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includes regular training, maintenance, mspecteon, medical attention: Contact leases should not be worn cleaning,and evaluation when working with this chemical • Skin Exposure PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT If p-dichlorobenzene or liquids containing p-dichloro- benzene get on the skin, wash the contaminated skin • Employees should be provided with and required to using soap or mild detergent and water If p-dichloro- mi use impervious clothing,gloves, face shields(eight-inch benzene or liquids containing nimum , and other a q g p-dichlorobenzene gene- ) appropriate protective clothing trate through the clothing, remove the clothing and necessary to prevent repeated or prolonged skin contact wash the stun using soap or mild detergent and water If with solid particles or vapors from the surface of hot p- ichlorobenzene irritation persists after washing, get medical attention dBreathing • Employees should be provided with and required to If a person breathes m large amounts of p-dechloroben- use dust- and splash-proof safety goggles where p- zene, move the exposed person to fresh air at once. If dichlorobenzene or liquids containing p-dichloroben- breathing has stopped, perform artificial respiration zene may contact the eyes Keep the affected person warm and at rest Get medical SANITATION attention as soon as possible • Swallowing • Workers subject to skin contact with p-dichloroben- When p-dichlorobenzene has been swallowed and the zene should wash any areas of the body which may Person is conscious, give the person large quantities of have contacted p-dichlorobenzene at the end of each water immediately After the water has been swal- work day lowed, try to get the person to vomit by having him touch the back of his throat with his finger Do not COMMON OPERATIONS AND CONTROLS make an unconscious person vomit Get medical atten- tion immediately The following list includes some common operations in . Rescue which exposure to p-dichlorobenzene may occur and Move the affected person from the hazardous exposure control methods which may be effective in each case If the exposed person has been overcome, notify some- Operation Controls one else and put into effect the established emergency rescue procedures Do not become a casualty Under- Formulation for use in General dilution stand the facility's emergency rescue procedures and moth control, as a ventilation, local know the locations of rescue equipment before the need deordorant for garbage exhaust ventilation, arises and rest rooms, as an personal protective ' insecticide for control of equipment SPILL AND DISPOSAL PROCEDURES fruit borers and ants, use in organic synthesis • Persons not wearing protective equipment and cloth- for preparation of dye ing should be restricted from areas of spills until cleanup completed has been coin intermediates P • If p-dichlorobenzene is spilled, the following steps Manufacture of p- General dilution should be taken dichlorobenzene ventilation, local 1 Ventilate area of spill exhaust ventilation, 2 For small quantities, sweep onto paper or other personal protective suitable material, place in an appropriate container and equipment burn in a safe place (such as a fume hood) Large Application as an General dilution Quantities may be reclaimed, however, if this is not insecticide, air ventilation, personal practical, dispose in a suitable combustion chamber deordorant, moth and protective equipment equipped with an appropriate effluent gas cleaning mildew preventive, and device as in below or deposit in a secured sanitary household fumigant landfill • Waste disposal methods EMERGENCY FIRST AID PROCEDURES p-Dichlorobenzene may be disposed of 1 By making packages of p-dichlorobenzene in paper In the event of an emergency, institute first aid prose- or other flammable material and burning in a suitable duces and send for first aid or medical assistance combustion chamber equipped with an appropriate • Eye Expmwe effluent gas cleaning device If p-dichlorobenzene or liquids containing p-dichloro- 2 By dissolving p-dichlorobenzene in a flammable sol- benzene get into the eyes, wash eyes immediately with vent (such as alcohol) and atomizing in a suitable / large amounts of water,hfhng the lower and upper hds combustion chamber equipped with an appropriate occasionally If irritation is present after washing, get effluent gas cleaning device Saphrohm 1978 N