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New Jersey Department of l Senior DAMN JERSEYHAZARDOUS FACT SHEET '. MEAXTH SENIOR SERUICES Common Name: TOLUENE CAS Number. 108-88-3 R7K Substance number; 1866 DOT Number: UN 1294 Date: November 1992 Revision: August 1998 HAZARD SL7MMARY Exposure to hazardous substances should be routinely Toluene can affect you when breathed in and by passing evaluated. This may include collecting air sampies. Under thraugli dour skin. OSHA 1910.20, you have a legal right to obtain copies of ' Toluene shouid be handled as a TERATOGEN—WITI-i sampling results from your emniover_ EXTREME CAUTION. * If you think you are experiencing any work-related health * It may damage the developing fe us_ pmb€ems, see a doctor trained to recognize occupational * Contac:can irritate the skin and--ves. diseases. Take this Fact Sheet with you. Breathing Toluene can irritate the nose and throat causing * ODOR THRESHOLD=3.9 ppm. coughing and wheezing. * The range of accepted odor threshold values is quite broad. * Expos= to Toluene can affect the nervous system causing Caution should be used in relying on odor alone as a trouble conceatraring, headaches and slowed reflexes. warning of potentially hazardous exposures_ Higher levels can cause you to feel dizzy, lightheaded,and to pass out Death may occur. WORKPLACE EXPOSURE LBUTS * Prolonged contact can cause drying of the skin and a skin OSHA: The legal airborne permissible exposure limit(PEL) rash. is 200 ppm averaged over an 8-hour workshift. . * Repeated Toluene exposure may cause liver, kidney and 300 ppm not to be exceeded during any 15 minute brain damage. work period and 500 ppm as a 10 minute ` Toluene is a Fi-AtWMA3LE LIQUID and a FIRE acceptable maximum peak HAZARD. NIOSH: The recommended airborne exposure limit is 100 ppm averaged over a 10-hour workshift and IDENTIFICATION 150 ppm not to be exceeded during any 5 minute Toluene is a coiariess liquid with a sweet_ strong odor. It is work period. used as a solvent. in aviation gasoline, and in making other ACGIH: The recommended airborne exposure limit is chemicals, perfumes, medicines, dyes, explosives, and 50 ppm averaged over an 8-hour workshift. detergents. * Toluene may be a TERATOGEN in humans. All contact REASON FOR CITATION with this chemical should be reduced to the lowest possible * Toluene is on the Hazardous Substance List because it is level. regulated by OSHA and cited by ACGIH, DOT, NIOSH, * The above exposure limits are for air levels only. When skin DEP,NFPA,HHAG and EPA. contact also occurs, you may be overexposed, even though * This chemical is on the Special Health Hazard Substance air levels are less than the limits listed above. List because it is F LAII�[MABLE. * Definitions are provided on page 5. WAYS OF REDUCING EXPOSURE * Where possible, enclose operations and use local exhaust HOW TO DETERIVIIlvE IF YOU ARE BEING ventilation at the site of chemical release. If local exhaust EXPOSED ventilation or enclosure is not used. respirators should be The New Jersey bight to Know Act requires most employers to warn. label chemicals in the workpiace and requires pubiic employers Wear protective work clothing. to provide their employees with information and training ' Wash thoroughly immediately after exposure to Toluene and concerning chemical hazards and controls. The federal OSHA at the end of the workshift. Hazard Communication Standard. 1910.12_00, requires private ' Post hazard and warning information in the work area. In employers to provide similar training and information to their addition,as part of an ongoing education and training effort, employees. communicate all information on the health and safety hazards of Toluene to potentially exposed workers. I