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PRODUCT NAME: WD-40 SPECIALIST(TM) PROTECTIVE WHITE LITHIUM GREASE (LOW VOC) PRODUCT USE: CLEANER, LUBRICANT RESTRICTIONS ON USE: NONE IDENTIFIED SDS DATE OF PREPARATION: JUNE 5, 2019 MANUFACTURER: WD-40 COMPANY ADDRESS: 9715 BUSINESSPARK AVENUE SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92131 USA TELEPHONE: EMERGENCY: 1-888-324-7596 INFORMATION: 1-888-324-7596 CHEMICAL SPILLS: 1-800-424-9300 (CHEMTREC) 1-703-527-3887 (INTERNATIONAL CALLS)
HAZCOM 2012/GHS CLASSIFICATION: FLAMMABLE AEROSOL: CATEGORY 1 GAS UNDER PRESSURE: COMPRESSED GAS ASPIRATION TOXICITY: CATEGORY 1 NOTE: THIS PRODUCT IS A CONSUMER PRODUCT AND IS LABELED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE US CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION REGULATIONS WHICH TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER OSHA HAZARD COMMUNICATION LABELING. THE ACTUAL CONTAINER LABEL WILL NOT INCLUDE THE LABEL ELEMENTS BELOW. THE LABELING BELOW APPLIES TO INDUSTRIAL/PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS. LABEL ELEMENTS: FLAME GAS CYLINDER HEALTH HAZARD DANGER! EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE AEROSOL. CONTAINS GAS UNDER PRESSURE; MAY EXPLODE IF HEATED. MAY BE FATAL IF SWALLOWED AND ENTERS AIRWAYS. PREVENTION: KEEP AWAY FROM HEAT, SPARKS, OPEN FLAMES, HOT SURFACES - NO SMOKING. DO NOT SPRAY ON AN OPEN FLAME OR OTHER IGNITION SOURCE. PRESSURIZED CONTAINER: DO NOT PIERCE OR BURN, EVEN AFTER USE. RESPONSE: IF SWALLOWED: IMMEDIATELY CALL A POISON CENTER OR PHYSICIAN. DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING. STORAGE: STORE LOCKED UP. PROTECT FROM SUNLIGHT. DO NOT EXPOSE TO TEMPERATURES EXCEEDING 50 DEG. C/122 DEG. F. STORE IN A WELL-VENTILATED PLACE. DISPOSAL: DISPOSE OF CONTENTS AND CONTAINER IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL AND NATIONAL REGULATIONS.
INGREDIENT CAS # WEIGHT US HAZCOM 2012/ PERCENT GHS CLASSIFICATION PETROLEUM SOLVENTS (LVP) 64742-47-8 45-65% ASPIRATION TOXICITY 64742-88-7 CATEGORY 1 PROPELLANT (PROPANE) 74-98-6 25% FLAMMABLE GAS CATEGORY 1 GAS UNDER PRESSURE: COMPRESSED GAS HYDROTREATED HEAVY 64742-52-5 <6% NOT HAZARDOUS NAPHTHENIC DISTILLATE SOLVENT-REFINED HEAVY 64741-88-4 <6% NOT HAZARDOUS PARAFFINIC PETROLEUM DISTILLATES CALCIUM SULFONATE PROPRIETARY <5% NOT HAZARDOUS TITANIUM DIOXIDE 13463-67-7 <3% CARCINOGEN CATEGORY 2* * CARCINOGEN CLASSIFICATION APPLIES TO RESPIRABLE FORMS ONLY. NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS PRODUCT. NOTE: THE EXACT PERCENTAGES ARE A TRADE SECRET.
