Common Name: BIS(AMINOPROPYL)AMINE CAS Number: 56-18-8 RTK Substance number: 0230 DOT Number: UN 2269 Date: May 1989 Revision: September 2000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- HAZARD SUMMARY * Bis(Aminopropyl)Amine can affect you when breathed in * If you think you are experiencing any work-related health and by passing through your skin. problems, see a doctor trained to recognize occupational * Bis(Aminopropyl)Amine is a CORROSIVE CHEMICAL diseases. Take this Fact Sheet with you. and contact can severely irritate and burn the skin and eyes with possible eye damage. WORKPLACE EXPOSURE LIMITS * Breathing Bis(Aminopropyl)Amine can irritate the nose No occupational exposure limits have been established for and throat. Bis(Aminopropyl)Amine. This does not mean that this * Breathing Bis(Aminopropyl)Amine can irritate the lungs substance is not harmful. Safe work practices should always causing coughing and/or shortness of breath. Higher be followed. exposures can cause a build-up of fluid in the lungs (pulmonary edema), a medical emergency, with severe * It should be recognized that Bis(Aminopropyl)Amine can shortness of breath. be absorbed through your skin, thereby increasing your exposure. IDENTIFICATION Bis(Aminopropyl)Amine is a colorless liquid used to make WAYS OF REDUCING EXPOSURE soaps, dyestuffs, rubber, chemicals, emulsifying agents, * Where possible, enclose operations and use local exhaust petroleum specialty products, insecticides, and ventilation at the site of chemical release. If local exhaust pharmaceuticals. ventilation or enclosure is not used, respirators should be worn. REASON FOR CITATION * Wear protective work clothing. * Bis(Aminopropyl)Amine is on the Hazardous Substance * Wash thoroughly immediately after exposure to List because it is cited by DOT. Bis(Aminopropyl)Amine and at the end of the workshift. * This chemical is on the Special Health Hazard Substance * Post hazard and warning information in the work area. In List because it is CORROSIVE. addition, as part of an ongoing education and training * Definitions are provided on page 5. effort, communicate all information on the health and safety hazards of Bis(Aminopropyl)Amine to potentially HOW TO DETERMINE IF YOU ARE BEING exposed workers. EXPOSED 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. BIS(AMINOPROPYL)AMINE 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 potential and most severe health hazards that may result from right to this information under OSHA 1910.1020. exposure. Duration of exposure, concentration of the substance and other factors will affect your susceptibility to Mixed Exposures any of the potential effects described below. * Because smoking can cause heart disease, as well as lung --------------------------------------------------------------------------- cancer, emphysema, and other respiratory problems, it may worsen respiratory conditions caused by chemical HEALTH HAZARD INFORMATION exposure. Even if you have smoked for a long time, stopping now will reduce your risk of developing health Acute Health Effects problems. The following acute (short-term) health effects may occur immediately or shortly after exposure to WORKPLACE CONTROLS AND PRACTICES Bis(Aminopropyl)Amine: Unless a less toxic chemical can be substituted for a hazardous * Contact can severely irritate and burn the skin and eyes substance, ENGINEERING CONTROLS are the most with possible eye damage. effective way of reducing exposure. The best protection is to * Breathing Bis(Aminopropyl)Amine can irritate the nose enclose operations and/or provide local exhaust ventilation at and throat. the site of chemical release. Isolating operations can also * Breathing Bis(Aminopropyl)Amine can irritate the lungs reduce exposure. Using respirators or protective equipment is causing coughing and/or shortness of breath. Higher less effective than the controls mentioned above, but is exposures can cause a build-up of fluid in the lungs sometimes necessary. (pulmonary edema), a medical emergency, with severe shortness of breath. In evaluating the controls present in your workplace, consider: (1) how hazardous the substance is, (2) how much of the Chronic Health Effects substance is released into the workplace and (3) whether The following chronic (long-term) health effects can occur at harmful skin or eye contact could occur. Special controls some time after exposure to Bis(Aminopropyl)Amine and should be in place