WHMIS (Phosphorus oxychloride)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 31

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 12 3 4 5

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 16 7

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 16 7

• Health hazards not otherwise classified (corrosion) - Category 17

Danger

Toxic if swallowed (H301)
Fatal if inhaled (H330); On contact with water releases gases which are fatal if inhaled: Phosphine; On contact with water releases gases which are toxic if inhaled: Hydrogen chloride
Causes severe skin burns and eye damage (H314)
Causes severe damage to the respiratory tract

Ingredient disclosure

Comments: This product could be corrosive to metals, please contact the supplier for additionnal information.

References

• ▲1.  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
• ▲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.  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
• ▲4.  Braker, W. et Mossman, A.L., Matheson gas data book. Lundhurst, N.J. : Matheson. (1980). [RS-415003]
• ▲5.  Weeks MH et al., «Acute vapor toxicity of phosphorus oxychloride, phosphorus, trichloride and methyl phosphonic dichloride..» American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal. Vol. 25, no. 1964. (470-475).
• ▲6.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 108 : Trichlorure de phosphoryle. Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2003). [RE-005509]   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
  http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox/fiche.html?refINRS=FICHETOX_108
• ▲7.  OECD, «Phosphoryl trichloride CAS N°: 10025-87-3.» In: OECD Screening Information Data Set (SIDS) for High Production Volume Chemicals. Berlin : UNEP Publications. (2004).   http://www.inchem.org/pages/search.html http://www.inchem.org/documents/sids/sids/10025873.pdf

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