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MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET
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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES# INC 400 PLAZA DRIVE HARMON MEADOWS SECAUCUS# NJ 07094 1-000-223-0978
EMERGENCY CONTACT: JOHN S. BRANSFORD# JR
SUBSTANCE IDENTIFICATION
SUBSTANCE: VINYL CHLORIDE
CAS-MJWER 75-01-4
TRADE NAMES/SYNONYMS: CHLOROETHYLENE#' CHLOROETHENE; VC; CHLORETHENE; TROWIDUR; ETHYLENE MONOCHLORIDE; MONOCHLOROETHYLENE; EXON=470* MONO CHLORO ETHENE; VINYL CHLORIDE MONOMER; VINYL CHLORIDE, INHIBITED; U043; UN 1086; OHS24940
CHEMICAL FAMILY: HALOGEN COMPOUND# ALIPHATIC
MOLECULAR FORMULA: C2-H3-CL
MOLECULAR WEIGHT: 62.50
CERCLA RATINGS (SCALE 0-3): HEALTH*3 FIRE*3 REACTIVITY=1 PERSISTENCE=1 NFPA RATINGS (SCALE 0-4): HEALTK=2 FIRE*4 REACTIVITY*!
COMPONENTS AND CONTAMINANTS COMPONENT: VINYL CHLORIDE
PERCENT: 99.9
OTHER CONTAMINANTS: WATER# ACETALDEHYDE# ACETYLENE, IRON# HYDROGEN CHLORIDE# HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
EXPOSURE LIMITS: VINYL CHLORIDE:
1.0 PPM OSHA TWA; 5 PPM OSHA 15 MINUTE CEILING; 0.5 PPM OSHA ACTION LEVEL AS AN 8 HOUR TWA 5 PPM ACGIH TWA
LOWEST FEASIBLE LIMIT NIOSH RECOWENDED EXPOSURE CRITERIA
PHYSICAL DATA
DESCRIPTION: COLORLESS# SWEET SMELLING GAS; LIQUID BELOW 7 FARENHEIT
BOILING POINT: 7 F (-14 C)
MELTING POINT: -245 F (-160 C)
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: 0.9
VAPOR PRESSURE: 2300 FMHG 9 20 C
SOLUBILITY IN WATER: 0.1% 9 25 C
ODOR THRESHOLD: 260 PPM
VAPOR DENSITY: 2.2
SOLVENT SOLUBILITY: ETHANOL, ETHYL ETHER# BENZENE# CARBON TETRACHLORIDE, ETHER
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FIRE AND EXPLOSION DATA
FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARD: DANGEROUS FIRE HAZARD AND A MODERATE EXPLOSION HAZARD WHEN EXPOSED TO HEAT OR FLAME. LARGE FIRES OF VINYL CHLORIDE ARE PRACTICALLY INEXTINGUISHABLE. VAPORAIR MIXTURES ARE EXPLOSIVE ABOVE FLASH POINT. VAPORS ARE HEAVIER THAN AIR, AND MAY TRAVEL A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE TO SOURCE OF IGNITION AND FLASHBACK.
FLASH POINT: -108 F (-77 C> (CC)
UPPER EXPLOSIVE LIMIT: 33X
LOWER EXPLOSIVE LIMIT: 3.6%
AUTOIGNITION TEMP.: 882 F (472 C)
FLAMMABILITY CLASS(OSHA): IA
FIREFIGHTING MEDIA: DRY CHEMICAL OR CARBON DIOXIDE (1984 EMERGENCY RESPONSE GUIDEBOOK, DOT P 5800.3).
FOR LARGER FIRES, USE WATER SPRAY, FOG OR ALCOHOL FOAM (1984 EMERGENCY RESPONSE GUIDEBOOK, DOT P 5800.3).
FIREFIGHTING:
MOVE CONTAINER FROM FIRE AREA IF POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM STORAGE TANK ENDS.
FOR MASSIVE FIRE IN STORAGE AREA, USE UNMANNED HOSE HOLDER OR MONITOR NOZZLES, ELSE WITHDRAW FROM AREA AND LET FIRE BURN. WITHDRAW IWEDIATELY IN CASE OF RISING SOUND FROM VENTING SAFETY DEVICE OR ANY DISCOLORATION OF STORAGE TANK FROM FIRE. LET STORAGE VESSEL BURN UNLESS LEAK CAN BE STOPPED; FOR SMALLER
TANKS OR CYLINDERS, EXTINGUISH/ISOLATE FROM OTHER FLAWABLE MATERIALS (1984 EMERGENCY RESPONSE GUIDEBOOK, DOT P 5800.3, GUIDE PAGE 17).
