Right to Know Hazardous Substance Fact Sheet Common Name: 1,3-BUTADIENE Synonyms: Biethylene; Divinyl; Vinylethylene CAS Number: 106-99-0 Chemical Name: 1,3-Butadiene RTK Substance Number: 0272 Date: July 2007 Revision: December 2016 DOT Number: UN 1010 Description and Use EMERGENCY RESPONDERS >>>> SEE BACK PAGE o o 1,3-Butadiene is a colorless gas, or a liquid below 31 F (-1 C), Hazard Summary with a gasoline-like odor. It is used in making a variety of Hazard Rating NJDHSS NFPA synthetic rubber products such as tires, resins, plastics, and HEALTH - 2 other chemicals. FLAMMABILITY - 4 REACTIVITY - 2 ODOR THRESHOLD =1 to 1.6 ppm Odor thresholds vary greatly. Do not rely on odor alone to CARCINOGEN determine potentially hazardous exposures. FLAMMABLE AND REACTIVE POISONOUS GASES ARE PRODUCED IN FIRE GAS/AIR MIXTURES ARE EXPLOSIVE CYLINDERS MAY EXPLODE IN FIRE Reason for Citation Hazard Rating Key: 0=minimal; 1=slight; 2=moderate; 3=serious; 4=severe 1,3-Butadiene is on the Hazardous Substance List because it is cited by OSHA, ACGIH, DOT, NIOSH, NTP, DEP, IARC, 1,3-Butadiene is a CARCINOGEN--HANDLE WITH NFPA and EPA. This chemical is on the Special Health Hazard Substance EXTREME CAUTION. List. 1,3-Butadiene can affect you when inhaled. Contact with the liquid can irritate the skin and cause frostbite. Inhaling 1,3-Butadiene can irritate the eyes, nose, mouth and throat. Exposure can cause headache, dizziness and passing out. SEE GLOSSARY ON PAGE 5. 1,3-Butadiene is FLAMMABLE and REACTIVE and a DANGEROUS FIRE and EXPLOSION HAZARD. FIRST AID Eye Contact Immediately flush with large amounts of cool water for at Workplace Exposure Limits least 15 minutes, occasionally lifting upper and lower lids. OSHA: The legal airborne permissible exposure limit (PEL) is Remove contact lenses, if worn, while rinsing. Medical 1 ppm averaged over an 8-hour workshift and 5 ppm, attention is necessary. not to be exceeded during any 15-minute work period. Skin Contact Immerse affected part in warm water. Seek medical NIOSH: Recommends that exposure to occupational attention. carcinogens be limited to the lowest feasible concentration. Inhalation Remove the person from exposure. ACGIH: The threshold limit value (TLV) is 2 ppm averaged Begin rescue breathing (using universal precautions) if over an 8-hour workshift. breathing has stopped and CPR if heart action has stopped. Transfer promptly to a medical facility. 1,3-Butadiene is a PROBABLE CARCINOGEN in humans. There may be no safe level of exposure to a carcinogen, so EMERGENCY NUMBERS all contact should be reduced to the lowest possible level. Poison Control: 1-800-222-1222 CHEMTREC: 1-800-424-9300 NJDEP Hotline: 1-877-927-6337 National Response Center: 1-800-424-8802 1,3-BUTADIENE Page 2 of 6 Determining Your Exposure Reproductive Hazard 1,3-Butadiene may damage the male (testes) and female Read the product manufacturer’s Material Safety Data (ovaries) reproductive systems in animals. Sheet (MSDS) and the label to determine product There is limited evidence that 1,3-Butadiene is a teratogen ingredients and important safety and health information in animals. Until further testing has been done, it should be about the product mixture. treated as a possible teratogen in humans. For each individual hazardous ingredient, read the New Other Effects Jersey Department of Health Hazardous Substance Fact No other chronic (long-term) health effects are known at this Sheet, available on the RTK Program website time. (http://nj.gov/health/workplacehealthandsafety/right-to- know/) or in your facility’s RTK Central File or Hazard Communication Standard file. Medical You have a right to this information under the New Jersey Medical Testing Worker and Community Right to Know Act, the Public There is no special test for this chemical. However, if illness Employees Occupational Safety and Health (PEOSH) Act occurs or overexposure is suspected, medical attention is if you are a public worker in New Jersey, and under the recommended. federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) if you are a private worker. Any evaluation should include a careful history of past and present symptoms with an exam. Medical tests that look for The New Jersey Right to Know Act and the PEOSH damage already done are not a substitute for controlling Hazard Communication Standard (N.J.A.C. 12:100-7) exposure. requires most employers to label chemicals in the workplace and requires public employers to provide their Request copies of your medical testing. You have a legal right employees with information concerning chemical hazards to this information under the OSHA Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records Standard (29 CFR 1910.1020). and controls. The federal OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (29 CFR 1910.1200) requires private employers to provide similar information and training to their Workplace Controls and Practices employees. Very toxic chemicals, or those that are reproductive hazards or sensitizers, require expert advice on control measures if a less This Fact Sheet is a summary of available information