WHMIS (Cyanogen chloride)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Gases under pressure - Liquefied gas1

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 12

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 22

• Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure - Category 12 3 4

• Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure (respiratory tract irritation) - Category 3 - Respiratory tract irritation2 3

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 12 4

Danger

Contains gas under pressure; may explode if heated (H280)
Fatal if inhaled (H330)
Causes serious eye irritation (H319)
Causes damage to organs (H370)
May cause respiratory irritation (H335)
Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H372)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments5 6 : This product is generally commercialized with an inhibitor. Therefore, the health hazard classification could be different, according to the inhibitor used and its concentration. The physical hazard classification considers the product as inhibited. However, under certain conditions (e.g. depletion or absence of the inhibitor) a hazardous polymerisation may occur.

References

• ▲1.  Nations-Unies, «Partie 4 - Dispositions relatives à l'utilisation des emballages et des citernes - Liste des instructions d'emballage.» In: Recommandations relatives au transport des marchandises dangereuses - Règlement type - Dix-huitième édition révisée . New-York, N.Y. : United Nations. (2013). ST/SG/AC.10/1/rev. 18 (Vol. II). [MO-026856]   http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/danger/publi/unrec/rev18/French/Rev18f_Volume2.pdf
  http://www.unece.org/fr/trans/danger/publi/unrec/rev18/18files_f.html
• ▲2.  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
• ▲3.  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
• ▲4.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 111 : Cyanure de sodium. Cyanure de potassium. Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2006).   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
  http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox/fiche.html?refINRS=FICHETOX_111
• ▲5.  Vincoli, J.W., Risk management for hazardous chemicals : A-F. Vol. 1. Boca Raton : Lewis Publishers. (1997). [RM-515112]
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