EXTINGUISH ONLY IF FLOW CAN BE STOPPED; USE WATER IN FLOODING QUNATITIES AS FOG. COOL CONTAINERS WITH FLOODING AMOUNTS OF WATER, APPLY FROM AS FAR A
DISTANCE AS POSSIBLE. AVOID BREATHING TOXIC VAPORS, KEEP UPWIND. EVACUATE TO A RADIUS OF 2500 FEET FOR UNCONTROLLABLE FIRES. IF MATERIAL LAEKING, NOT ON FIRE DOWNWIND EVACUATION MUST BE CONSIDERED (BUREAU OF EXPLOSIVES, EMERGENCY HANDLING OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IN SURFACE TRANSPORTATION, 1981).
' STOP FLOW OF GAS (NFPA FIRE PROTECTION GUIDE ON HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, EIGHTH EDITION).
TRANSPORTATION DATA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAZARD CLASSIFICTION 49CFR172.101: FLAfflABLE GAS
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION LABELING REQUIREMENTS 49CFR172.101 AND 172.402: FLAMMABLE 6AS
TOXICITY
VINYL CHLORIDE: 500 MG/KG ORAL-RAT LD50; 20 PPM/30 MINUTES INHALATION-GUINEA PIG LCLO; 20 PPM INHALATION-HUMAN TCLO (DPIRDU); MUTAGENIC DATA (RTEC); REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS DATA (RTEC); HUMAN CARCINOGEN (OSHA); POSITIVE HUMAN CARCINOGEN
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(IARC); POSITIVE ANIMAL CARCINOGEN (IARC). STUDIES SHOW THAT HUMAN GROUPS
OCCUPATIONALLY EXPOSED TO VINYL CHLORIDE RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN
ANGIOSARCOMAS OF THE LIVER* AND ALSO TUMORS OF THE BRAIN* LUNG AND HEMATO
POIETIC SYSTEMS. VINYL CHLORIDE WAS CARCINOGENIC IN RATS* MICE AND HAMSTERS
FOLLOWING ORAL AND INHALATION EXPOSURE* PRODUCING ANGIOSARCOMAS OF THE LIVER
AND ALSO TUMORS AT VARIOUS SITES* AND WAS CARCINOGENIC IN RATS FOLLOWING
PRENATAL EXPOSURE.
VINYL CHLORIDE IS A SKIN* EYE AND MUCOUS MEMBRANE IRRITANT* CENTRAL NERVOUS
SYSTEM DEPRESSANT* AND SIMPLE ASPHYXIANT. POISONING MAY AFFECT THE LIVER,
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM, BLOOD, AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEM.
HEALTH EFFECTS AND FIRST AID
INHALATION: VINYL CHLORIDE: IRRITANT/NARCOTIC/ASPHYXIANT/CARCINOGEN.
ACUTE EXPOSURE- MAY RESULT IN A PLEASANT TASTE IN THE MOUTH* AND MAY CAUSE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISTURBANCES INCLUDING EUPHORIA* DROWSINESS* NARCOLEPSEY* HEADACHE* NAUSEA* STAGGERING GAIT* PARESTHESIA OF THE HANDS AND FEET* DULLING OF VISUAL AND AUDITORY RESPONSE, ANESTHESIA* AND DEATH DUE TO RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS WITH CARDIAC ARREST. CONCENTRATED VAPORS MAY RESULT IN ASPHYXIA DUE TO THE DISPLACEMENT OF OXYGEN. HUMAN AND ANIMAL PATHOLOGIC REPORTS SHOW PULMONARY EDEMA* HYPEREMIA OF KIDNEYS AND LIVER, AND HEPATIC DEGENERATION.
