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-v Jersey Ilepartment of HealthSenior i 0 flIEFARTMEMIr Common Name: BENZENE CAS Number: RTK Substance number~ 0191 DOT Number: UNI 11111 Date: November 1994 Revision: January 2001 HAZARD S0VIMARY * Benzene can affect you when breathed in and by passing If You think you are experiencing anv work-related health through your skin. problems. see a doctor trained to recognize occupational * Benzene is a C."RCINOGEN—HANDLE WIT11 ENVIE diseases. Take this Fact Sheet with you. C ALMON. ODOR THRESHOLD—51 ppm- ' Benzene can irritate the eves and skin with drying and The range of accepted odor threshold values is quite scaling of:he skin_ broad. Caution should be used in reiving on odor alone as " Exposure can irritate the nose and throat. a warning of potentially_ hazardous exposures. * Benzene can cause symptoms of dizziness, lightheadedness. headache and vomiting. Convulsions WORKPLACE EXPOSURE LRVII'TS and coma, or sudden death from irregular heart beat, may OSHA: The legal airborne permissible exposure limit(PEL) follow high exposure. is 1 ppm averaged over an 8-hour workshift 3nd S - Repeated exposure can cause damage co the blood cells ppaL not to be exceeded during any 15 minute (aplastic anemia). Benzene is a FLAMMABLE LIQUID and a FIRE HAZARD. work period. IDENTIFICATION NIOSH: The recommended airborne exposure limit is Benzene is a colorless liquid with a pleasant odor. It is used 0.1 ppm averaged over a 10-hour workshift and mainly in making oche: chemicals and plastics. as a solvent, 1 PpaL not to be exceeded during any 15 minute and is found in trace amounts in gasoline. work period. REASON FOR CITATION ACGIH: The recommended airborne exposure limit is * Benzene is on the Hazardous Substance List because it is 0.5 ppm averaged over an 8-hour workshift d_ regulated by OSHA and cited by ACGII-L DOT, NIOSH. ZS ppm as a STEL(short term exposure limit). NTP,DEP.IARC,HHAG.NFPA and EPA. * Benzene is a CARCINOGEN in humans. There may be two * This chemical is on the Special Health Hazard Substance List because it is a CIRCINOGF�i I and �fU AGRN and is safe level of exposure to a carcinogen,so all contact should be reduced to the lowest possible level. FLANIl1�h1BLE � ' FLAM ions are provided on page 5. " The above exposure limits are for a €eve on€v. When skin Definicontact also occurs,you may be overexposed,even though HOW TO DETERMINE IF YOU ARE BEING air levels are less than the limits listed above. EXPOSED WAYS OF REDUCING EXFOSL-RE The New Jersey Right to Know Act requires most emp lovers to label chemicals in the workplace and requires public employers Enclose operations and use local exhaust ventilation at the tsite of chemical re.ease. [f local exhaust ventilation or o provide their employees with information and training concerning chemical hazards and controls. The federal OSHA enclosure is not used.respirators should be worn. * A regulated, marked area should be established where Hazard Communication Standard. 1910.1200. requires private Benzene is handled, used, or stored as required by the empioyers to provide similar training and information to their OSHA Standard 1910.1028. employees. * Wash thoroughly immediateiv after exposure to Benzene and at the end of the workshift. Exposure to hazardous substances should be routinely• valuated.This may include collecting personal and area air * Past hazard and wanting information in the war): area. In eaddition, as part of an ongoing education and training samples. You can obtain copies of sampling results from effort,communicate all information an the health and safety vour empioyer. You have a legal right to this information under OSHA 1910.1020. hazards of Benzene to potentially exposed workers.