BRUSH WELLMAN INC -- BERYLLIUM SOLID ======================================================= MSDS Safety Information ======================================================= FSC: 9650 MSDS Date: 10/01/1996 MSDS Num: CJNBN LIIN: 00N091642 Product ID: BERYLLIUM SOLID MFN: 01 Responsible Party Cage: 4B151 Name: BRUSH WELLMAN INC Address: 14710 W PORTAGE RIVER S RD City: ELMORE OH 43416-9502 Info Phone Number: 800-862-4118 Emergency Phone Number: (800)424-9300 Preparer's Name: MARC KOLANZ Chemtrec IND/Phone: (800)424-9300 Review Ind: Y Published: Y ======================================================= Contractor Summary ======================================================= Cage: 4B151 Name: BRUSH WELLMAN INC Address: 14710 W PORTAGE RIVER S RD City: ELMORE OH 43416-9502 Phone: 800-862-4118 ======================================================= Ingredients ======================================================= Cas: 7440-41-7 RTECS #: DS1750000 Name: BERYLLIUM Percent by Wt: 100. OSHA PEL: see Table Z-2 ACGIH TLV: 0.002 MG/M3 ACGIH STEL: NOT ESTABLISHED EPA Rpt Qty: 10 LBS DOT Rpt Qty: 10 LBS ======================================================= Health Hazards Data ======================================================= Route Of Entry Inds - Inhalation: YES Skin: YES Ingestion: YES Carcinogenicity Inds - NTP: YES IARC: YES OSHA: NO Effects of Exposure: ACUTE:PROD IS INSOL & DOES NOT CAUSE ACUTE HLTH EFTS. INHAL:EXPOS IN EXCESS OF OCCUP STD CAN OCCUR WHEN ABRADING MATL SURF IN MANNER WHICH GENERATES FINELY DIVIDED PARTICLES/DURING EQUIP REPAIR/MAINT. INGEST:NO KNOWN CASES OF ILLNESS FROM I NGEST. SKIN:ABRASION MAY CAUSE IRRIT. IMBEDDED MATL MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED GRANULOMA (SEE FIRST AID). EYE:INJURY CAN RSLT FROM PARTICULATE IRRIT/MECH INJURY. CHRONIC: INHAL:DUST/FUMES CNTNG BERYLLIUM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS, CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE - CHRONIC BERYLLIUM DISEASE (CBD) - IN SOME PERS. OVER TIME LUNG DISEASE CAN BE FATAL. SYMPS MAY INCL COUGH, CHEST PAIN, SHORTNESS OF BEATH, (EFTS OF OVEREXP) Explanation Of Carcinogenicity: BERYLLIUM: IARC MONOGRAPHS, SUPPLEMENT, VOL 58, PG 41, 1993:GROUP 1. NTP 8TH ANNUAL REPORT ON CARCINOGENS, 1998:REASONABLY ANTICIPATED TO BE HUMAN CARCINOGEN. Signs And Symptions Of Overexposure: HLTH HAZS:WEIGHT LOSS, WEAK & FATIGUE. LONG-TERM EFTS MAY INCL LOSS OF LUNG FUNCTION, FIBROSIS OR SUBSEQUENT EFTS ON HEART W/EVENTUAL PERM IMPAIRMENT. CBD IS HYPERSENS/ALLERGIC CNDTN IN WHICH LUNG TISS BECOME INFLAMED W/CELLULAR NODULAR RXN . THIS INFLAM, SOMETIMES W/ACCOMPANYING FIBROSIS, MAY RESTRICT BLOODSTREAM. THIS ALLERGIC RESPONSE TO BERYLLIUM IS LIMITED TO SUSCEPTIBLE PERS. MED SCIENCE SUGGEST SUSCEPTIBILITY RELATED TO GENETIC FACTORS. EXPOS TO AIRBORNE BERYLLIUM DOES NOT CAUSE CHRONC RXN IN MOST PEOPLE. CNTCT NEHC FOR MORE INFO (FP N). Medical Cond Aggravated By Exposure: IMPAIRED PULM FUNC, AIRWAY DISEASES/CNDTNS IE, ASTHMA, EMPHYSEMA, CHRONIC BRONCH. PROPER SCREENING/EXAM FOR PERS W/PRIOR DMG TO NEURO, CIRCULATORY, HEMATOLOGIC/URINARY SYS IF