for highly toxic chemicals or when can last for months or years: significant skin, eye, or breathing exposures are possible. Cancer Hazard In addition, the following control is recommended: * According to the information presently available to the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, * Where possible, automatically pump liquid Bis(Aminopropyl)Amine has not been tested for its Bis(Aminopropyl)Amine from drums or other storage ability to cause cancer in animals. containers to process containers. Reproductive Hazard Good WORK PRACTICES can help to reduce hazardous * According to the information presently available to the exposures. The following work practices are recommended: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Bis(Aminopropyl)Amine has not been tested for its * Workers whose clothing has been contaminated by ability to affect reproduction. Bis(Aminopropyl)Amine should change into clean clothing promptly. Other Long-Term Effects * Contaminated work clothes should be laundered by * Bis(Aminopropyl)Amine can irritate the lungs. Repeated individuals who have been informed of the hazards of exposure may cause bronchitis to develop with cough, exposure to Bis(Aminopropyl)Amine. phlegm, and/or shortness of breath. * Eye wash fountains should be provided in the immediate work area for emergency use. MEDICAL * If there is the possibility of skin exposure, emergency shower facilities should be provided. Medical Testing * On skin contact with Bis(Aminopropyl)Amine, If symptoms develop or overexposure is suspected, the immediately wash or shower to remove the chemical. At following is recommended: the end of the workshift, wash any areas of the body that may have contacted Bis(Aminopropyl)Amine, whether or * Consider chest x-ray after acute overexposure. not known skin contact has occurred. * Do not eat, smoke, or drink where Any evaluation should include a careful history of past and Bis(Aminopropyl)Amine is handled, processed, or stored, present symptoms with an exam. Medical tests that look for since the chemical can be swallowed. Wash hands damage already done are not a substitute for controlling carefully before eating, drinking, smoking, or using the exposure. toilet. BIS(AMINOPROPYL)AMINE page 3 of 6 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT HANDLING AND STORAGE WORKPLACE CONTROLS ARE BETTER THAN * Prior to working with Bis(Aminopropyl)Amine you PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. However, for should be trained on its proper handling and storage. some jobs (such as outside work, confined space entry, jobs * Bis(Aminopropyl)Amine is not compatible with ACID done only once in a while, or jobs done while workplace ANHYDRIDES; ACID CHLORIDES; STRONG ACIDS controls are being installed), personal protective equipment (such as HYDROCHLORIC, SULFURIC and NITRIC); may be appropriate. OXIDIZING AGENTS (such as PERCHLORATES, PEROXIDES, PERMANGANATES, CHLORATES, OSHA 1910.132 requires employers to determine the NITRATES, CHLORINE, BROMINE and FLUORINE); appropriate personal protective equipment for each hazard and CHLOROFORMATES; and METALS. to train employees on how and when to use protective * Store in tightly closed containers in a cool, well-ventilated equipment. area away from LIGHT. * Sources of ignition, such as smoking and open flames, are The following recommendations are only guidelines and may prohibited where Bis(Aminopropyl)Amine is used, not apply to every situation. handled, or stored in a manner that could create a potential fire or explosion hazard. Clothing * Avoid skin contact with Bis(Aminopropyl)Amine. Wear QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS protective gloves and clothing. Safety equipment suppliers/ manufacturers can provide recommendations on Q: If I have acute health effects, will I later get chronic the most protective glove/clothing material for your health effects? operation. A: Not always. Most chronic (long-term) effects result * All protective clothing (suits, gloves, footwear, headgear) from repeated exposures to a chemical. should be clean, available each day, and put on before work. Q: Can I get long-term effects without ever having short- * Safety equipment manufacturers recommend Neoprene, term effects? Viton and Butyl Rubber as protective materials. A: Yes, because long-term effects can occur from repeated exposures to a chemical at levels not high enough to Eye Protection make you immediately