SDS

SAFETY DATA SHEET
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Prepared to OSHA, ACC, ANSI, NOHSC, WHMIS, GHS & 1272/2008/EC Standards SDS Revision: 4.4 SDS Revision Date: 1/28/2018
DEFINITION OF TERMS
A large number of abbreviations and acronyms appear on a SDS. Some of these that are commonly used include the following:
GENERAL INFORMATION:
CAS No. Chemical Abstract Service Number
RTECS No. Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances Number
EINECS No. European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances Number
EXPOSURE LIMITS IN AIR:
ACGIH American Conference on Governmental Industrial Hygienists
IDLH Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health
NOHSC National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (Australia)
OSHA U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PEL Permissible Exposure Limit
STEL Short Term Exposure Limit
TLV Threshold Limit Value
TWA Time Weighted Average
FIRST AID MEASURES:
CPR Cardiopulmonary resuscitation - method in which a person whose heart has
stopped receives manual chest compressions and breathing to circulate blood
and provide oxygen to the body.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM: HMIS
HEALTH, FLAMMABILITY & REACTIVITY RATINGS:
0 Minimal Hazard
HEALTH
1 Slight Hazard
FLAMMABILITY
2 Moderate Hazard
PHYSICAL HAZARDS
3 Severe Hazard
PERSONAL PROTECTION
4 Extreme Hazard
PERSONAL PROTECTION RATINGS:
A
G
B
H
C
I
D
J
E
K
F
X
Consult your supervisor or SOPs fo
r
special handling directions.
Safety Glasses Splash Goggles
Face Shield &
Protective Eyewear
Gloves
Boots
Protective Apron
Protective Clothing
& Full Suit
Dust Respirator
Full Face Respirator
Dust & Vapor Half-
Mask Respirator
Full Face
Respirator
Airline Hood/Mask
or SCBA
OTHER STANDARD ABBREVIATIONS:
Carc Carcinogenic
Irrit Irritant
NA Not Available
NR No Results
ND Not Determined
NE Not Established
NF Not Found
SCBA Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
Sens Sensitization
STOT RE Specific Target Organ Toxicity – Repeat Exposure
STOT SE Specific Target Organ Toxicity – Single Exposure
NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION: NFPA
FLAMMABILITY LIMITS IN AIR:
Autoignition
Temperature
Minimum temperature required to initiate combustion in air with no other source
of ignition
LEL Lower Explosive Limit - lowest percent of vapor in air, by volume, that will
explode or ignite in the presence of an ignition source
UEL Upper Explosive Limit - highest percent of vapor in air, by volume, that will
explode or ignite in the presence of an ignition source
HAZARD RATINGS:
0 Minimal Hazard
1 Slight Hazard
2 Moderate Hazard
3 Severe Hazard
4 Extreme Hazard
ACD Acidic
ALK Alkaline
COR Corrosive
W Use No Water
OX Oxidizer
TREFOIL Radioactive
TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION:
LD
50
Lethal Dose (solids & liquids) which kills 50% of the exposed animals
LC
50
Lethal concentration (gases) which kills 50% of the exposed animal
ppm Concentration expressed in parts of material per million parts
TD
lo
Lowest dose to cause a symptom
TCLo Lowest concentration to cause a symptom
TD
lo
, LD
lo
, & LD
o
or
TC, TC
o
, LC
lo
, & LC
o
Lowest dose (or concentration) to cause lethal or toxic effects
IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer
NTP National Toxicology Program
RTECS Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances
BCF Bioconcentration Factor
TL
m
Median threshold limit
log K
OW
or log K
OC
Coefficient of Oil/Water Distribution
REGULATORY INFORMATION:
WHMIS Canadian Workplace Hazardous Material Information System
DOT U.S. Department of Transportation
TC Transport Canada
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
DSL Canadian Domestic Substance List
NDSL Canadian Non-Domestic Substance List
PSL Canadian Priority Substances List
TSCA U.S. Toxic Substance Control Act
EU European Union (European Union Directive 67/548/EEC)
WGK Wassergefährdungsklassen (German Water Hazard Class)
WORKPLACE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IDENTIFICATION (WHMIS) SYSTEM:
Class A Class B Class C Class D1 Class D2 Class D3 Class E Class F
Compressed Flammable Oxidizing Toxic Irritation Infectious Corrosive Reactive
CLP/GHS (1272/2008/EC) PICTOGRAMS:
GHS01 GHS02 GHS03 GHS04 GHS05 GHS06 GHS07 GHS08 GHS09
Explosive Flammable Oxidizer Pressurized Corrosive Toxic
Harmful
Irritating
Health
Hazard
Environment