RISK OF FURTHER MATL EXPOS. First Aid: INHAL:BRTHG DFCLTY REQS IMMED REMOVAL TO FRESH AIR. IF BRTHG STOPS, PERFORM ARTF RESP & OBTAIN MED HELP. INGEST:HAVE PERSON DRINK LG QTYS OF WATER & ATTEMPT TO INDUCE VOMIT, IF CONSCIOUS. OBTAIN MED HELP. SKIN:TREAT CUTS & ABRASIONS BY STD FIRST AID. REMOVE SKIN CONTAM BY WASHING W/SOAP & WATER. OBTAIN MED HELP IF IRRIT PERSISTS. ACCIDENTAL IMPLANTATION OF MATL BENEATH SKIN REQS ITS REMOVAL TO PVNT INFECTION OR DEVELOPMENT OF CORN-LIKE LESION. EYES:FLUSH DUST/PWDR FROM EYE W /LOTS OF CLEAN WATER FOR AT LST 15 MIN. OBTAIN MED HELP IF IRRIT PERSISTS. CNTCT LENSES SHOULD NOT BE WORN. TREATMENT OF CBD:NONE KNOWN TO CURE CBD. (SUPDAT) ======================================================= Handling and Disposal ======================================================= Spill Release Procedures: IN SOLID FORM, NO SPEC HLTH/ENVIRONMENT RISK. IN PWDR/DUST FORM, ESTABLISH RESTRICTED ENTRY ZONE BASED ON SPILL SEVERITY. PERS ENTERING ZONE MUST WEAR ADEQ NIOSH APPRVD RESP PROT & PROT CLTHG. CONDUCT CLEANUP W/VACUUM SYS UTILIZING HIGH EFF ICIENCY PARTICULATE AIR (HEPA) FILTRATION SYS FOLLOWED BY WET CLEAN METHS. TAKE SPEC PRECS WHEN CHANGING FILTERS ON HEPA VACUUM CLEANERS (TRANSPORT INFO) Waste Disposal Methods: RECYCLED PROD IS NOT CLASSIFIED AS HAZ WASTE UNDER FED LAW. DUSTY OR DUST-LIKE MATLS SHOULD BE SEALED INSIDE TWO PLASTIC BAGS, PLACE IN DOT APPRVD CNTNR & APPROPRIATELY LABELED. WHEN SPENT PRODS DECLARED SOLD WASTES THEY MUST BE LABELED, MA NAGED OR DISPOSED OF I/A/W FED, STATE & LOC REQS. MATL IS NOT CLASSIFIED HAZ WASTE UNDER FED LAW. Handling And Storage Precautions: WEAR GLOVES WHEN HNDLG PARTS W/SHARP EDGES. STORE IN DRY AREA. DURING REPAIR/MAINT, PROTECTING WORKERS CAN REQ USE OF SPECIFIC WORK PRACTS/PROCS INVOLVING COMBINED USE OF VENT, WET METHS, RESP PROT, DECONTAM, SPEC PROT CLTHG & RESTRICTED WO RK ZONES. CNTCT NEHC FOR WELDING INFO (FP N). Other Precautions: MONITORING PROCS:DETERM EXPOS TO AIRBORNE MATLS BYTAKING AIR SAMPLES FROM EMPLOYEE BRTHG ZONE, WORK AREA & DEPT. MAKE AIRSAMPLE RSTLS AVAIL TO EMPLOYEES. INCL PERS EXPOS TO AIRBONRE CONCS OF MATLIN PERIODIC MED SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM INCLU DING EXAM OF SKIN & RESP SYS.CNTCT NEHC FOR MORE INFO (FP N). ======================================================= Fire and Explosion Hazard Information ======================================================= Flash Point Text: N/A TO SOLIDS Lower Limits: N/A TO SOLID Upper Limits: N/A TO SOLID Extinguishing Media: ONLY IN POWDER OR OTHER FINELY DIVIDED FORM DOES THIS MATERIAL PRESENT A SPECIAL FIRE PROBLEM. TO EXTINGUISH A METAL POWDER FIRE, USE CLASS D FIRE EXTINGUISHING POWDER. Fire Fighting Procedures: USE NIOSH APPROVED SCBA AND FULL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (FP N). Unusual Fire/Explosion Hazard: DO NOT USE WATER TO EXTING FIRES AROUND OPERATIONS INVOLVING MOLTEN METAL DUE TO POTNTL FOR STEAM EXPLOS. IN ADDN, WATER MAY DISASSOCIATE WHEN IN CNTCT W/BURNING METAL PWDR/CHIPS RELEASING FLAM HYDROGEN GAS WHICH COULD BURN & RSLT IN EXPLO. VENT DUCT WOR WHICH HAS