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PRODUCT NAME: BSI-500 HIGH-FOAMING HEAVY-DUTY CAUSTIC CLEANER RECOMMENDED USES: WASHERS, CIP SYSTEMS SYNONYMS: CAUSTIC DETERGENT DISTRIBUTOR: BEST SANITIZERS, INC. PO BOX 1360 PENN VALLEY, CA 95946 CHEMICAL INFORMATION EMERGENCY CHEMTREC: 1.800.424.9300
OSHA REGULATORY STATUS: THIS CHEMICAL IS CONSIDERED HAZARDOUS BY THE 2012 OSHA HAZARD COMMUNICATION, 29 CFR SUBSECTION 1910.1200. SERIOUS EYE DAMAGE/EYE IRRITATION: CATEGORY 1 SKIN CORROSION/IRRITATION: CATEGORY 1 DANGER CORROSION HAZARD STATEMENTS: CAUSES SEVERE SKIN BURNS AND EYE DAMAGE APPEARANCE: AQUEOUS SOLUTION PHYSICAL STATE: LIQUID ODOR: MILD PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS-PREVENTION: DO NOT BREATHE DUST/FUME/GAS/MIST/VAPORS/SPRAY. WASH FACE, HANDS AND ANY EXPOSED SKIN THOROUGHLY AFTER HANDLING. WEAR PROTECTIVE GLOVES/PROTECTIVE CLOTHING/EYE PROTECTION/FACE PROTECTION. PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS-RESPONSE: IMMEDIATELY CALL A POISON CENTER OF DOCTOR/PHYSICIAN. SPECIAL TREATMENT (SEE SECTION 4 OF SDS FOR MORE INFORMATION). IF IN EYES: RINSE CAUTIOUSLY WITH WATER FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. REMOVE CONTACT LENSES, IF PRESENT AND EASY TO DO. CONTINUE RINSING. IMMEDIATELY CALL A POISON CENTER OR DOCTOR/PHYSICIAN. IF ON SKIN (OR HAIR): REMOVE/TAKE OFF IMMEDIATELY ALL CONTAMINATED CLOTHING. RINSE SKIN (HAIR) WITH WATER/SHOWER. WASH CONTAMINATED CLOTHING AND SHOES BEFORE REUSE. IF INHALED: REMOVE VICTIM TO FRESH AIR AND KEEP COMFORTABLE FOR BREATHING. IMMEDIATELY CALL A POISON CENTER OR DOCTOR/PHYSICIAN. IF SWALLOWED: RINSE MOUTH. DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING. PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS-STORAGE: STORE LOCKED UP. PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS-DISPOSAL: DISPOSE OF CONTENTS/CONTAINER TO AN APPROVED WASTE DISPOSAL PLANT. HAZARDS NOT OTHERWISE CLASSIFIED (HNOC): NOT APPLICABLE OTHER INFORMATION: MAY BE HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED. TOXIC TO AQUATIC LIFE WITH LONG LASTING EFFECTS.
CHEMICAL NAME CAS NO. WEIGHT-% WATER 7732-18-5 54-63 SODIUM HYDROXIDE 1310-73-2 23-29 POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE 1310-58-3 10-14 TRADE SECRET 1 PROPRIETARY 1-3 TRADE SECRET 2 PROPRIETARY 1-2.5 * THE EXACT PERCENTAGE (CONCENTRATION) OF COMPOSITION HAS BEEN WITHHELD AS A TRADE SECRET.
