Common Name: MONOCROTOPHOS CAS Number: 6923-22-4 RTK Substance number: 1313 DOT Number: UN 2783 Date: January 1987 Revision: November 1999 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- HAZARD SUMMARY WORKPLACE EXPOSURE LIMITS * Monocrotophos can affect you when breathed in and NIOSH: The recommended airborne exposure limit is quickly enters the body by passing through the skin. 0.25 mg/m3 averaged over a 10-hour workshift. * Exposure to Monocrotophos can cause rapid, severe, organophosphate poisoning with headache, dizziness, ACGIH: The recommended airborne exposure limit is blurred vision, tightness in the chest, sweating, nausea and 0.25 mg/m3 averaged over an 8-hour workshift. vomiting, diarrhea, muscle twitching, convulsions, coma and death. * The above exposure limits are for air levels only. When * Repeated exposure may cause personality changes of skin contact also occurs, you may be overexposed, even depression, anxiety or irritability. though air levels are less than the limits listed above. * Monocrotophos may affect the nervous system. WAYS OF REDUCING EXPOSURE IDENTIFICATION * Where possible, enclose operations and use local exhaust Monocrotophos is a reddish-brown crystalline (sugar or sand- ventilation at the site of chemical release. If local exhaust like) solid with a mild odor. It is also available as a liquid and ventilation or enclosure is not used, respirators should be is used as an insecticide. worn. * Wear protective work clothing. REASON FOR CITATION * Wash thoroughly immediately after exposure to * Monocrotophos is on the Hazardous Substance List Monocrotophos and at the end of the workshift. because it is cited by ACGIH, DOT, NIOSH and EPA. * Post hazard and warning information in the work area. In * Definitions are provided on page 5. addition, as part of an ongoing education and training effort, communicate all information on the health and HOW TO DETERMINE IF YOU ARE BEING safety hazards of Monocrotophos to potentially exposed EXPOSED workers. The New Jersey Right to Know Act requires most employers to label chemicals in the workplace and requires public employers to provide their employees with information and training concerning chemical hazards and controls. The 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. * If you think you are experiencing any work-related health problems, see a doctor trained to recognize occupational diseases. Take this Fact Sheet with you. MONOCROTOPHOS page 2 of 6 This Fact Sheet is a summary source of information of all If symptoms develop or overexposure occurs, repeat the potential and most severe health hazards that may result from preceding tests as soon as possible and get an exam of the exposure. Duration of exposure, concentration of the nervous system. substance and other factors will affect your susceptibility to any of the potential effects described below. Any evaluation should include a careful history of past and --------------------------------------------------------------------------- present symptoms with an exam. Medical tests that look for damage already done are not a substitute for controlling HEALTH HAZARD INFORMATION exposure. Acute Health Effects Request copies of your medical testing. You have a legal The following acute (short-term) health effects may occur right to this information under OSHA 1910.1020. immediately or shortly after exposure to Monocrotophos: Mixed Exposures * Exposure to Monocrotophos can cause rapid, severe, * Persons exposed to other chemicals which affect body organophosphate poisoning with headache, dizziness, cholinesterase (organophosphates, carbamates) may be at blurred vision, tightness in the chest, sweating, nausea and increased risk. vomiting, diarrhea, muscle twitching, convulsions, coma and death. WORKPLACE CONTROLS AND PRACTICES Chronic Health Effects Unless a less toxic chemical can be substituted for a hazardous The following chronic (long-term) health effects can occur at substance, ENGINEERING CONTROLS are the most some time after exposure to Monocrotophos and can last for effective way of reducing exposure. The best protection is to months or years: enclose operations and/or provide local exhaust ventilation at the site of chemical release. Isolating operations can also Cancer Hazard reduce exposure. Using respirators or protective equipment is * There is no evidence that Monocrotophos causes cancer less effective than the controls mentioned above, but is in animals. This is based on test results presently available sometimes necessary. to the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services from published studies. In evaluating the controls present in your workplace, consider: (1) how hazardous the substance is, (2) how much of the Reproductive Hazard substance is released into the workplace and (3) whether * There is no evidence that Monocrotophos affects harmful skin or eye contact could occur. Special controls reproduction. This is based on test results presently should be in place for highly toxic chemicals or when available to the New Jersey Department of Health and significant skin, eye, or breathing exposures are possible. Senior Services from published studies. In addition, the following control is recommended: Other Long-Term Effects * Repeated exposure may cause personality changes of * Where possible, automatically transfer solid depression, anxiety, or irritability. Monocrotophos or pump liquid Monocrotophos from * Monocrotophos may affect the nervous system. drums or other storage containers to process containers. MEDICAL Good WORK PRACTICES can help to reduce hazardous exposures. The following work practices are recommended: Medical Testing * Workers whose clothing has been contaminated by Before employment and at regular times after that, the Monocrotophos should change into clean clothing following are recommended: promptly. * Do not take contaminated work clothes home. Family * Plasma and red blood cell cholinesterase levels (tests for members could be exposed. the enzyme poisoned by this chemical). If exposure stops, * Contaminated work clothes should be laundered by plasma levels return to normal in 1-2 weeks while red individuals who have been informed of the hazards of blood cell levels may be reduced for 1-3 months. exposure to Monocrotophos. * When cholinesterase enzyme levels are reduced by 25% or * Eye wash fountains should be provided in the immediate more below pre-employment levels, risk of poisoning is work area for emergency use. increased, even if results are in lower ranges of "normal." * If there is the possibility of skin exposure, emergency Reassignment to work not involving organophosphate or shower facilities should be provided. carbamate pesticides is recommended until enzyme levels recover. MONOCROTOPHOS page 3 of 6 * On skin contact with Monocrotophos, immediately wash * NIOSH has established new testing and certification or shower to remove the chemical. At the end of the requirements for negative pressure, air purifying, workshift, wash any areas of the body that may have particulate filter and filtering facepiece respirators. The contacted Monocrotophos, whether or not known skin filter classifications of dust/mist/fume, paint spray or contact has occurred. pesticide prefilters, and filters for radon daughters, have * Do not eat, smoke, or drink where Monocrotophos is been replaced with the N, R, and P series. Each series has handled, processed, or stored, since the chemical can be three levels of filtering efficiency: 95%, 99%, and 99.9%. swallowed. Wash hands carefully before eating, drinking, Check with your safety equipment supplier or your smoking, or using the toilet. respirator manufacturer to determine which respirator is * For solid Monocrotophos use a vacuum or a wet method appropriate for your facility. to reduce dust during clean-up. DO NOT DRY SWEEP. * If while wearing a filter or cartridge respirator you can smell, taste, or otherwise detect Monocrotophos, or if PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT while wearing particulate filters abnormal resistance to breathing is experienced, or eye irritation occurs while WORKPLACE CONTROLS ARE BETTER THAN wearing a full facepiece respirator, leave the area PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. However, for immediately. Check to make sure the respirator-to-face some jobs (such as outside work, confined space entry, jobs seal is still good. If it is, replace the filter or cartridge. If done only once in a while, or jobs done while workplace the seal is no longer good, you may need a new respirator. controls are being installed), personal protective equipment * Be sure to consider all potential exposures in your may be appropriate. workplace. You may need a combination of filters, prefilters or cartridges to protect against different forms of OSHA 1910.132 requires employers to determine the a chemical (such as vapor and mist) or against a mixture of appropriate personal protective equipment for each hazard and chemicals. to train employees on how and when to use protective * Where the potential for high exposure exists, use a equipment. MSHA/NIOSH approved supplied-air respirator