ACCUMULATED FINE COATING OF THIS MATL (SARA REG INFO) ======================================================= Control Measures ======================================================= Respiratory Protection: WHEN POTNTL EXPOS ARE ABOVE OCCUP LIMS, NIOSH APPRVD RESPS MUST BE USED. EXPOS TO UNKNOWN CONCS OF FUMES/DUSTS REQS WEARING PRESS-DEMAND AIRLINE RESP OR PRESS-DEMAND SCBA. PRESS-DEMAND AIRLINE RESPS ARE RECOM WHEN PERFORMING JOBS W/HIGH POT NTL EXPOS SUCH AS CHANGING FILTERS IN BAGHOUSE AIR CLEANING DEVICE. FOR MORE INFO CNTCT NEHC (FP N). Ventilation: WHENEVER POSS, USE OF LOC EXHST VENT/OTHER ENGINEERING CTLS IS PREF METH OF CONTROLLING EXPOS TO AIRBORNE DUST & FUME. WHERE UTILIZED, (STATE REG INFO) Protective Gloves: IMPERVIOUS GLOVES (FP N). Eye Protection: ANSI APPROVED CHEMICAL WORKERS GOGGLES (FP N). Other Protective Equipment: ANSI APPRVD EYE WASH & DELUGE SHOWER (FP N). PROT OVERGARMENTS/WORK CLTHG; MANAGE TO PVNT SECONDARY EXPOS TO PERS (IE, LAUNDRY OPERATORS) & PVNT PERSONAL CLTHG CONTAM. NEVER USE COMPRESSED AIR TO CLEAN. Work Hygienic Practices: VACUUM & WET CLEAN METHS REC FOR DUST REMOVAL. DEENERGIZE ELEC SYS, AS NEC, BEFORE BEGINNING WET CLEAN. HEPA FILTER VACUUMS REC. AVOID USE OF COMPRESSED AIR OR BROOMS. CNTCT HENC FOR MORE INFO (FP N). Supplemental Safety and Health: FIRST AID PROC: PREDNISONE/OTHER CORTICOSTEROIDS ARE MOST SPECIFIC TREATMENT CURRENTLY AVAIL. THEY ARE DIRECTED AT SUPPRESSING IMMUNOLOGICAL RXN & HAVE BEEN EFTIVE IN DIMINISHING MANY SIGNS & SYMPS OF CBD. IN CASES WHERE STEROID THERAPY HAS HAD ONLY PARTIAL/MINIMAL EFTIVENESS, OTHER IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE (OTHER INFO) ======================================================= Physical/Chemical Properties ======================================================= Boiling Point: =2970.C, 5378.F Vapor Density: NOT APPLIC Spec Gravity: 1.85 Solubility in Water: NONE Appearance and Odor: GRAY METALLIC; NO ODOR. Percent Volatiles by Volume: NONE ======================================================= Reactivity Data ======================================================= Stability Indicator: YES Materials To Avoid: AVOID CONTACT WITH MINERAL ACIDS AND OXIDIZING AGENTS WHICH MAY GENERATE HYDROGEN GAS. HYDROGEN GAS CAN BE AN EXPLOSION. Hazardous Decomposition Products: NONE UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS OF USE. Hazardous Polymerization Indicator: NO ======================================================= Toxicological Information ======================================================= Toxicological Information: FOR QUESTIONS CONCERNING TOXICOLOGICAL INFO WRITE TO: MED DIRECTOR, BRUSH WELLMAN INC, 14710 WEST PORTAGE RD, ELMORE, OH 43146-9502. OTHER INFO: RESERVED FOR CASES W/SIGNIFICANT SYMPS &/OR SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF LUNG FUNC. OTHER SYMPTOMATIC T REATMENT, SUCH AS OXYG INHALED STEROIDS OR BRONCHODILATORES, MAY BE USED BY SOME MDS & ARE EFTIVE IN SELECTED CASES. DECISION ABOUT WHEN & W/WHAT MEDICATION TO TREAT IS JUDGMENT SITUATION FOR INDIVIDUAL MDS. FOR MOST PART, TREATMENT IS RES ERVED FOR PERS