WHMIS (Hydrogen fluoride)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 21 2 3

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 12 4 5 6 7 8
• Forms a corrosive substance upon contact with water: Hydrofluoric acid

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 12 4 5 6 7 8 9
• Forms a corrosive substance upon contact with water: Hydrofluoric acid

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 12 3 5 10

• Health hazards not otherwise classified (corrosion) - Category 1

Danger

Fatal if inhaled (H330)
Causes severe skin burns and eye damage (H314)
Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H372)
Causes severe damage to the respiratory tract

Ingredient disclosure

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.  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.  Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Toxicological profile for : fluorides, hydrogen fluoride, and fluorine. Atlanta (GA) : ATSDR. (2003).   http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/
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• ▲10.  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

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