INGESTION (SWALLOWED): ASPIRATION HAZARD. DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING. CALL PHYSICIAN, POISON CONTROL CENTER OR THE WD-40 SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-324-7596 IMMEDIATELY. EYE CONTACT: FLUSH THOROUGHLY WITH WATER. REMOVE CONTACT LENSES IF PRESENT AFTER THE FIRST 5 MINUTES AND CONTINUE FLUSHING FOR SEVERAL MORE MINUTES. GET MEDICAL ATTENTION IF IRRITATION PERSISTS. SKIN CONTACT: WASH WITH SOAP AND WATER. IF IRRITATION DEVELOPS AND PERSISTS, GET MEDICAL ATTENTION. INHALATION (BREATHING): IF IRRITATION IS EXPERIENCED, MOVE TO FRESH AIR. GET MEDICAL ATTENTION IF IRRITATION OR OTHER SYMPTOMS DEVELOP AND PERSIST. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE: HARMFUL OR FATAL IF SWALLOWED. IF SWALLOWED, MAY BE ASPIRATED AND CAUSE LUNG DAMAGE. MAY CAUSE EYE AND RESPIRATORY IRRITATION. INHALATION MAY CAUSE COUGHING, HEADACHE AND DIZZINESS. SKIN CONTACT MAY CAUSE DRYING OF THE SKIN. INDICATION OF IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION/SPECIAL TREATMENT NEEDED: IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION IS NEEDED FOR INGESTION.
SUITABLE (AND UNSUITABLE) EXTINGUISHING MEDIA: USE WATER FOG, DRY CHEMICAL, CARBON DIOXIDE OR FOAM. DO NOT USE WATER JET OR FLOODING AMOUNTS OF WATER. BURNING PRODUCT WILL FLOAT ON THE SURFACE AND SPREAD FIRE. SPECIFIC HAZARDS ARISING FROM THE CHEMICAL: EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE AEROSOL. CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE. KEEP AWAY FROM IGNITION SOURCES AND OPEN FLAMES. EXPOSURE OF CONTAINERS TO EXTREME HEAT AND FLAMES CAN CAUSE THEM TO RUPTURE OFTEN WITH VIOLENT FORCE. VAPORS ARE HEAVIER THAN AIR AND MAY TRAVEL ALONG SURFACES TO REMOTE IGNITION SOURCES AND FLASH BACK. A VAPOR AND AIR MIXTURE CAN CREATE AN EXPLOSION HAZARD IN CONFINED SPACES. COMBUSTION WILL PRODUCE OXIDES OF CARBON AND HYDROCARBONS. SPECIAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND PRECAUTIONS FOR FIRE-FIGHTERS: FIREFIGHTERS SHOULD ALWAYS WEAR POSITIVE PRESSURE SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS AND FULL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. COOL FIRE-EXPOSED CONTAINERS WITH WATER. USE SHIELDING TO PROTECT AGAINST BURSTING CONTAINERS.
PERSONAL PRECAUTIONS, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES: WEAR APPROPRIATE PROTECTIVE CLOTHING (SEE SECTION 8). ELIMINATE ALL SOURCES OF IGNITION AND VENTILATE AREA. METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR CONTAINMENT/CLEANUP: LEAKING CANS SHOULD BE PLACED IN A PLASTIC BAG OR OPEN PAIL UNTIL THE PRESSURE HAS DISSIPATED. CONTAIN AND COLLECT LIQUID WITH AN INERT ABSORBENT AND PLACE IN A CONTAINER FOR DISPOSAL. CLEAN SPILL AREA THOROUGHLY. REPORT SPILLS TO AUTHORITIES AS REQUIRED.
PRECAUTIONS FOR SAFE HANDLING: AVOID CONTACT WITH EYES. AVOID PROLONGED CONTACT WITH SKIN. AVOID BREATHING VAPORS OR AEROSOLS. USE ONLY WITH ADEQUATE VENTILATION. KEEP AWAY FROM HEAT, SPARKS, PILOT LIGHTS, HOT SURFACES AND OPEN FLAMES. UNPLUG ELECTRICAL TOOLS, MOTORS AND APPLIANCES BEFORE SPRAYING OR BRINGING THE CAN NEAR ANY SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY. ELECTRICITY CAN BURN A HOLE IN THE CAN AND CAUSE CONTENTS TO BURST INTO FLAMES. TO AVOID SERIOUS BURN INJURY, DO NOT LET THE CAN TOUCH BATTERY TERMINALS, ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS ON MOTORS OR APPLIANCES OR ANY OTHER SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY. WASH THOROUGHLY WITH SOAP AND WATER AFTER HANDLING. KEEP CONTAINERS CLOSED WHEN NOT IN USE. KEEP OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN. DO NOT PUNCTURE, CRUSH OR INCINERATE CONTAINERS, EVEN WHEN EMPTY. CONDITIONS FOR SAFE STORAGE: STORE IN A COOL, WELL-VENTILATED AREA, AWAY FROM INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS. DO NOT STORE ABOVE 120 DEG. F OR IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT. U.F.C (NFPA 30B) LEVEL 3 AEROSOL. STORE AWAY FROM OXIDIZERS.
