Common Name: TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE CAS Number: 7550-45-0 RTK Substance number: 1864 DOT Number: UN 1838 Date: February 2000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- HAZARD SUMMARY * Titanium Tetrachloride can affect you when breathed in. * If you think you are experiencing any work-related health * Titanium Tetrachloride is a CORROSIVE CHEMICAL problems, see a doctor trained to recognize occupational and contact can severely irritate and burn the skin and eyes diseases. Take this Fact Sheet with you. with possible eye damage. * Breathing Titanium Tetrachloride can irritate the nose WORKPLACE EXPOSURE LIMITS and throat. No occupational exposure limits have been established for * Breathing Titanium Tetrachloride can irritate the lungs Titanium Tetrachloride. This does not mean that this causing coughing and/or shortness of breath. Higher substance is not harmful. Safe work practices should always exposures can cause a build-up of fluid in the lungs be followed. (pulmonary edema), a medical emergency, with severe shortness of breath. WAYS OF REDUCING EXPOSURE * Titanium Tetrachloride is a REACTIVE CHEMICAL * Where possible, enclose operations and use local exhaust and an EXPLOSION HAZARD. ventilation at the site of chemical release. If local exhaust ventilation or enclosure is not used, respirators should be IDENTIFICATION worn. Titanium Tetrachloride is a colorless to pale yellow liquid. * Wear protective work clothing. It is used to make Titanium metal and other Titanium * Wash thoroughly immediately after exposure to Titanium containing compounds. Tetrachloride. * Post hazard and warning information in the work area. In REASON FOR CITATION addition, as part of an ongoing education and training * Titanium Tetrachloride is on the Hazardous Substance effort, communicate all information on the health and List because it is cited by DOT, DEP, NFPA and EPA. safety hazards of Titanium Tetrachloride to potentially * This chemical is on the Special Health Hazard Substance exposed workers. List because it is CORROSIVE and REACTIVE. * Definitions are provided on page 5. HOW TO DETERMINE IF YOU ARE BEING 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. TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE 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 Titanium WORKPLACE CONTROLS AND PRACTICES Tetrachloride: 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 Titanium Tetrachloride 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 Titanium Tetrachloride 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 Titanium Tetrachloride and can should be in place for highly toxic chemicals or when last for months or years: significant skin, eye, or breathing exposures are possible. Cancer Hazard In addition, the following controls are recommended: * There is no evidence that Titanium Tetrachloride causes cancer in animals. This is based on test results presently * Where possible, automatically pump liquid Titanium available to the New Jersey Department of Health and Tetrachloride from drums or other storage containers to Senior Services from published studies. process containers. * Before entering a confined space where Titanium Reproductive Hazard Tetrachloride may be present, check to make sure that an * According to the information presently available to the explosive concentration does not exist. New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Titanium Tetrachloride has not been tested for its ability Good WORK PRACTICES can help to reduce hazardous to affect reproduction. exposures. The following work practices are recommended: Other Long-Term Effects * Workers whose clothing has been contaminated by * Titanium Tetrachloride can irritate the lungs. Repeated Titanium Tetrachloride should change into clean exposure may cause bronchitis to develop with cough, clothing promptly. phlegm, and/or shortness of breath. * Contaminated work clothes should be laundered by individuals who have been informed of the hazards of MEDICAL exposure to Titanium Tetrachloride. * Eye wash fountains should be provided in the immediate Medical Testing work area for emergency use. * If there is the possibility of skin exposure, emergency If symptoms develop or overexposure is suspected, the shower facilities should be provided. following is recommended: * On skin contact with Titanium Tetrachloride, immediately wash or shower to remove the chemical. * Consider chest x-ray after acute overexposure. * Do not eat, smoke, or drink where Titanium Tetrachloride is handled, processed, or stored, since the Any evaluation should include a careful history of past and chemical can be swallowed. Wash hands carefully before present symptoms with an exam. Medical tests that look for eating, drinking, smoking, or using the toilet. damage already done are not a substitute for controlling exposure. TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE page 3 of 6 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT * Titanium Tetrachloride is not compatible with OXIDIZING AGENTS (such as PERCHLORATES, WORKPLACE CONTROLS ARE BETTER THAN PEROXIDES, PERMANGANATES, CHLORATES, PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. However, for NITRATES, CHLORINE, BROMINE and FLUORINE); some jobs (such as outside work, confined space entry, jobs STRONG BASES (such as SODIUM HYDROXIDE and done only once in a while, or jobs done while workplace POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE); ALCOHOLS; and controls are being installed), personal protective equipment METALS. may be appropriate. * Store in tightly closed containers in a cool, dry, well- ventilated area. OSHA 1910.132 requires employers to determine the * Wherever Titanium Tetrachloride is used, handled, appropriate personal protective equipment for each hazard and manufactured, or stored, use explosion-proof electrical to train employees on how and when to use protective equipment and fittings. equipment. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS The following recommendations are only guidelines and may not apply to every situation. Q: If I have acute health effects, will I later get chronic health effects? Clothing A: Not always. Most chronic (long-term) effects result * Avoid skin contact with Titanium Tetrachloride. Wear from repeated exposures to a chemical. protective gloves and clothing. Safety equipment suppliers/ Q: Can I get long-term effects without ever having short- manufacturers can provide recommendations on the most term effects? protective glove/clothing material for your operation. A: Yes, because long-term effects can occur from repeated * All protective clothing (suits, gloves, footwear, headgear) exposures to a chemical at levels not high enough to should be clean, available each day, and put on before make you immediately sick. work. Q: What are my chances of getting sick when I have been Eye Protection exposed to chemicals? * Wear indirect-vent, impact and splash resistant goggles A: The likelihood of becoming sick from chemicals is when working with liquids. increased as the amount of exposure increases. This is * Wear a face shield along with goggles when working with determined by the length of time and the amount of corrosive, highly irritating or toxic substances.