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New Jersey Oepartment of • • r JERSEY CEPARTMEUT i 11i HEALTHFACT SHEET SENIOR Common Name: ETHYL BENZENE CAS Number_ 100-41-4 R,--K Substance number. 0851 DOT Numbe- [N 1.175 Dare: February 1996 Revision: Aaril 2002 HAZ-ARD SlilYQv1ARY Ethyl Benzene can affect you when breathed in and by If you think you are experiencing any work-re!ated health passing through your skin. problems, see a doctor trained to recognize occupational Ethyl Benzene can irritate the eves,nose and throat. diseases. Take this Fact Sheet with you. Contac:with Ethyl Benzene can irritate the skin. Prolonged exposure can causing drying,scaling and even blistering of WORKTLACE EXPOSURE LIMITS the skin. OSHA: The legal airborne permissible exposure limit(PEL) Exposure to high concentration can cause you to become dizzy, lightheaded, and to pass out. Very high levels can is 100 ppm averaged over an 8-hour workshift. cause trouble breathing and even death. NIOSH: The recommended airborne exposure limit is High exposure may damage the liver- 100 ppm averaged over a 10-hour worksltizt and * Ethyl Benzene is a FE_AN1IriABLE LIQUID and a FERE HAZARD. ppm not ppnot to be exceeded during any 15 minute work period. IDENTIFICATION ACGIH: The recommended airborne exposure limit is Ethyl Benzene is a colorless liquid. It is used in the production 100 ppm averaged over an $-hour workShift and of Styrene and synthetic polymers, as a solvent, and as a I25ppm as a STEL(short-term exposure limit). component of automotive and aviation fuels. * The above exposure limits are for air eve] only-When skin REASON FOR CITATION contact also occurs.you may be overexposed,even though * Ethyl Benzene is an the Hazardous Substance List because air levels are less than the limits listed above. it is regulated by OSHA and cited by ACGIH, DOT,NIOSH, DEP,HHAG,NFPA and EPA WAYS OF REDUCING EXPOSURE * This chernical is on the Special Health Hazard Substance * Where possible, enclose operations and use local exhaust List because it is FLAN11114ABL.E ventilation at the site of chemical release. If local exhaust Definitions are provided on page ventilation or enclosure is not used, respirators should be worn. HOW TO DETERMINE IF YOU ARE BEING * Wear protective work clothing. EXPOSED " Wash thoroughly imrnediarely after exposure to Ethyl The New Jersey Right to Know Act requires most emp lovers to Benzene and at the end of the workshiff label chemicals in the workplace and requires public employers Past hazard and warning information in the work area in to provide their employees with information and training addition. as part of an ongoing education and training canceming chemical hazards and controls. Tae federal OSHA effort.communicate all information on the health and safety Hazard Communication Standard, 1910.1200, requires private hazards of Ethyl Benzene to potentially exposed workers. employers to provide similar training and information to their employees. Ext)osure to hazardous substances should be routinely evaluated.This may include collecting personal and area air samnies. You can obtain copies of sampling results from your employer. You have a legal right to this information under OSHA 1910.1020.