CHEMICAL OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS PETROLEUM SOLVENTS (LVP) 1200 MG/M3 TWA (MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDED) PROPANE 1000 PPM TWA OSHA PEL HYDROTREATED HEAVY NAPHTHENIC 5 MG/M3 TWA (INHALABLE) DISTILLATE ACGIH TLV (AS MINERAL OIL) 5 MG/M3 TWA OSHA PEL (AS OIL MIST) SOLVENT-REFINED HEAVY PARAFFINIC 5 MG/M3 TWA (INHALABLE) ACGIH TLV PETROLEUM DISTILLATES (AS MINERAL OIL) 5 MG/M3 TWA OSHA PEL (AS OIL MIST) CALCIUM SULFONATE NONE ESTABLISHED TITANIUM DIOXIDE 10 MG/M3 TWA ACGIH TLV 15 MG/M3 (TOTAL DUST) TWA OSHA PEL THE FOLLOWING CONTROLS ARE RECOMMENDED FOR NORMAL CONSUMER USE OF THIS PRODUCT: APPROPRIATE ENGINEERING CONTROLS: USE IN A WELL-VENTILATED AREA. PERSONAL PROTECTION: EYE PROTECTION: AVOID EYE CONTACT. ALWAYS SPRAY AWAY FROM YOUR FACE. SKIN PROTECTION: AVOID PROLONGED SKIN CONTACT. CHEMICAL RESISTANT GLOVES RECOMMENDED FOR OPERATIONS WHERE SKIN CONTACT IS LIKELY. RESPIRATORY PROTECTION: NONE NEEDED FOR NORMAL USE WITH ADEQUATE VENTILATION. FOR BULK PROCESSING OR WORKPLACE USE THE FOLLOWING CONTROLS ARE RECOMMENDED: APPROPRIATE ENGINEERING CONTROLS: USE ADEQUATE GENERAL AND LOCAL EXHAUST VENTILATION TO MAINTAIN EXPOSURE LEVELS BELOW THAT OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS. PERSONAL PROTECTION: EYE PROTECTION: SAFETY GOGGLES RECOMMENDED WHERE EYE CONTACT IS POSSIBLE. SKIN PROTECTION: WEAR CHEMICAL RESISTANT GLOVES. RESPIRATORY PROTECTION: NONE REQUIRED IF VENTILATION IS ADEQUATE. IF THE OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ARE EXCEEDED, WEAR A NIOSH APPROVED RESPIRATOR. RESPIRATOR SELECTION AND USE SHOULD BE BASED ON CONTAMINANT TYPE, FORM AND CONCENTRATION. FOLLOW OSHA 1910.134, ANSI Z88.2 AND GOOD INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE PRACTICE. WORK/HYGIENE PRACTICES: WASH WITH SOAP AND WATER AFTER HANDLING.