toxic chemical cannot be substituted. Control measures regarding the health hazards that may result from exposure. include: (1) enclosing chemical processes for severely Duration of exposure, concentration of the substance and other irritating and corrosive chemicals, (2) using local exhaust factors will affect your susceptibility to any of the potential ventilation for chemicals that may be harmful with a single effects described below. exposure, and (3) using general ventilation to control exposures to skin and eye irritants. For further information on workplace controls, consult the NIOSH document on Control Health Hazard Information Banding at www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/ctrlbanding/. Acute Health Effects The following acute (short-term) health effects may occur The following work practices are also recommended: immediately or shortly after exposure to 1,3-Butadiene: Label process containers. Contact with the liquid can irritate the skin and cause Provide employees with hazard information and training. frostbite. Monitor airborne chemical concentrations. Inhaling 1,3-Butadiene can irritate the eyes, nose, mouth Use engineering controls if concentrations exceed and throat causing coughing and wheezing. recommended exposure levels. Exposure can cause headache, dizziness, lightheadedness Provide eye wash fountains and emergency showers. and passing out. Higher levels can cause coma and death. Wash or shower if skin comes in contact with a hazardous material. Always wash at the end of the workshift. Chronic Health Effects Change into clean clothing if clothing becomes The following chronic (long-term) health effects can occur at contaminated. some time after exposure to 1,3-Butadiene and can last for Do not take contaminated clothing home. months or years: Get special training to wash contaminated clothing. Do not eat, smoke, or drink in areas where chemicals are Cancer Hazard being handled, processed or stored. 1,3-Butadiene is a PROBABLE CARCINOGEN in humans. Wash hands carefully before eating, smoking, drinking, There is some evidence that it causes lymph and blood applying cosmetics or using the toilet. cancer in humans and it has been shown to cause lymph, breast, uterine, lung, heart, and skin cancer in animals. In addition, the following may be useful or required: Many scientists believe there is no safe level of exposure to a carcinogen. Specific engineering controls are required for this chemical 1,3-Butadiene causes MUTATIONS (genetic changes). by OSHA. Refer to the OSHA 1,3-Butadiene Standard (29 Such chemicals may have a cancer risk. 1,3-BUTADIENE Page 3 of 6 CFR 1910.1051) and the Compressed Gasses Standard (29 replace the filter or cartridge. If the seal is no longer good, CFR 1910.101). you may need a new respirator. Before entering a confined space where 1,3-Butadiene is Consider all potential sources of exposure in your workplace. present, check to make sure sufficient Oxygen (19.5%) You may need a combination of filters, prefilters or cartridges exists. to protect against different forms of a chemical (such as Before entering a confined space where 1,3-Butadiene may vapor and mist) or against a mixture of chemicals. be present, check to make sure that an explosive Where the potential exists for exposure greater than 5 ppm concentration does not exist. and less than or equal to 50 ppm, use a NIOSH approved full facepiece respirator with an organic vapor cartridge. Increased protection is obtained from full facepiece powered-air purifying respirators. Personal Protective Equipment Where the potential exists for exposure greater than 50 ppm The OSHA Personal Protective Equipment Standard (29 CFR and less than or equal to 1,000 ppm, use a NIOSH 1910.132) requires employers to determine the appropriate approved supplied-air respirator with a full facepiece operated in a pressure-demand or other positive-pressure personal protective equipment for each hazard and to train mode. For increased protection use in combination with an employees on how and when to use protective equipment. auxiliary self-contained breathing apparatus operated in a pressure-demand or other positive-pressure mode. The following recommendations are only guidelines and may Exposure to 2,000 ppm is immediately dangerous to life and not apply to every situation. health. If the possibility of exposure above 2,000 ppm exists, use a NIOSH approved self-contained breathing apparatus with a full facepiece operated in a pressure- Gloves and Clothing demand or other positive-pressure mode equipped with an Avoid skin contact with 1,3-Butadiene. Wear personal emergency escape air cylinder. protective equipment made from material which can not be Exposure to 1,3-Butadiene is dangerous because it can permeated and/or degraded by this substance. Safety replace Oxygen and lead to suffocation. Only NIOSH equipment suppliers/manufacturers can provide approved self-contained breathing apparatus with a full recommendations on the most protective glove/clothing facepiece operated in the positive pressure mode should be material for your operation.