W/SYMPS & MEASURABLE LOSS OF LUNG FUNC. VALUE OF STARTING ORAL STEROID TREATMENT, BEFORE SIGNS/SYMS ARE EVIDENT, REMAINS A (ECOLOGICAL INFO) ======================================================= Ecological Information ======================================================= Ecological: THIS MATL IS INSOL IN WATER. THIS MATL CAN BE RECYCLED; CONTACT YOUR SALE REPRESENTATIVE. TOXICOLOGICAL INFO: MEDICALLY UNRESOLVED ISSUE CURRENTLY UNDER STUDY. SOME MDS ARE CONCERNED THEIR PATIENTS MAY DEVELOP RESISTANCE TO MEDICATION IF IT IS STARTED TOO SOON. EFTS OF CONTINUED LOW EXPOS TO BERYLLIUM ARE UNKNOWN FOR INDIVIDUALS SENSITIZED TO BERYLLIUM OR WHO HAVE DIAGNOSIS OF CBD. THIS UNCERTAINITY LEADS SOME MDS TO ADVISE REDUCTION OR ELIM OF FURTHER EXPOS TO BERYLLIUM. HOW EVER, SOME PERS HAVE DEVELOPED CBD OR HAVE GRADUALLY BECOME WORSE AFTER REMOVAL FROM FURTHER EXPOS. OTHERS HAVE (TRANSPORT INFO) ======================================================= MSDS Transport Information ======================================================= Transport Information: THERE ARE NO US DOT HAZ MATL REGS WHICH APPLY TO PACKAGING & LABELING OF PROD AS SHIPPED BY BRUSH WELLMAN. HAZ COMMUNICATIONS REGS OF US OSHA REQ MATL BE LABELED. CNTCT NEHC FOR LABEL WHICH ACCOMPANIES PROD DURING SHIPMENT (FP N). ECOLOGIC AL INFO: CONTINUED TO WORK IN BERYLLIUM INDUSTRY W/OUT ANY ADDNL OR ACCELERATED LOSS OF LUNG FUNC. SPILL PROC: USED TO CLEAN UP POTNTLY TOX MATLS. USE CAUTION TO MINIMIZE AIRBORNE GENERATION OF PWDR/DUST & AVOID CONTAM OF AIR & WATER. DEPE NDING ON QTY RELSD, FINE PWDR/DUST SPILLS TO ENVIRONMENT MAY REQ REPORTING TO NRC (800-424-8802), STATE EMER RESPONSE COMMISSION & LOC EMER PLANNING COMMITTEE. ======================================================= Regulatory Information ======================================================= Sara Title III Information: BERYLLIUM IS REPORTABLE UNDER SECTION 313. CHEM ABSTRACTS SERVICES NUMBER IS PROVIDED IN INGREDIENT SECTION OF MSDS. YOU MAY OBTAIN ADDNL INFO BY CALLING EPA SARA TITLE III HOTLINE AT 1-800-535-0202 (OR 202-555-1411). CNTCT NEHC FOR MORE IN FO (FP N). EXPLO HAZ: AS DUST ON ITS INTERNAL SURF POSES POTNTLY SERIOUS FIRE HAZ. EXTING USING CLASS D FIRE EXTINGUISHER MEDIA & SHUT DOWN OR ISOLATE AFFECTED PORTION OF VENT SYS. BECAUSE OF THIS POTNTL RISK, SOURCE SOF IGNIT SUCH AS FLAME , SPK FROM MACHINING OF OTHER MATLS, WELDING SPARK, ETC, MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO ENTER VENT DUCT WORK. ALSO, DUCT WORK MUST BE MADE OF (STATE REG INFO) Federal Regulatory Information: BERYLLIUM IS CONSIDERED HAZ BY OSHA COMMUNICATION STD, 29 CFR 1910.1200. BERYLLIUM IS LISTED ON THE TSCA CHEM SUBSTANCE INVENTORY OF EXISTING CHEM SUBSTANCES. WASTEWATER REGS CAN VARY CONSIDERABLY. CNTCT YOUR LOC & STATE GOVTS TO DETERM THE IR REQS. BERYLLIUM-CNTNG MATLS ARE SUBJECT TO NATL EMISSION STD FOR BERYLLIUM AS PROMULGATED BY EPA (40 CFR 61, SUBPART (C)). NATIONAL EMISSION STD FOR BERYLLIUM IS 0.01 MG/M3 (30 DAY AVERAGE) IN AMBIENT AIR FOR THOSE PRODUCTION FACILITIES WHICH HAVE BEEN QUALIFIED TO BE REGULATED THRU AMBIENT AIR MONITORING. FOR