APPEARANCE: COLORLESS LIQUID FLAMMABLE LIMITS: (SOLVENT PORTION) LEL: 0.6% UEL: 5% (PETROLEUM SOLVENT) ODOR: MILD PETROLEUM ODOR VAPOR PRESSURE: 0.009 KPA (0.07 MMHg) AT 20 DEG. C (68 DEG. F) ODOR THRESHOLD: NOT ESTABLISHED VAPOR DENSITY: 5.3 (PETROLEUM SOLVENT) PH: NOT APPLICABLE RELATIVE DENSITY: 0.87 MELTING/FREEZING POINT: NOT ESTABLISHED SOLUBILITIES: INSOLUBLE IN WATER BOILING POINT/RANGE: 221-271 DEG. C (430-520 DEG. F) (PETROLEUM SOLVENT) PARTITION COEFFICIENT; N-OCTANOL/WATER: NOT ESTABLISHED FLASH POINT: <-30 DEG. C (-22 DEG. F) (CC ASTM D3828) AUTOIGNITION TEMPERATURE: NOT ESTABLISHED EVAPORATION RATE: NOT ESTABLISHED DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE: NOT ESTABLISHED FLAMMABILITY (SOLID, GAS): FLAMMABLE AEROSOL VISCOSITY: NOT ESTABLISHED VOC: 24.9% MIR=0.43GO3/GVOC POUR POINT: NOT ESTABLISHED
REACTIVITY: NOT REACTIVE UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS CHEMICAL STABILITY: STABLE POSSIBILITY OF HAZARDOUS REACTIONS: MAY REACT WITH STRONG OXIDIZERS GENERATING HEAT. CONDITIONS TO AVOID: AVOID HEAT, SPARKS, FLAMES AND OTHER SOURCES OF IGNITION. DO NOT PUNCTURE OR INCINERATE CONTAINERS. INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS: STRONG ACIDS, ALKALIS, AND OXIDIZERS. HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS: CARBON MONOXIDE AND CARBON DIOXIDE, OXIDES OF NITROGEN AND SULFUR, SMOKE, FUMES, AND/OR UNBURNED HYDROCARBONS.
SYMPTOMS OF OVEREXPOSURE: INHALATION: MIST OR VAPOR CAN IRRITATE THE THROAT AND LUNGS. HIGH CONCENTRATIONS MAY CAUSE NASAL AND RESPIRATORY IRRITATION AND CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM EFFECTS SUCH AS HEADACHE, DIZZINESS AND NAUSEA. INTENTIONAL ABUSE MAY BE HARMFUL OR FATAL. SKIN CONTACT: MAY CAUSE SKIN IRRITATION WITH SHORT-TERM EXPOSURE WITH REDNESS, ITCHING AND BURNING OF THE SKIN. PROLONGED AND/OR REPEATED CONTACT MAY PRODUCE DEFATTING AND DERMATITIS. EYE CONTACT: CONTACT MAY BE IRRITATING TO EYES. MAY CAUSE REDNESS, STINGING, SWELLING AND TEARING. INGESTION: THIS PRODUCT HAS LOW ORAL TOXICITY. IF SWALLOWED, THIS MATERIAL MAY CAUSE IRRITATION OF THE MOUTH, THROAT AND ESOPHAGUS. SWALLOWING MAY CAUSE GASTROINTESTINAL IRRITATION, NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHEA, DIZZINESS, DROWSINESS AND OTHER CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM EFFECTS. THIS PRODUCT IS AN ASPIRATION HAZARD. IF SWALLOWED, CAN ENTER THE LUNGS AND MAY CAUSE CHEMICAL PNEUMONITIS, SEVERE LUNG DAMAGE AND DEATH. CHRONIC EFFECTS: NONE EXPECTED. CARCINOGEN STATUS: THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS SMALL AMOUNT OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE, WHICH IS LISTED BY IARC AS A SUSPECTED CARCINOGEN (GROUP 2B). TITANIUM DIOXIDE ONLY PRESENTS A RISK OF CANCER BY INHALATION OF VERY FINE DUST. IN THIS PRODUCT, THE TITANIUM DIOXIDE IS INCORPORATED INTO THE GREASE AND IS NOT PRESENT AS A RESPIRABLE DUST. THERE IS NO EXPOSURE TO RESPIRABLE TITANIUM DIOXIDE DUST IN THE NORMAL USE OF THIS PRODUCT. NONE OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS ARE LISTED AS A CARCINOGEN OR SUSPECT CARCINOGEN BY IARC, NTP, ACGIH OR OSHA. REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY: NONE OF THE COMPONENTS IS CONSIDERED A REPRODUCTIVE HAZARD. NUMERICAL MEASURES OF TOXICITY: THE ORAL TOXICITY OF THIS PRODUCT IS ESTIMATED TO BE GREATER THAN 5,000 MG/KG AND THE DERMAL TOXICITY GREATER THAN 2,000 MG/KG BASED ON AN ASSESSMENT OF THE INGREDIENTS. THIS PRODUCT IS NOT CLASSIFIED AS TOXIC BY ESTABLISHED CRITERIA. IT IS AN ASPIRATION HAZARD.
