem® HPS, or the sensitizers, require expert advice on control measures if a less equivalent, as protective clothing materials for Hydrogen toxic chemical cannot be substituted. Control measures Fluoride. include: (1) enclosing chemical processes for severely f All protective clothing (suits, gloves, footwear, headgear) irritating and corrosive chemicals, (2) using local exhaust should be clean, available each day, and put on before work. ventilation for chemicals that may be harmful with a single exposure, and (3) using general ventilation to control exposures to skin and eye irritants. For further information on Eye Protection workplace controls, consult the NIOSH document on Control f Wear non-vented, impact resistant goggles when working Banding at www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/ctrlbanding/. with fumes, gases, or vapors. f Wear a face shield along with goggles when working with The following work practices are also recommended: corrosive, highly irritating or toxic substances. f Label process containers. Respiratory Protection f Provide employees with hazard information and training. Improper use of respirators is dangerous. Respirators f Monitor airborne chemical concentrations. should only be used if the employer has implemented a written f Use engineering controls if concentrations exceed program that takes into account workplace conditions, recommended exposure levels. requirements for worker training, respirator fit testing, and f Provide eye wash fountains and emergency showers.