WHMIS (Diazomethane)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Flammable gases - Undefined category1 2
• This hazard class has been assigned according to the information obtained from the consulted scientific literature, but it does not allow to specify the hazard category.

• Gases under pressure - Liquefied gas1 2

• Carcinogenicity - Category 23 4

• Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure - Category 13 4

• Physical hazards not otherwise classified (exploding bomb) - Category 11 2 5 6 7

Danger

Flammable gas : Undefined hazard statement
Contains gas under pressure; may explode if heated (H280)
Suspected of causing cancer (H351)
Causes damage to organs (H370)
May cause an explosion through a vigorous reaction of decomposition

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, NIOSH pocket guide to chemical hazards. 3 ed. Cincinnati, Ohio : NIOSH. (2007). [RM-514001]   https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/default.html
• ▲2.  Vincoli, J.W., Risk management for hazardous chemicals : A-F. Vol. 1. Boca Raton : Lewis Publishers. (1997). [RM-515112]
• ▲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.  Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Diazomethane. The MAK Collection for Occupational Health and Safety, Vol. 13. Allemagne : Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. (1999).   http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/3527600418
  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/3527600418.mb33488e0013/abstract
• ▲5.  Lewis, R.J., Sr., Hawley's condensed chemical dictionary. 14th ed. New York : John Wiley & Sons. (2001).   http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470114735
• ▲6.  Lewis, RJ., Sax's dangerous properties of industrial materials : A-G. Vol. 2, 9ème éd. New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold. (1996).
• ▲7.  Pohanish, R.P. et Greene, S.A., Wiley guide to chemical incompatibilities. 3ème éd. New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons Inc. (2009). [RR-015033]   www.wiley.com

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