FIRST AID MEASURES: EYE CONTACT: HOLD EYE(S) OPEN AND RINSE SLOWLY AND GENTLY WITH WATER FOR 15-20 MINUTES. REMOVE CONTACT LENSES, IF PRESENT, AFTER FIRST 5 MINUTES, THEN CONTINUE RINSING EYE(S). SEEK IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ADVICE/ATTENTION. SKIN CONTACT: WASH OFF IMMEDIATELY WITH SOAP AND PLENTY OF WATER WHILE REMOVING ALL CONTAMINATED CLOTHES AND SHOES. WASH CONTAMINATED CLOTHING AND SHOES BEFORE REUSE. FOR SEVERE BURNS. IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION IS REQUIRED. INHALATION: REMOVE TO FRESH AIR. ADMINISTER OXYGEN IF BREATHING IS DIFFICULT. CALL PHYSICIAN IMMEDIATELY. INGESTION: DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING. RINSE MOUTH. MOST IMPORTANT SYMPTOMS AND EFFECTS, BOTH ACUTE AND DELAYED: SYMPTOMS: SEE SECTION 11 FOR SYMPTOM INFORMATION. INDICATION OF ANY IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION AND SPECIAL TREATMENT NEEDED: NOTE TO PHYSICIANS: TREAT SYMPTOMATICALLY.
SUITABLE EXTINGUISHING MEDIA: DRY CHEMICAL, WATER SPRAY (FOG), CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2), FOAM. UNSUITABLE EXTINGUISHING MEDIA: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE. SPECIFIC HAZARDS ARISING FROM THE CHEMICAL: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE. HAZARDOUS COMBUSTION PRODUCTS: CARBON MONOXIDE. CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2). EXPLOSION DATA: SENSITIVITY TO MECHANICAL IMPACT: NONE SENSITIVITY TO STATIC DISCHARGE: NONE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND PRECAUTIONS FOR FIREFIGHTERS: AS IN ANY FIRE, WEAR SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS PRESSURE-DEMAND, MSHA/NIOSH (APPROVED OR EQUIVALENT) AND FULL PROTECTIVE GEAR. COOL CONTAINERS WITH FLOODING QUANTITIES OF WATER UNTIL WELL AFTER FIRE IS OUT. NON-COMBUSTIBLE, SUBSTANCE ITSELF DOES NOT BURN BUT MAY DECOMPOSE UPON HEATING TO PRODUCE CORROSIVE AND/OR TOXIC FUMES.
PERSONAL PRECAUTIONS, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES: PERSONAL PRECAUTIONS: USE PERSONAL PROTECTION RECOMMENDED IN SECTION 8. ENSURE ADEQUATE VENTILATION, ESPECIALLY IN CONFINED AREAS. FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS: ISOLATE AREA. KEEP UNNECESSARY PERSONNEL AWAY. ENVIRONMENT PRECAUTIONS: ENVIRONMENTAL PRECAUTIONS: SEE SECTION 12 FOR ADDITIONAL ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION. METHODS AND MATERIAL FOR CONTAINMENT AND CLEANING UP: METHODS FOR CONTAINMENT: PREVENT FURTHER LEAKAGE OR SPILLAGE IF SAFE TO DO SO. CONTAIN AND COLLECT SPILLAGE WITH NON-COMBUSTIBLE ABSORBENT MATERIAL, (E.G. SAND, EARTH, DIATOMACEOUS EARTH, VERMICULITE) AND PLACE IN CONTAINER FOR DISPOSAL ACCORDING TO LOCAL/NATIONAL REGULATIONS (SEE SECTION 13). METHODS FOR CLEANING UP: COLLECT SPILLAGE. SOAK UP WITH INERT ABSORBENT MATERIAL,. SWEEP UP AND SHOVEL INTO SUITABLE CONTAINERS FOR DISPOSAL. REMAINDER MAY BE NEUTRALIZED WITH A MILD ACID (VINEGAR) AND RINSED TO A SEWER.
