SPECTRUM CHEMICAL MFG CORP -- SULFUR -- 6810-00N082128
===================== Product Identification ===================== Product ID:SULFUR MSDS Date:04/12/1991 FSC:6810 NIIN:00N082128 === Responsible Party === Company Name:SPECTRUM CHEMICAL MFG CORP Address:14422 SOUTH SAN PEDRO ST City:GARDENA State:CA ZIP:90248 Country:US Info Phone Num:310-516-8000 Emergency Phone Num:310-516-8000;800-414-9300(CHEMTREC) CAGE:63415 === Contractor Identification === Company Name:SPECTRUM LABORATORY PRODUCTS INC Address:14422 S SAN PEDRO ST Box:City:GARDENA State:CA ZIP:90248-2027 Country:US Phone:310-516-8000/FAX: 310-516-9843 CAGE:63415 ============= Composition/Information on Ingredients ============= Ingred Name:SULFUR CAS:7704-34-9 RTECS #:WS4250000 Fraction by Wt: 100% OSHA PEL:N/K ACGIH TLV:N/K Ingred Name:SUPDAT: AS FAR A DISTANCE AS POSSIBLE. AVOID BREATHING VAPORS OR DUST; KEEP UPWIND. RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:EFTS OF OVEREXP: IMPERVIOUS. EYES: 8PPM HAS CAUSED IRRIT OF HUMAN EYES. DUST MAY CAUSE IRRIT, REDNESS & PAIN WITH(ING 4) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 3: LACRIM, PHOTOPHOBIA, CONJ & BLEPHAROCONJ. RPTS OF CASES OF DMG TO CRYSTALLINE LENS W/FORM OF OPACITIES & (ING 5) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 4: EVEN CATARACT & FOCAL CHORIORETINITIS. INGEST:MAN HAS SURVIVED INGEST OF 60G OF SULFUR OVER 24-HR PERIOD. (ING 6) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 5:LG DOSES (15G) BY MOUTH MAY LEAD TO HYDROGEN SULFIDE PRODUCTION CHIEFLY DUE TO BACTERIAL ACTION W/IN COLON.(ING 7) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 6: W/LESSER AMTS THIS IS RARE & UNLIKELY IN ABSENCE OF MECH DESTRUCTION. SM PARTICLES GENERALLY MORE TOX THAN(ING 8) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 7: LG ONES. IN RABBITS DOSE OF 175 MG/KG CAUSED CONVLS, UNCON, HYDROGEN SULFIDE ODOR OF BRTH, FALL IN BLOOD (ING 9) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 8: PRESS, BRADYCARDIA STIMULATION OF RESPIRATION FOLLOWED BY RESP ARREST & DEATH. PATHOLOGIC FINDINGS INCLD (ING 10) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 9: PULM EDEMA & HEMORR. CHRONIC: INHAL: RPTD/PRLNGD EXPOS TO DUST MAY CAUSE MUC MEMB IRRIT. BRONCHOPULM (ING 11) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 10:DISEASE MAY OCCUR WHICH, AFTER SEVERAL YRS, MAY BE COMPLICATED BY EMPHYSEMA & BRONCHIECTASIS. EARLY SYMPS(ING 12) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 11: IN SULFUR MINERS OFTEN INCL UPPER RESP TRACT CATARRH W/COUGH & EXPECTORATION WHICH IS MUCOID & MAY EVEN (ING 13) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 12: CNTN GRANULES OF SULFUR. ASTHMA IS FREQUENT COMPLICATION. MAXILLARY & FRONTAL SINUSES MAY BE AFFECTED; (ING 14) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 13: INVOLVEMENT IS USUALLY BILATERAL & PANSINUITIS MAY OCCUR. PULM FUNC MAY BE REDUCED. RADIOLOGICAL EXAMS (ING 15) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 14: REVEALED IRREGULAR OPACITIES IN LUNGS & OCCASNLY NODULATION REPORTED BUT NOT TRUE NODULAR FIBROSIS. (ING 16) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 15: SKIN:RPTD/PRLNGD CNTCT MAY CAUSE DERM POSS W/ERYTHEMATOUS & ECZEMATOUS LESIONS & SIGNS OF ULCERATION. (ING 17) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 16: EYES:RPTD/PRLNGD EXPOS MAY CAUSE CONJ. INGEST: VOLUNTEERS WHO INGESTED DAILY DOSES OF 500 OR 750 MG OF (ING 18) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 17: COLLODIAL SULFUR ABSORBED IT COMPLETELY, TOLERATED IT EASILY & EXCRETED MOST OF IT WITHIN 24 HRS. RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:FIRST AID:UNTIL NO EVID OF CHEM REMAINS (@ LST 15-20 MIN). GET MED ATTN IMMED. INGEST:TREAT SYMP & SUPPORTIVELY.