MORE INFO, CONTACT NEHC (FP N). State Regulatory Information: N/P. SARA REG INFO: NON-COMBUST MATL. SEE SECTION 8 FOR FURTHER INFO REGARDING PERSONAL PROT MEASURES. VENT: PICKUPS ON FLEXIBLE VENT LINES SHOULD BE POSITIONED AS CLOSE TO SOURCE OF AIRBORNE CONTAM AS POSS. DISRUPTION OF AIRFLOW IN AREA OF LOCAL EXHAUST INLET, SUCH AS BY MAN COOLING FAN, SHOULD BE AVOIDED. VENT EQUIP SHOULD BE CHECKED REGULARLY TO ENSURE IT IS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. VENT TRAINING IS RECOM FOR ALL USERS. VENT SYSTEMS SHOULD BE DESIGNED & INSTALLED BY QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS. ======================================================= Other Information ======================================================= Other Information: THIS MSDS HAS BEEN REVISED FOLLOWING GUIDELINES OUTLINED IN AMERICAN NATL STD FOR HAZ CHEMS Z400.1-1993 "MSDS - PREPARATION." IMPORTANT:IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR REQ ADDNL INFO REGARDING MATLS DESCRIBED IN MSDS, PLEASE CALL/WRITE TO ENV IRONMENTAL CTL DEPT AT LOCATION GIVEN ON PG 1. SUPDAT: AGENTS, SUCH AS CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE, CYCLOSPORINE OR METHOTREXATE, HAVE BEEN USED. THESE LATTER AGENTS REMAIN INVESTIGATIONAL. FURTHER, IN VIEW OF POTNTL SIDE EFTS OF ALL IMMUNOSUPPRESSIV E MEDICATIONS, INCL STEROIDS SUCH AS PREDNISONE, THEY SHOULD BE USED ONLY UNDER DIRECT CARE OF MD. IN GEN, THESE MEDICATIONS SHOULD BE (TOXICOLOGICAL INFO) ======================================================= HAZCOM Label ======================================================= Product ID: BERYLLIUM SOLID Cage: 4B151 Company Name: BRUSH WELLMAN INC Street: 14710 W PORTAGE RIVER S RD City: ELMORE OH Zipcode: 43416-9502 Health Emergency Phone: (800)424-9300 Label Required IND: Y Date Of Label Review: 07/12/1999 Status Code: A Origination Code: F Chronic Hazard IND: Y Eye Protection IND: YES Skin Protection IND: YES Signal Word: WARNING Respiratory Protection IND: YES Health Hazard: Moderate Contact Hazard: Slight Fire Hazard: None Reactivity Hazard: None Hazard And Precautions: ACUTE:PROD IS INSOL & DOES NOT CAUSE ACUTE HLTH EFTS. INHAL:EXPOS IN EXCESS OF OCCUP STD CAN OCCUR WHEN ABRADING MATL . SKIN: MAY CAUSE IRRIT. IMBEDDED MATL MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED GRANULOMA (SEE FIRST AID). EYE:INJURY CAN RSLT FROM PARTICULA TE IRRIT/MECH INJURY. CHRONIC: CANCER HAZ. CONTAINS BERYLLIUM WHICH IS LISTED AS A CARCINOGEN (FP N). INHAL:DUST/FUMES CNTNG BERYLLIUM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS, CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE -CHRONIC BERYLLIUM DISEASE (CBD). OVER TIME LUNG DISEASE CAN BE F ATAL. SYMPS MAY INCL COUGH, CHEST PAIN, SHORT BRTH, WT LOSS, WEAK & FATG. POSS LOSS OF LUNG FUNCTION, FIBROSIS, HEART IMPAIRMENT. ALLERGIC RESP RXN POSS. ======================================================= Disclaimer (provided with this information by the compiling agencies): This information is formulated for use by elements of the Department of Defense. 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