PRECAUTIONS FOR SAFE HANDLING: ADVICE ON SAFE HANDLING: USE PERSONAL PROTECTION RECOMMENDED IN SECTION 8. AVOID CONTACT WITH SKIN, EYES OR CLOTHING. USE ONLY IN WELL-VENTILATED AREAS. AVOID BREATHING VAPORS OR MISTS. WASH THOROUGHLY AFTER HANDLING. HANDLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOOD INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE AND SAFETY PRACTICE. CONDITIONS FOR SAFE STORAGE, INCLUDING ANY INCOMPATIBILITIES: STORAGE CONDITIONS: KEEP CONTAINERS TIGHTLY CLOSED IN A DRY, COOL AND WELL-VENTILATED PLACE. KEEP FROM FREEZING. INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS: ACIDS. AMPHOTERIC METALS (ALUMINUM, COPPER, ZINC).
EXPOSURE GUIDELINES: CHEMICAL NAME ACGIH TLV OSHA PEL NIOSH IDLH SODIUM HYDROXIDE CEILING: 2 MG/M3 TWA: 2 MG/M3 IDLH: 10 MG/M3 1310-73-2 (VACATED) CEILING: 2 MG/M3 CEILING: 2 MG/M3 POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE CEILING: 2 MG/M3 (VACATED) CEILING: 2 MG/M3 1310-58-3 CEILING: 2 MG/M3 APPROPRIATE ENGINEERING CONTROLS: ENGINEERING CONTROLS: SHOWERS, EYEWASH STATIONS, VENTILATION SYSTEM. INDIVIDUAL PROTECTION MEASURES, SUCH AS PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT: EYE/FACE PROTECTION: SPLASH PROOF CHEMICAL GOGGLES AND FACE SHIELD. SKIN AND BODY PROTECTION: WEAR PROTECTIVE NEOPRENE(TM) GLOVES. RUBBER GLOVES. WEAR SUITABLE PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. RUBBER BOOTS RECOMMENDED. RESPIRATORY PROTECTION: IF EXPOSURE LIMITS ARE EXCEEDED OR IRRITATION IS EXPERIENCED, NIOSH/MSHA APPROVED RESPIRATORY PROTECTION SHOULD BE WORN. POSITIVE-PRESSURE SUPPLIED AIR RESPIRATORS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR HIGH AIRBORNE CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS. RESPIRATORY PROTECTION MUST BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT LOCAL REGULATIONS. GENERAL HYGIENE CONSIDERATIONS: WASH CONTAMINATED CLOTHING AND SHOES BEFORE REUSE. DO NOT EAT, DRINK OR SMOKE WHEN USING THIS PRODUCT.
INFORMATION ON BASIC PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES: FORMULA: SEE SECTION 3 ODOR: MILD ODOR THRESHOLD: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE PHYSICAL STATE: LIQUID APPEARANCE: AQUEOUS SOLUTION COLOR: CLEAR, BROWN PROPERTY VALUES REMARKS-METHOD PH 13 +/- 1 @ 21 DEG. C MELTING POINT/FREEZING POINT < -14 DEG. C / <7 DEG. F BOILING POINT/ BOILING RANGE NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE FLASH POINT NOT FLAMMABLE EVAPORATION RATE NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE FLAMMABILITY (SOLID, GAS) NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE FLAMMABILITY LIMIT IN AIR: UPPER FLAMMABILITY LIMIT NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE LOWER FLAMMABILITY LIMIT NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE VAPOR PRESSURE NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE VAPOR DENSITY NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE SPECIFIC GRAVITY 1.42 G/CC WATER SOLUBILITY COMPLETELY SOLUBLE PARTITION COEFFICIENT NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE AUTOIGNITION TEMPERATURE NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE KINEMATIC VISCOSITY NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE DYNAMIC VISCOSITY NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE EXPLOSIVE PROPERTIES NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE OXIDIZING PROPERTIES NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
REACTIVITY: NO DATA AVAILABLE. CHEMICAL STABILITY: STABLE UNDER RECOMMENDED STORAGE CONDITIONS. EXOTHERMIC REACTION WILL OCCUR UPON DILUTION WITH WATER. POSSIBILITY OF HAZARDOUS REACTIONS: NONE UNDER NORMAL PROCESSING. CONDITIONS TO AVOID: NONE KNOWN. INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS: ACIDS, AMPHOTERIC METALS (ALUMINUM, COPPER, ZINC). HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS: CARBON MONOXIDE. CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2).