CHRONIC EXPOSURE- REPEATED EXPOSURE MAY RESULT IN DOSE-RELATED SENSORY DISORDERS, AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM POLYNEURITIS, SPASTIC ANGIONEURITIS, THROMBOCYTOPENIA* SPLENOMEGALY, HEPATITIS-LIKE LIVER CHANGES* LIVER MALFUNCTION WITH PORTAL FIBROSIS, AND PULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY. WORKERS INVOLVED IN THE ACTUAL POLYMERIZATION PROCESS MAY EXHIBIT A PECULIAR TRIAD OF SYMPTOMS: MODIFICATION OF PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION RESULTING IN ATTACKS OF PALLOR* CYANOSIS* AND THEN REDNESS (RAYNAUD'S PHENOMENON); SKELETAL CHANGES OF DISTAL PHALANGES (ACRO-OSTEOLYSIS); AND SCLERODERMA-LIKE SKIN CHANGES. PSEUDO-CLUBBING OF THE FINGERS MAY ALSO OCCUR. ANIMAL STUDIES SHOW THAT VINYL CHLORIDE PRODUCES TUMORS AT DIFFERENT SITES, INCLUDING ANGIOSARCOMAS OF THE LIVER* AND IT IS CARCINOGENIC IN RATS FOLLOWING PRENATAL EXPOSURE. AN INCREASED RATE OF BIRTH DEFECTS, ESPECIALLY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ANOMALIES* AMONG CHILDREN OF PARENTS RESIDING IN COttRJNITIES WHERE VINYL CHLORIDE PRODUCTION AND POLYMERIZATION PLANTS ARE LOCATED HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SEVERAL STUDIES.
FIRST AID: REMOVE FROM EXPOSURE AREA TO FRESH AIR IWEDIATELY. IF BREATHING HAS STOPPED, GIVE ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION. MAINTAIN AIRWAY AND BLOOD PRESSURE AND ADMINISTER OXYGEN IF AVAILABLE. KEEP AFFECTED PERSON WARM AND AT REST. ADMINISTRATION OF OXYGEN SHOULD BE PERFORMED BY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. GET MEDICAL ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY.
SKIN CONTACT: VINYL CHLORIDE: IRRITANT.
ACUTE EXPOSURE- CONTACT MAY CAUSE IRRITATION, REDNESS, PAIN, AND FROSTBITE. CHRONIC EXPOSURE- WORKERS HANDLING VINYL CHLORIDE HAVE EXHIBITED A PECULIAR
TRIAD OF SYMPTOMS: RAYNAUD'S PHENOMENON, ACRO-OSTEOLYSIS, AND SCLERODERMA LIKE SKIN CHANGES.
FIRST AID: REMOVE CONTAMINATED CLOTHING AND SHOES IMMEDIATELY. WASH AFFECTED AREA WITH SOAP OR MILD DETERGENT AND LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER UNTIL NO
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EVIDENCE OF CHEMICAL. REMAINS.
IN CASE OF FROSTBITE. HARM AFFECTED SKIN IN WARM WATER AT A TEMPERATURE OF
107 F. IF WARM WATER IS NOT AVAILABLE OR IMPRACTICAL TO USE. GENTLY WRAP
AFFECTED PART IN BLANKETS. ENCOURAGE VICTIM TO EXCERCISE AFFECTED PART WHILE
IT IS BEING WARMED. ALLOW CIRCULATION TO RETURN NATURALLY. (MATHESON GAS.
6TH EDITION) 6ET MEDICAL ATTENTION IMEDIATELY.
EYE CONTACT: VINYL CHLORIDE: IRRITANT.
ACUTE EXPOSURE- MAY CAUSE FROSTBIE. IMMEDIATE AND SEVERE IRRITATION. AND CORNEAL INJURY WITH COMPLETE RECOVERY IN 48 HOURS.
CHRONIC EXPOSURE- NO DATA AVAILABLE.
FIRST AID- WASH EYES IMMEDIATELY WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER. OCCASIONALLY LIFTING UPPER AND LOWER LIDS. UNTIL NO EVIDENCE OF CHEMICAL REMAINS (AT LEAST 15-20 MINUTES). IN CASE OF BURNS. APPLY STERILE BANDAGES LOOSELY WITHOUT MEDICATION. GET MEDICAL ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY.
INGESTION: VINYL CHLORIDE: CARCINOGEN.
ACUTE EXPOSURE- ANIMAL STUDIES INDICATE THAT ORAL ADMINISTRATION ALTERED ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM, AND EXHIBITED IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE ACTIVITY.
CHRONIC EXPOSURE- ORAL ADMINISTRATION TO RATS, MICE, AND HAMSTERS RESULTED IN TUMOR PRODUCTION AT VARIOUS SITES, INCLUDING ANGIOSARCOMAS OF THE LIVER.