ECOTOXICITY: NO SPECIFIC AQUATIC TOXICITY DATA IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. PERSISTENCE AND DEGRADABILITY: NO DATA AVAILABLE. BIOACCUMULATIVE POTENTIAL: NO DATA AVAILABLE. MOBILITY IN SOIL: NO DATA AVAILABLE OTHER ADVERSE EFFECTS: NONE KNOWN
IF THIS PRODUCT BECOMES A WASTE, IT WOULD BE EXPECTED TO MEET THE CRITERIA OF A RCRA IGNITABLE HAZARDOUS WASTE (D001). HOWEVER, IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GENERATOR TO DETERMINE AT THE TIME OF DISPOSAL THE PROPER CLASSIFICATION AND METHOD OF DISPOSAL. DO NOT PUNCTURE OR INCINERATE CONTAINERS, EVEN EMPTY. DISPOSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL REGULATIONS.
DOT SURFACE SHIPPING DESCRIPTION: UN1950, AEROSOLS, 2.1 LTD. QTY (NOTE: SHIPPING PAPERS ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR LIMITED QUANTITIES UNLESS TRANSPORTED BY AIR OR VESSEL - EACH PACKAGE MUST BE MARKED WITH THE LIMITED QUANTITY MARK) IMDG SHIPPING DESCRIPTION: UN1950, AEROSOLS, 2.1, LTD QTY ICAO SHIPPING DESCRIPTION: UN1950, AEROSOLS, FLAMMABLE, 2.1 NOTE: WD-40 COMPANY DOES NOT TEST AEROSOL CANS TO ASSURE THAT THEY MEET THE PRESSURE AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSPORT BY AIR. WE DO NOT RECOMMEND THAT OUR AEROSOL PRODUCTS BE TRANSPORTED BY AIR.
U.S. FEDERAL REGULATIONS: CERCLA 103 REPORTABLE QUANTITY: THIS PRODUCT IS NOT SUBJECT TO CERCLA REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, HOWEVER, OIL SPILLS ARE REPORTABLE TO THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND MANY STATES HAVE MORE STRINGENT RELEASE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. REPORT SPILLS REQUIRED UNDER FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS. SARA TITLE III: HAZARD CATEGORY FOR SECTION 311/312: REFER TO SECTION 2 FOR THE OSHA HAZARD CLASSIFICATION SECTION 313 TOXIC CHEMICALS: THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING CHEMICALS SUBJECT TO SARA TITLE III SECTION 313 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS: NONE SECTION 302 EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES (TPQ): NONE EPA TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA) STATUS: ALL OF THE COMPONENTS OF THIS PRODUCT ARE LISTED ON THE TSCA INVENTORY. VOC REGULATIONS: THIS PRODUCT COMPLIES WITH THE CONSUMER PRODUCT VOC LIMITS OF CARB, THE US EPA AND STATES ADOPTING THE OTC VOC RULES. CALIFORNIA SAFE DRINKING WATER AND TOXIC ENFORCEMENT ACT (PROPOSITION 65): THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT REQUIRE A CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65 WARNING. CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT: ONE OF THE COMPONENTS IS LISTED ON THE NDSL. ALL OF THE OTHER INGREDIENTS ARE LISTED ON THE CANADIAN DOMESTIC SUBSTANCES LIST OR EXEMPT FROM NOTIFICATION.
HMIS HAZARD RATING: HEALTH 1 (SLIGHT HAZARD) FIRE HAZARD 4 (SEVERE HAZARD) PHYSICAL HAZARD 0 (MINIMAL HAZARD) REVISION DATE: JUNE 5, 2019 SUPERSEDES: JULY 19, 2018 REVISION SUMMARY: UPDATED SDS FORMAT AND SECTION 9. PREPARED BY: INDUSTRIAL HEALTH & SAFETY CONSULTANTS, INC. SHELTON, CT, USA REVIEWED BY: I. KOWALSKI REGULATORY AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT 1054400 / NO.0089205 |