WHMIS (Chloroacetaldehyde)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Flammable liquids - Undefined category
• 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.

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 31 2 3 4 5 6

• Acute toxicity - dermal - Category 21 2 3 4 5

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 12 4 5 6

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 14 7

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 11 4 6 7

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

Danger

Flammable Liquids - undefined hazard statement
Toxic if swallowed (H301)
Fatal in contact with skin (H310)
Fatal if inhaled (H330)
Causes severe skin burns and eye damage (H314)
Causes severe damage to the respiratory tract

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  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
• ▲2.  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
• ▲3.  National Library of Medicine, The Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB). Hamilton (Ont.) : Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.   http://www.ccohs.ca/
• ▲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.  Bingham, E., Cohrssen, B. et Powell, C.H., Patty's toxicology. A Wiley-Interscience publication, 5ème éd. New York (NY) : John Wiley & Sons. (2001). [RM-214008]
• ▲6.  Cairelli, S.G., Ludwig, H.R. et Whalen, J.J., Documentation for immediately dangerous to life or health concentrations (IDLHS). Cincinnati (OH) : NIOSH. (1994). PB-94-195047. [RM-515102]   http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/idlh/intridl4.html
• ▲7.  IPCS (International Programme on Chemical Safety), Chloroacetaldehyde (40% solution). ICSC #0706. IPCS, CEC. (1997).   http://www.inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics0706.htm

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