FIRST AID- TREAT SYMPTOMATICALLY AND SUPPORTIVELY. GET MEDICAL ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY. IF VOMITING OCCURS, KEEP HEAD LOWER THAN HIPS TO PREVENT ASPIRATION.
ANTIDOTE: NO SPECIFIC ANTIDOTE. TREAT SYMPTOMATICALLY AND SUPPORTIVELY.
REACTIVITY
REACTIVITY: VINYL CHLORIDE: SLIGHTLY REACTIVE UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. POLYMERIZES READILY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LIGHT, AIR, OR HEAT.
INCOMPATIBILITIES: VINYL CHLORIDE:
AIR: FORMS AN UNSTABLE POLYPEPTIDE THROUGH OXIDATION BY ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN IN THE PRESENCE OF ANY OF A VARIETY OF CONTAMINANTS. STORAGE UNDER THESE CONDITIONS FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME INCREASES THE CONCENTRATION OF UNSTABLE POLYPEROXIDES TO HAZARDOUS LEVELS.
OXIDIZING AGENTS: INCOMPATIBLE. COPPER: INCOMPATIBLE.
DECOMPOSITION: THERMAL DECOMPOSITION MAY RELEASE TOXIC PHOSGENE, CORROSIVE HYDROGEN CHLORIDE,
AND TOXIC CARBON MONOXIDE.
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POLYMERIZATION:
EXPOSURE TO AIR* LIGHT, OR EXCESSIVE HEAT MAY INITIATE SELE-POLYMERIZATION.
EXPOSURE OF CONTAINERS TO FIRE OR HEAT MAY RESULT IN VIOLENT POLYMERIZATION.
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CONDITIONS TO AVOID
EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE. MAY BE IGNITED BY HEAT, SPARKS OR FLAMES. VAPORS MAY TRAVEL TO A SOURCE OF IGNITION AND FLASH BACK. CONTAINER MAY EXPLODE IN HEAT OF FIRE. VAPOR EXPLOSION HAZARD INDOORS, OUTDOORS OR IN SEWERS.
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OCCUPATIONAL SPILL: SHUT OFF IGNITION SOURCES. STOP LEAK IF YOU CAN DO IT WITHOUT RISK. USE WATER SPRAY TO REDUCE VAPORS. ISOLATE AREA UNTIL GAS HA5 DISPERSED. NO SMOKING, FLAMES OR FLARES IN HAZARD AREA! KEEP UNNECESSARY PEOPLE AWAY;. ISOLATE HAZARD AREA AND DENY ENTRY. VENTILATE CLOSED SPACES BEFORE ENTERING.
REPORTABLE QUANTITY: 1 POUND THE SUPERFUND AMENDMENTS AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1986 SECTION 304 REQUIRES THAT A RELEASE EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY FOR THIS SUBSTANCE MUST BE IMMEDIATELY REPORTED TO THE LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE, THE STATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMMISSION, AND THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER (BOO)-424-8802; IN WASHINGTON, D.C. METROPOLITAN AREA (202)-426-2675
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
VENTILATION: PROVIDE LOCAL EXHAUST OR PROCESS ENCLOSURE VENTILATION TO MEET THE PUBLISHED EXPOSURE LIMITS. VENTILATION EQUIPMENT MUST BE EXPLOSION-PROOF.
RESPIRATOR:
THE FOLLOWING RESPIRATORS ARE THE MINIMUM LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AS SET FORTH BY THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION FOUND IN 29CFR1910, SUBPART Z.
REQUIRED RESPIRATORS FOR VINYL CHLORIDE
ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS OF VINYL CHLORIDE
REQUIRED APPARATUS
UNKNOWN OR ABOVE 3600 PPM
OPEN-CIRCUIT, SELF CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS, PRESSURE DEMAND TYPE, WITH FULL FACEPIECE
NOT OVER 3600 PPM
COMBINATION TYPE 'C* SUPPLIED AIR RESPIRATOR, PRESSURE DEMAND TYPE, WITH A FULL FACEPIECE AND AUXIL IARY SELF CONTAINED AIR SUPPLY;
OR
COMBINATION TYPE SUPPLIED AIR RESPIRATOR, CONTINUOUS FLOW TYPE, WITH A FULL OR HALF FACEPIECE,
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AND AUXILIARY SELF-CONTAINED AIF
SUPPLY.
