WHMIS (Manganese powder)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Flammable solids - Undefined category1 2 3
• 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.

• Combustible dusts - See comments below1 2 3 4

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 15 6

Danger

Flammable Solids - undefined hazard statement
Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H372)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments: This product belongs to the hazard class "Combustible dust" if 5% or more by weight of its composition has a particle size < 500 µm.

References

• ▲1.  Vincoli, J.W., Risk management for hazardous chemicals : G-Z. Vol. 2. Boca Raton : Lewis Publishers. (1997). [RM-515112]
• ▲2.  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
• ▲3.  New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Hazardous substance fact sheet : Manganese. Right to Know Program. Trenton, NJ. (2012). RTK 1155.   www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/odisweb
• ▲4.  Babrauskas, V., Ignition handbook. Issaquah (WA) : Fire Science Publishers. (2003). [RR-334012]   www.doctorfire.com
• ▲5.  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
• ▲6.  International Program on Chemical Safety, Manganese and its compounds . Concise International Chemical Assessment. Genève : World Health Organization. (1999). CICAD 12.   http://www.inchem.org/documents/cicads/cicads/cicad12.htm
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