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Jersey Department Health r EW J HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE �. FACT SHEET SEMIGH SERUNCES I I Common Name: XYLENES CASNumb= 1=30-'0-7 R^FKSubstance number" 2014 � COTNumber: UN !_07 Date: March 1992 Revision- Mav 1998 HAZARD SUN MARY * If you think you are experiencing any work-related health Xylenes can affect you when breathed in and by passing probLems. see a doctor [rained to recognize occupational through your akin. diseases. Take this Fact Shee:with you. Xv€enes may damage the developing fetus. * ODOR THRESHOLD=0.081 to 40 ppm" Exposure can irritate the skin and eves. r The ranee of accepted actor threshold values is quite broad. ! ` Breathine Xylenes can irritate the nose and throat. Caution should be used in relying on odor alone as a Xylenes can cause headache, nausea, and vomiting. High warning of potenrsally hazardous exposures. levels can cause dizziness, lightheadedness, passing out * and even death, WORKPLACE EXPOSURE LMTS Prolonged contact with Xylenes can cause dryness and The following exposure limits are for all isomers of Xylenes. cracking of the skin. • Repeated exposure to Xylenes can cause poor memory and OSHA: The legal airborne permissible exposure limit * concentration. (PEL) is 100 ppm averaged over an 8-hour Xvlenes can damage the Liver and kidneys. workshifr. Xylenes are FL .1VML-\BLE LIQUIDS and FIRE H' S" NIOSH: The recommended airborne exposure limit is 100 ppm averaged over a 10-hour workshiftM IDENTIFICATION 150 ppm not to be exceeded during any 15 Xylenes are similar chemicals which form a clear liquid with a minute work period. strong odor. They are used as solvents, in malting drugs. dves, insecticides, lacquers and enamels, and in gasoline for ACGIH: The recommended airborne exposure limit is airplanes. 100 ppm averaged over an 8-hour workshift and REASON FOR CITATION 150 ppm as a STEL(short-term exposure limit). * Xylenes are on the Hazardous Substance List because they * The above esnosure limits are for & levg�s gnv. When are regulated by OSHA and cited by ACGIH, DOT, skin contact also occurs, ,you may be overexposed, even HHAG,NIOSH,NFPA,DEP and EPA. though air levels are less than thelimits listed above. * These chemicals are an the Soecial Health Hazard Substance List because they are F6.1NDWBLE. WAYS OF REDUCING EXPOSURE * Definitions are provided an page:. * Where possible, enclose operations and use local exhaust ventilation at the site of chemical release. If local exhaust HOW TO DETERMINE IF YOU ARE BEING ventilation or enclosure is not used, respirators should be EXPOSED worn. The New?ersey Right to Know Act requires most employers * .Wear protective work clothing. to label chemicals in the workplace and requires public * Wash thoroughly itimteQiate€y after exposure to Xylenes emplovers to provide their etnaioyees with information and and at the end of the workshift, training concerning chemical hazards and controls. The * post hazard and warning information in the work area. In Federal OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, 1910.1''00, addition, as pan of an ongoing education and training requires private employers to provide similar training and effort. communicate all information on the health and information to their employees. safety hazards of Xylenes to potentially exposed workers. • Exposure to hazardous substances should be routinely evaluated. This may include collecting air samples. Linder OSHA 1910.20, ,you have a legal right to obtain copies of sampling results from your employer.