NOT OVER 1000 PPM
TYPE *C* SUPPLIED AIR RESPIRATOf
CONTINUOUS FLOW TYPE, WITH A FUL OR HALF FACEPIECE, HELMET OR HOOD.
NOT OVER 100 PPM NOT OVER 25 PPM
COMBINATION TYPE ,C SUPPLIED AJ RESPIRATOR, DEMAND TYPE, WITH A FULL FACEPIECE, AND AUXILIARY SELF-CONTAINED AIR SUPPLY;
OR OPEN-CIRCUIT SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS WITH A FULL FACEPIECE, IN DEMAND MODE;
OR TYPE 'C' SUPPLIED AIR RESPIRATOf DEMAND TYPE, WITH FULL FACEPIECE
A POWERED AIR PURIFYING RESPIRA TOR WITH MOOD, HELMET, FULL OR HALF FACEPIECE, AND A CANISTER WHICH PROVIDES A SERVICE LIFE Of AT LEAST 4 HOURS FOR CONCENTRA TIONS OF VINYL CHLORIDE UP TO 25 PPM;
OR GAS MASK, FRONT- OR BACK-MOUNTEC CANISTER WHICH PROVIDES A SERVI( LIFE OF AT LEAST 4 HOURS FOR COt CENTRATIONS OF VINYL CHLORIDE UF TO 25 PPM.
NOT OVER 10 PPM
COMBINATION TYPE 'C` SUPPLIED A) RESPIRATOR, WITH A HALF FACEPIEt AND AUXILIARY SELF-CONTAINED AIF SUPPLY;
. OR TYPE *C' SUPPLIED-AIR RESPIRATOF
DEMAND TYPE, WITH A HALF FACEPIECE;
OR ANY CHEMICAL CARTRIDGE RESPIRATi WITH AN ORGANIC VAPOR CARTRIDGE WHICH PROVIDES A SERVICE LIFE Of AT LEAST 1 HOUR FOR CONCENTRA TIONS OF VINYL CHLORIDE UP TO 1( PPM.
ENTRY INTO IPRCNOWN CONCENTRATIONS OR CONCENTRATIONS GREATER THAN 56,000 PPM (LOWER EXPLOSION LIMIT) MAY BE MADE ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES OF LIFE RESCUE;
AND ENTRY INTO CONCENTRATIONS OF LESS THAN 56,000 PPM, BUT GREATER THAN 5600 PPM MAY BE MADE ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES OF LIFE RESCUE, FIREFIGHTING OR SECURING EQUIPMENT SO AS TO PREVENT A GREATER HAZARD OF RELEASE OF VINYL CHLORIDE.
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FOR FIREFIGHTING AND OTHER IMMEDIATELY DANGEROUS TO LIFE OR HEALTH CONDITION!
SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS WITH FULL FACEPIECE OPERATED IN PRESSUR* DEHAND OR OTHER POSITIVE PRESSURE NODE.
SUPPLIED-AIR RESPIRATOR WITH FULL FACEPIECE AND OPERATED IN PRESSURE-DEMANl OR OTHER POSITIVE PRESSURE NODE IN COMBINATION WITH AN AUXILIARY SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS OPERATED IN PRESSURE-DEMAND OR OTHER POSITIVE PRESSURE MODE.
CLOTHING: EMPLOYEE MUST WEAR APPROPRIATE PROTECTIVE (IMPERVIOUS) CLOTHING AND EQUIPMEN' TO PREVENT ANY POSSIBILITY OF SKIN CONTACT WITH THIS SUBSTANCE.
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING MUST COFFLY WITH OSHA REQUIREMENT FOR PROTECTIVE WORK CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT (29CFR1910.1017(H)).
GLOVES:
GLOVES MUST COFFLY WITH OSHA REQUIREMENTS FOR PROTECTIVE WORK CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT. (29CFR1910.1017(H)).
EVE PROTECTION:
EMPLOYEE MUST WEAR SPLASH-PROOF OR DUST-RESISTANT SAFETY GOGGLES AND A FACESHIELD TO PREVENT CONTACT WITH THIS SUBSTANCE.
WHERE THERE IS ANY POSSIBILITY THAT AN EMPLOYEE'S EYES MAY BE EXPOSED TO
THIS SUBSTANCE, THE EMPLOYER SHALL PROVIDE AN EYE-WASH FOUNTAIN WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE WORK AREA FOR EMERGENCY USE.
AUTHORIZED - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
CREATION DATE: 10/16/84
REVISION DATE: 01/23/87
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