INFORMATION ON LIKELY ROUTES OF EXPOSURE: PRODUCT INFORMATION: INHALATION: INHALATION OF VAPORS IN HIGH CONCENTRATION MAY CAUSE IRRITATION OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. VAPORS MAY BE IRRITATING TO EYES, NOSE, THROAT AND LUNGS. EYE CONTACT: RISK OF SERIOUS DAMAGE TO EYES. CORROSIVE TO THE EYES AND MAY CAUSE SEVERE DAMAGE INCLUDING BLINDNESS. SKIN CONTACT: CORROSIVE. CONTACT CAUSES SEVERE SKIN IRRITATION AND POSSIBLE BURNS. INGESTION: HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED. CAN BURN MOUTH, THROAT, AND STOMACH. CHEMICAL NAME ORAL LD50 DERMAL LD50 INHALATION LC50 WATER, >90 ML/KG (RAT) 7732-18-5 SODIUM HYDROXIDE = 1350 MG/KG 1310-73-2 (RABBIT) POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE = 284 MG/KG (RAT) 1310-58-3 INFORMATION ON TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS: SYMPTOMS: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE DELAYED AND IMMEDIATE EFFECTS AS WELL AS CHRONIC EFFECTS FROM SHORT AND LONG-TERM EXPOSURE: SENSITIZATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE GERM CELL MUTAGENICITY: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE CARCINOGENICITY: THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY CARCINOGENS OR POTENTIAL CARCINOGENS AS LISTED BY OSHA, IARC OR NTP. REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE STOT SINGLE EXPOSURE: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE STOT REPEATED EXPOSURE: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ASPIRATION HAZARD: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE NUMERICAL MEASURES OF TOXICITY -PRODUCT INFORMATION: UNKNOWN ACUTE TOXICITY: 3.64% OF THE MIXTURE CONSISTS OF INGREDIENT(S) OF UNKNOWN TOXICITY. THE FOLLOWING VALUES ARE CALCULATED BASED ON CHAPTER 3.1 OF THE GHS DOCUMENT: ORAL LD50: 4274 MG/KG DERMAL LD50: 5192 MG/KG
HARMFUL TO AQUATIC LIFE WITH LONG LASTING EFFECTS 3.64% OF THE MIXTURE CONSISTS OF COMPONENTS(S) OF UNKNOWN HAZARDS TO THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT. CHEMICAL NAME ALGAE/AQUATIC FISH CRUSTACEA PLANTS SODIUM HYDROXIDE 45.4: 1310-73-2 96 H ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS MG/L LC50 STATIC POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE 80: 1310-58-3 96 H GAMBUSIA AFFINIS MG/L LC50 STATIC PERSISTENCE AND DEGRADABILITY: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE. BIOACCUMULATION: CHEMICAL NAME PARTITION COEFFICIENT POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE 0.65 1310-58-3 0.83 MOBILITY: SOLUBLE IN WATER OTHER ADVERSE EFFECTS: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WASTE TREATMENT METHODS: DISPOSAL OF WASTES: DISPOSAL SHOULD BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. CONTAMINATED PACKAGING: DISPOSE OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS. CHEMICAL NAME CALIFORNIA HAZARDOUS WASTE STATUS SODIUM HYDROXIDE TOXIC 1310-73-2 CORROSIVE POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE TOXIC 1310-58-3 CORROSIVE
DOT: UN/ID NO.: 1760 PROPER SHIPPING NAME: CORROSIVE LIQUIDS, N.O.S. (CONTAINS SODIUM AND POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE) HAZARD CLASS: 8 PACKING GROUP: II EMERGENCY RESPONSE: 154