(ING 20) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 19: GET MED ATTN IMMED. IF VOMITING OCCURS, KEEP HEAD LOWER THAN HIPS TO PREVENT ASPIRATION. NO SPECIFIC ANTIDOTE. RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:SPILL PROC: IN HAZARD AREA. KEEP UNNECESSARY PEOPLE AWAY. ISOLATE HAZARD AREA & DENY ENTRY. RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:RESP PROT: OPERATION, MUST NOT EXCEED WORKING LIMS OF RESP & MUST BE NIOSH APPRVD. ANY DUST & MIST RESP. ANY (ING 23) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 22: AIR-PURIFYING RESP W/HIGH-EFFICIENCY PARTICULATE FILTER. ANY POWERED AIR-PURIFYING RESP W/DUST & MIST (ING 24) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 23: FILTER. ANY POWERED AIR-PURIFYING RESP W/HIGH-EFFICIENCY PARTICULATE FILTER. ANY TYPE 'C' SUPPLIED-AIR (ING 25) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 24: RESP OPERATED IN PRESSURE-DEMAND OR OTHER POSITIVE PRESSURE OR CONTINUOUS-FLOW MODE. ANY SCBA. RTECS #:9999999ZZ ===================== Hazards Identification ===================== LD50 LC50 Mixture:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER. Routes of Entry: Inhalation:YES Skin:YES Ingestion:YES Reports of Carcinogenicity:NTP:NO IARC:NO OSHA:NO Health Hazards Acute and Chronic:ACUTE:INHAL:LG AMTS OF DUST MAY CAUSE CATARRHA INFLAM OF NASAL MUCOSA; MAY LEAD TO HYPERPLASIA W/ABUNDANT NASAL SECRETIONS. TRACHIOBRONCH IS FREQUENT OCCURRENCE W/DYSPNEA, PERSISTENT COUGH & EXPECTORA TION WHICH MAY SOMETIMES BE STREAKED W/BLOOD. SKIN:MAY CAUSE IRRIT, REDNESS & PAIN. SENSITIVITY (EFTS OF OVEREXP) Explanation of Carcinogenicity:NOT RELEVANT Effects of Overexposure:HLTH HAZ: TO SULFUR, PARTICULARLY WHEN USED AS TOPICAL AGENT IS RARE. TWO CASES OF ALLERGIC HYPERSENS TO SULFUR REPORTED. ABSORPTION OF SULFUR USED TO TREAT SCABIES & OTHER SKIN DISORDERS MAY OCCUR & CAUSE POIS W/SHOCK, SYNCOPE, FEVER & POSS DEATH. ABSORPTION DEPENDS ON DEGREE OF INJURY; INTACT SKIN IS ALMOST (ING 3) Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER. ======================= First Aid Measures ======================= First Aid:INHAL:REMOVE TO FRESH AIR IMMED. IF BRTHG STOPS, PERFORM ARTF RESP. KEEP WARM & AT REST. TREAT SYMP & SUPPORTIVELY. GET MED ATTN IMMED. SKIN:REMOVE CONTAMD CLTHG & SHOES IMMED. WASH AFFECTED AREA W/SO AP/MILD DETERGENT & LG AMTS OF WATER UNTIL NO EVID OF CHEM REMAINS (APPROX 15-20 MIN). GET MED ATTN IMMED. EYES:WASH IMMED W/LG AMTS OF WATER/NORM SALINE OCCASNLY LIFTING UPPER & LOWER LIDS (ING 19) ===================== Fire Fighting Measures ===================== Flash Point Method:CC Flash Point:405F,207C Extinguishing Media:DRY CHEMICAL, SAND, EARTH, WATER SPRAY OR REGULAR FOAM. FOR LARGER FIRES, USE WATER SPRAY, FOG OR REGULAR FOAM. Fire Fighting Procedures:USE NIOSH APPRVD SCBA & FULL PROT EQUIP . MOVE CNTNR FROM FIRE AREA IF YOU DO IT W/OUT RISK. APPLY COOLING WATER TO SIDES OF CNTNRS THAT ARE EXPOS(SUPDAT) Unusual Fire/Explosion Hazard:SLIGHT FIRE HAZARD WHEN EXPOSED