MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET

(Prepared according to 29 CFR 1910.1200)

SECTION 1 – PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION

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EPOXY REMOVER      PRODUCT TYPE:    (CHLORINATED SOLVENT MIXTURE)

DATE:  7/26/03

SECTION 2 – INGREDIENTS

    CHEMICAL NAME/COMMON NAME                CAS NO.          PERCENT(OPTIONAL)           TLV(SOURCE)

METHYLENE CHLORIDE                                           75-09-2                             70                                        100 

PERCHLOROETHYLENE                                            000-127-184                     25                                        100  

STABILIZERS AND INHIBITOR                                                                            5

SECTION 3 - PHYSICAL DATA

BOILING POINT (F) :   N/A.                                           SPECIFIC GRAVITY (H2O=1.0):      N/A                                   pH:    N/A

VAPOR PRESSURE (mm Hg) :    NOT DETERMINED                                                                        VAPOR DENSITY:       NOT DETERMINED

SOLUBILITY IN WATER:       NEGLIGIBLE

                                                                  __COMPLETE             ____INSOLUBLE                     ____ EMULSIFIABLE                        ____SLIGHT 

EVAPORATION RATE(vsH2O)      N/A

                                                                  ___FASTER       ____SLOWER         _____  ABOUT THE SAME             APPEARANCE :  CLEAR LIQUID                              

SECTION 4 – FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARD DATA

FLASH POINT (T.C.C.) :    NONE.                            FLAMMABLE LIMITS :          N/A                                                     

EXTINGUISHING MEDIA:     WATER, SPRAY – FOAM,  DRY CHEMICAL, OR CO2

SPECIAL FIRE FIGHTING PROCEDURES:                            DO NOT ENTER CONFINED FIRE-SPACES WITHOUT PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND                                                                                                                                                                                                  SELF- CONTAINED AIR SUPPLY.                            

UNUSUAL FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARDS:            THERMAL DECOMPOSITION MAY GENERATE HYDROGEN CHLORIDE AND PHOSGENE                                      GASES.

SECTION 5 – REACTIVITY DATA

STABILITY :      STABLE                                                                                                                 

HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION:     NONE.

SECTION 6 – HEALTH HAZARD DATA

VAPORS OF METHYLENE CHLORIDE ARE NARCOTIC AND MAY CAUSE TOXIC ENCEPHALOPATHY

PRIMARY ROUTES OF EXPOSURE

                                              __EYE             __X_ SKIN             ____ORAL                     __X_ INHALATION                         _____OTHER

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF EXCESSIVE INHALATION  :   (MEHTYLENE CHLORIDE)   (300-700 PPM FOR 3-5 HOURS) CAUSES SLIGHT LOSS OF COORDINATION AND EQUILIIBRIUM  SYSTOMS CAN ALSO INCLUDE DIZZINESS, NAUSEA, TINGLING OF THE EXTREMITIES, STIPOR, LETHARGY, CONVULSIONS DIMINISHED VISION     

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SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF SEVER EXPOSURE  : (METHYLENE CHLORIDE)  MAY CAUSE UNCONSCIOUSNESS AND DEATH . SYSTOMS ARE USUALLY DELAYED IN ONSET.   (PERCHLOROETHYLENE) (600 PPM FOR 10 MINUTES) MAY EFFECT THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM                                                                                                                                                                        

MEDICAL CONDITIONS AGGRAVATED BY OVEREXPOSURE:     EPOXY REMOVER IS IRRITATING TO THE EYES AND MAY CAUSE BURNS IF NOT PROMPTLY REMOVED. PROLONGED OR REPEATED CONTACT WITH THE SKIN MAY CAUSE REDDNESS, IRRITATION, DERMATITIS, FROSTBITE BURNS. IT MAY ALSO BE ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN IN TOXIC AMOUNTS. INGESTION OF METHYLENE CHLORIDE CAUSES IRRITATION OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT AND SYSTOMS RESEMBLING THOSE FROM INHALATION OF VAPOR. DAMAGE THE THE LIVER, KIDNEYS, AND BLOOD MAY RESULT.                                                                                                                                                              

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MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS          

(CONTINUED)          PRODUCT : EPOXY REMOVER

SECTION 7 – EMERGENCY AND FIRST AID PROCEDURES

EYES:          FLUSH  HOLDING EYELIDS OPEN WITH WATER FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES AND CALL A PHYSICIAN IMMEDIATELY.

SKIN:            WASH AFFECTED AREAS WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF SOAP AND WATER WHILE REMOVING CONTAMINATED CLOTHING. IF IRRITATION PERSISTS CALL A PHYSICIAN. 

INGESTION:      DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING, IF VOMITING OCCURS SPONTANEOUSLY, POSITION VICTIMS HEAD BELOW TRUNK TO RESIST ASPIRATION HAZARD.,  CALL A PHYSICIAN IMMEDIATELY.

INHALATION:      MOVE EXPOSED PERSON TO FRESH AIR, IF NOT BREATHING PERFORM ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION, KEEP WARM, GET MEDICAL HELP IMMEDIATELY ADVISE  PHYSICIAN NOT TO USE ADRENALIN.

SECTION 8 – SPECIAL PROTECTION INFORMATION

RESPIRATORY PROTECTION:          USE A FULL FACE PIECE RESPIRATOR

VENTILATION REQUIREMENTS:    MAXIMUM VENTILATION           EYE PROTECTION:      APPROPRIATE EYE AND FACE PROTECTION REQUIRED

PROTECTIVE GLOVES: NEOPRENE, VITON, PVA OR PVC COATED GLOVES

OTHER PROTECTIVE CLOTHING:      APRONS AND OTHER  PROTECTIVE CLOTHING

 EYE WASH STATION SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN WORK AREA.

SECTION 9 - SPILL OR LEAK PROCEDURES

 MEASURES TO BE TAKEN IF RELEASED OR SPILLED :      SUPPLY MAXIMUM VENTILATION. CONFINE SPILL TO SMALL AREA; USE  PROPER PROTECTION  FROM LIQUID CONTACT AND VAPOR INHALATION. PICK UP SPILL WITH ABSORBENT. PLACE IN A COVERED CONTAINER FOR DISPOSAL. 

 WASTE DISPOSAL METHODS:        DISPOSE OF IN  ACCORDANCE TO FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL REGULATIONS.

SECTION 10 - STORAGE AND HANDLING INFORMATION

PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN HANDLING AND STORAGE:          STORE IN CLOSED CONTAINER IN A COOL, DRY, WELL-VENTILATED AREA AWAY FROM FIRE HAZARDS. OPEN CONTAINERS SLOWLY AND WITH CAUTION. PROTECT CONTAINERS FROM PHYSICAL DAMAGE. USE ONLY WITH ADEQUATE VENTILATION. AVOID CONTACT WITH SKIN, EYES, AND CLOTHING. LARC REVIEW (1979) LISTED ANIMAL CARCINOGENIC DETERMINATION AS INDEFINITE FOR METHYLENE CHLORIDE. A SUBSTANTIAL RISK NOTICE TO EPA (TSCA, 8E) REPORTS A HIGH INCIDENCE OF LUNG AND LIVER TUMORS IN MICE IN LONG-TERM INHALATION STUDIES-1984 NIOSH HAS RECOMMENDED THAT PERCHLOROETHYLENE BE HANDLED AS IF IT WERE A HUMAN CARCIGEN

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