INTERNATIONAL INVENTORIES: TSCA: COMPLIES DSL/NDSL: COMPLIES EINECS/ELINCS: COMPLIES LEGEND: TSCA: UNITED STATES TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT SECTION 8(B) INVENTORY DSL/NDSL: CANADIAN DOMESTIC SUBSTANCES LIST/NON-DOMESTIC SUBSTANCES LIST EINECS/ELINCS: EUROPEAN INVENTORY OF EXISTING CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES/EUROPEAN LIST OF NOTIFIED CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES US FEDERAL REGULATIONS: SARA 313: SECTION 313 OF TITLE III OF THE SUPERFUND AMENDMENTS AND REAUTHORIZATION OF 1986 (SARA). THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY CHEMICALS WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND TITLE 40 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, PART 372. SARA 311/312 HAZARD CATEGORIES: ACUTE HEALTH HAZARD: YES CHRONIC HEALTH HAZARD: NO FIRE HAZARD: NO SUDDEN RELEASE OF PRESSURE HAZARD: NO REACTIVE HAZARD: NO CWA (CLEAN WATER ACT): THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING SUBSTANCES REGULATED AS POLLUTANTS PURSUANT TO THE CLEAN WATER ACT (40 CFR 122.21 AND 40 CFR 122.42). CHEMICAL NAME CWA- CWA-TOXIC CWA-PRIORITY CWA-HAZARDOUS REPORTABLE POLLUTANTS POLLUTANTS SUBSTANCES QUANTITIES SODIUM HYDROXIDE 1000 LB X 1310-73-2 POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE 1000 LB X 1310-58-3 CERCLA: THIS MATERIAL, AS SUPPLIED, CONTAINS ONE OR MORE SUBSTANCES REGULATED AS A HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENT RESPONSE COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT (CERCLA) (40 CFR 302). CHEMICAL NAME HAZARDOUS CRCLA/SARA RQ REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ) SUBSTANCE RQS SODIUM HYDROXIDE 1000 LB RQ 1000 LB FINAL RQ 1310-73-2 RQ 454 KG FINAL RQ POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE 1000 LB RQ 1000 LB FINAL RQ 1310-58-3 RQ 454 KG FINAL RQ US STATE REGULATIONS: CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65: THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY PROPOSITION 65 CHEMICALS. U.S. STATE RIGHT-TO-KNOW REGULATIONS: CHEMICAL NAME NEW JERSEY MASSACHUSETTS PENNSYLVANIA SODIUM HYDROXIDE X X X 1310-73-2-0 POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE X X X 1310-58-3 U.S. EPA LABEL INFORMATION: EPA PESTICIDE REGISTRATION NUMBER: NOT APPLICABLE
NFPA: HEALTH HAZARDS 2 FLAMMABILITY 0 INSTABILITY 0 PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES CORROSIVE, ALKALINE HMIS: HEALTH HAZARDS 2 FLAMMABILITY 0 PHYSICAL HAZARDS 0 PERSONAL PROTECTION D (FACE SHIELD, GLOVES, SYNTHETIC APRON) PREPARED BY: TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT REVISION DATE: JANUARY 2, 2019 VERSION: 5 REVISION NOTE: ANNUAL REVIEW DISCLAIMER: THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS SAFETY DATA SHEET IS CORRECT TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION AND BELIEF AT THE DATE OF ITS PUBLICATION. THE INFORMATION GIVEN IS DESIGNED ONLY AS A GUIDANCE FOR SAFE HANDLING, USE, PROCESSING, STORAGE, TRANSPORTATION, DISPOSAL AND RELEASE AND IS NOT TO BE CONSIDERED A WARRANTY OR QUALITY SPECIFICATION. THE INFORMATION RELATES ONLY TO THE SPECIFIC MATERIAL DESIGNATED AND MAY NOT BE VALID FOR SUCH MATERIAL USED IN COMBINATION WITH ANY OTHER MATERIALS OR IN ANY PROCESS, UNLESS SPECIFIED IN THE TEXT. |