WHMIS (Hydrazine)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Flammable liquids - Category 31
• Flash point = 38 °C closed cup (non reported method)

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 32 3 4 5

• Acute toxicity - dermal - Category 22 3 4

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 22 3 4 5 6

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 12 4 6 7

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 14 5 7

• Skin sensitization - Category 12 5 8

• Germ cell mutagenicity - Category 22 3 5 6 9

• Carcinogenicity - Category 1B10

• Health hazards not otherwise classified (corrosion) - Category 14

Danger

Flammable liquid and vapour (H226)
Toxic if swallowed (H301)
Fatal in contact with skin (H310)
Fatal if inhaled (H330)
Causes severe skin burns and eye damage (H314)
May cause allergic skin reaction (H317)
Suspected of causing genetic defects (H341)
May cause cancer (H350)
Causes severe damage to the respiratory tract

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  National Fire Protection Association, Fire protection guide to hazardous materials. 14th ed. Quincy, Mass. : NFPA. (2010). [RR-334001]
• ▲2.  American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Documentation of the threshold limit values and biological exposure indices / Documentation of TLV's and BEI's. 7th ed. Cincinnati, Ohio : ACGIH. (2001-). Publication #0100Doc. [RM-514008]   http://www.acgih.org
• ▲3.  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, RTECS (Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances). Hamilton (Ont) : Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.   http://ccinfoweb.ccohs.ca/rtecs/search.html
• ▲4.  Centre canadien d'hygiène et de sécurité au travail, CHEMINFO, Hamilton, Ont. : Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety   http://ccinfoweb.ccohs.ca/cheminfo/search.html
• ▲5.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 21 : Hydrazine, hydrate d'hydrazine et solutions aqueuses. Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (1997).   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
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• ▲8.  Hydrazine, Hydrazine Hydrate and Hydrazine Salts [MAK Value Documentations, 1999]. The MAK Collection for Occupational Health and Safety. Allemagne : Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. (2012).   http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/3527600418.mb30201e0013/pdf
• ▲9.  Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Toxicological profile for hydrazines. Atlanta, GA : ATSDR. (1997).   http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/
  http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ToxProfiles/tp100.pdf
• ▲10.  IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Some Industrial Chemicals. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans, Vol. 115. Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer. (2018).   http://monographs.iarc.fr/
  http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol115/index.php

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