WHMIS (Ethyl alcohol)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Flammable liquids - Category 21
• Flash point = 13 °C closed cup (non reported method) and boiling point = 78 °C

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 2B2 3 4 5

Danger

Highly flammable liquid and vapour (H225)
Causes eye irritation (H320)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments: The classification of this product applies to routes of exposure usually encountered in workplaces (inhalation and skin contact). Therefore, the effects on reproduction resulting from consumption of alcoholic beverages were not considered in this evaluation.

References

• ▲1.  Pohanish, R.P. et Greene, S.A., Hazardous materials handbook. New York (NY) : Van Nostrand Reinhold. (1996). [RR-515125]
• ▲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.  Centre d'écologie et de toxicologie de l'industrie chimique européenne, Eye irritation reference chemicals data bank. Technical report / ECETOC; 48(2), 2nd ed. Bruxelles : ECETOC. (1998).   http://www.ecetoc.org/publication/tr-048-eye-irritation-reference-chemicals-data-bank-second-edition/
  http://www.ecetoc.org/technical-reports
• ▲4.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 48 : Éthanol. Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2011). [RE-005509]   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
  http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox/fiche.html?refINRS=FICHETOX_48
• ▲5.  Carpenter, C.P. et Smyth, H.F., «Chemical burns of the rabbit cornea.» American Journal of Ophthalmology. Vol. 29, p. 1363-1372. (1946). [AP-021658]

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