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Revision date: 11/10/2014
Individual protection measures, such as personal protective equipment
General Information:
Exposure Guidelines: Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological
Exposure Indices (BEIs) are values published by the American Conference
of Government Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH). ACGIH Statement of
Positions Regarding the TLVs® and BEIs® states that the TLV-TWA
should be used as a guide in the control of health hazards and should not
be used to indicate a fine line between safe and dangerous exposures.
See Section 10 for information on potential fume constituents of health
interest. Threshold Limit Values are figures published by the American
Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists.
Maximum Fume Exposure Guideline™(MFEG)™ for this product (based
on content of Manganese) is 0.3 mg/m3. This exposure guideline is
calculated using the most conservative value of the ACGIH TLV or OSHA
PEL for the stated substance.
Eye/face protection:
Wear helmet or use face shield with filter lens shade number 12 or darker
for open arc processes. No specific lens shade recommendation for
submerged arc processes. Shield others by providing screens and flash
goggles.
Skin protection
Hand protection:
Wear protective gloves. Suitable gloves can be recommended by the glove
supplier.
Other:
Protective Clothing: Wear hand, head, and body protection which help to
prevent injury from radiation, sparks and electrical shock. See Z49.1. At a
minimum this includes welder's gloves and a protective face shield, and
may include arm protectors, aprons, hats, shoulder protection, as well as
dark substantial clothing. Wear dry gloves free of holes or split seams.
Train the welder not to permit electrically live parts or electrodes to contact
skin . . . or clothing or gloves if they are wet. Insulate yourself from the work
piece and ground using dry plywood, rubber mats or other dry insulation.
Respiratory protection:
Keep your head out of fumes. Use enough ventilation and local exhaust to
keep fumes and gases from your breathing zone and the general area. An
approved respirator should be used unless exposure assessments are
below applicable exposure limits.
Hygiene measures:
Do not eat, drink or smoke when using the product. Always observe good
personal hygiene measures, such as washing after handling the material
and before eating, drinking, and/or smoking. Routinely wash work clothing
and protective equipment to remove contaminants.
Determine the composition and quantity of fumes and gases to which
workers are exposed by taking an air sample from inside the welder's
helmet if worn or in the worker's breathing zone. Improve ventilation if
exposures are not below limits. See ANSI/AWS F1.1, F1.2, F1.3 and F1.5,
available from the American Welding Society, www.aws.org.
9. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
Appearance:
Solid welding wire or rod
Physical state:
Solid
Form:
Solid
Color:
No data available.
Odor:
No data available.
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