TO HEAT OR FLAME. ================== Accidental Release Measures ================== Spill Release Procedures:SHUT OFF IGNIT SOURCES. DO NOT TOUCH SPILLED MATL. FOR SM SPILLS, W/CLEAN SHOVEL, PLACE MATL INTO CLEAN, DRY CNTNR & COVER; MOVE CNTNRS FROM SPILL AREA. FOR LARGER SPILLS, WET DOWN W/WATER & DIKE FOR LATER DISP. NO SMOKING, FLAMES OR FLARES (ING 21) Neutralizing Agent:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER. ====================== Handling and Storage ====================== Handling and Storage Precautions:STORE AWAY FROM INCOMPATIBLE SUBSTANCES. Other Precautions:AVOID CONTACT WITH HEAT, SPARKS, FLAMES OR OTHER SOURCES OF IGNITION. MATERIAL IS EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE AND MAY BURN RAPIDLY WITH FLARE-BURNING EFFECT. ============= Exposure Controls/Personal Protection ============= Respiratory Protection:FOLLOWING RESPS ARE RECOMD BASED ON INFO IN PHYSICAL DATA, TOXICITY & HEALTH EFTS SECTIONS. THEY AR RANKED IN ORDER FROM MIN TO MAX RESP PROT. SPECIFIC RESP SELECTED MUST BE BASED ON CONTAM LEVELS FOU ND IN WORK PLACE, SPECIFIC (ING 22) Ventilation:PROVIDE LOCAL EXHAUST VENTILATION. VENTILATION EQUIPMENT MUST BE EXPLOSION PROOF. Protective Gloves:IMPERVIOUS GLOVES . Eye Protection:ANSI APPRVD CHEM WORKERS GOGGLES . Other Protective Equipment:ANSI APPROVED EYE WASH & DELUGE SHOWER . APPROP PROT (IMPERVIOUS) CLTHG & EQUIP TO PVNT RPTD/PRLNGD SKIN CNTCT. Work Hygienic Practices:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER. Supplemental Safety and Health FIRE FIGHT PROC: TO FLAMES UNTIL WELL AFTER FIRE IS OUT. STAY AWAY FROM ENDS OF TANKS. FOR MASSIVE FIRE IN CARGO AREA, USE UNMANNED HOSE HOLDER/MONITOR NOZZS; IF THIS IS IMPOSS, W/DRAW FROM AREA & LET FIRE BURN. APPLY WATER IN FLOODING QTYS AS FOG. COOL FIRE-EXPOS CNTNRS W/FLOODING AMTS OF WATER APPLIED FROM (ING 2) ================== Physical/Chemical Properties ================== Boiling Pt:B.P. Text:832F,444C Melt/Freeze Pt:M.P/F.P Text:235F,113C Vapor Pres:1 @ 184C Spec Gravity:2.07 Solubility in Water:INSOLUBLE Appearance and Odor:ODORLESS, TASTELESS, PALE YELLOW SOLID. ================= Stability and Reactivity Data ================= Stability Indicator/Materials to Avoid:YES AMMONIA, CALCIUM, FLUORINE, METALS, OXIDIZERS, POTASSIUM. FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF MATLS TO AVOID CNTCT NEHC . Stability Condition to Avoid:STABLE UNDER NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES. Hazardous Decomposition Products:THERMAL DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS MAY INCLUDE TOXIC OXIDES OF SULFUR. ==================== Disposal Considerations ==================== Waste Disposal Methods:OBSERVE ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS WHEN STORING OR DISPOSING OF THIS SUBSTANCE. FOR ASSISTANCE, CONTACT DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. Disclaimer (provided with this information by the compiling agencies): This information is formulated for use by elements of the Department of Defense. The United States of America in no manner whatsoever, expressly or implied, warrants this information to be accurate and disclaims all liability for its use. Any person utilizing this document should seek competent professional advice to verify and assume responsibility for the suitability of this information to their particular situation.