| Common Name: | SIGNAL HORNS |
| Manufacturer: | FALCON SAFETY PRODUCTS |
| SDS Revision Date: | 4/12/2007 |
| SDS Format: | No Format Specified |
| Item Number(s): | 2NNV6, 2NNV7, 2NNV8, 2NNV9, 2NNW1, 3PVR3, 3PVR4, 3PVR9, 3UYL9, 3UYN1, 8RG25, 8VL71, 8WNA0, 9AE15, 9DVG5, 9J132, 9PPP4, 9U430 |
| Manufacturer Model Number(s): |
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FALCON(R*)
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET
134A
| 1. CHEMICAL PRODUCT AND COMPANY IDENTIFICATION |  |
PRODUCT TRADE NAME: FALCON SIGNAL HORNS
CHEMICAL FAMILY: 1,1,1,2-TETRAFLUOROETHANE
FSP MODEL NO:
911, 911R, 911C, 911PSH, MSN, MSNR, SSN, SSNR, SSCN, TAD4N, SSA1N, SSA2N,
FNR, FC4N, PBNJC, PBNJR, PBSHN, PBSHNCN, PBSHNCSH, PBSHNR, PBSHNRCN, PWH,
PWHR, PWHCN, PWHRCN, SH3, SH3R, SH3CN, SH3RCN.
CHEMICAL MANUFACTURER: DU PONT OR HONEYWELL
ADDRESS:
PHONE:
PRODUCT MANUFACTURER: FALCON SAFETY PRODUCTS, INC.
ADDRESS:
25 IMCLONE DRIVE
BRANCHBURG, NJ 08876
PHONE: 1-908-707-4900
EMERGENCY TELEPHONE USA: (800) 498-7192
| 2. COMPOSITION/INFORMATION ON INGREDIENTS | |
CHEMICAL NAME WT. % RANGE TLV UNITS
TETRAFLUOROETHANE 99.0 1000 PPM
CAS #: 811-97-2
ALL COMPONENTS OF THIS MATERIAL ARE LISTED ON THE TSCA INVENTORY.
| 3. HAZARD IDENTIFICATION | |
EMERGENCY OVERVIEW:
CLEAR COLORLESS LIQUEFIED GAS. NONFLAMMABLE. LIQUID ACTS AS A REFRIGERANT
AND EXPOSURE OF UNPROTECTED SKIN TO LIQUID CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE. KEEP AWAY
FROM CHILDREN.
POTENTIAL HEALTH EFFECTS:
INHALATION:
GROSS OVEREXPOSURE MAY CAUSE:
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION WITH DIZZINESS, CONFUSION,
INCOORDINATION, DROWSINESS OR UNCONSCIOUSNESS. IRREGULAR HEART BEAT WITH A
STRANGE SENSATION IN THE CHEST, "HEART THUMPING", APPREHENSION,
LIGHTHEADEDNESS, FEELING OF FAINTING, DIZZINESS, WEAKNESS, SOMETIMES
PROGRESSING TO LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND DEATH. SUFFOCATION, IF AIR IS
DISPLACED BY VAPORS.
SKIN CONTACT:
ETHANE, 1,1,1,2-TETRAFLUORO:
IMMEDIATE EFFECTS OF OVEREXPOSURE MAY INCLUDE:
FROSTBITE, IF LIQUID OR ESCAPING VAPOR CONTACTS THE SKIN.
EYE CONTACT:
ETHANE, 1,1,1,2-TETRAFLUORO:
"FROSTBITE-LIKE" EFFECTS MAY OCCUR IF THE LIQUID OR ESCAPING VAPORS CONTACT
THE EYES.
ADDITIONAL HEALTH EFFECTS:
ETHANE, 1,1,1,2-TETRAFLUORO:
INCREASED SUSCEPTIBILITY TO THE EFFECTS OF THIS MATERIAL MAY BE OBSERVED
IN PERSONS WITH PRE-EXISTING DISEASE OF THE:
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM.
CARCINOGENICITY INFORMATION:
NONE OF THE COMPONENTS PRESENT IN THIS MATERIAL AT CONCENTRATIONS EQUAL TO
OR GREATER THAN 0.1% ARE LISTED BY IARC, NTP, OSHA OR ACGIH AS A
CARCINOGEN.
MEDICAL CONDITIONS AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE:
PREEXISTING DISEASE OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS OR CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM MAY
HAVE INCREASED SUSCEPTIBILITY TO THE TOXICITY OF EXCESSIVE EXPOSURES.
| 4. FIRST AID MEASURES | |
INHALATION:
REMOVE TO FRESH AIR. IF NOT BREATHING, GIVE ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION. IF
BREATHING IS DIFFICULT, GIVE OXYGEN. CALL A DOCTOR.
SKIN:
IN CASE OF CONTACT, IMMEDIATELY FLUSH SKIN WITH PLENTY OF WATER FOR AT
LEAST 15 MINUTES, WHILE REMOVING CONTAMINATED CLOTHING AND SHOES. CALL A
PHYSICIAN. WASH CONTAMINATED CLOTHING BEFORE REUSE. TREAT FOR FROSTBITE
IF NECESSARY BY GENTLY WARMING AFFECTED AREA.
EYES:
IMMEDIATELY FLUSH WITH WATER. REMOVE ANY CONTACT LENSES AND CONTINUE
FLUSHING FOR 15 MINUTES, LIFTING EYELIDS OCCASIONALLY UNTIL NO EVIDENCE OF
THE CHEMICAL REMAINS. IF IRRITATION DEVELOPS OR PERSISTS CALL A PHYSICIAN.
INGESTION:
NOT CONSIDERED A POTENTIAL ROUTE OF EXPOSURE. TREAT FOR POSSIBLE FROSTBITE.
SWALLOWING LESS THAN AN OUNCE OF MATERIAL IS UNLIKELY TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
HARM. FOR LARGER AMOUNTS, DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING. CALL A PHYSICIAN.
NOTE TO ATTENDING PHYSICIAN:
BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBLE DISTURBANCES OF CARDIAC RHYTHM, CATECHOLAMINE
DRUGS, SUCH AS EPINEPHRINE, SHOULD BE USED WITH SPECIAL CAUTION AND ONLY
IN SITUATIONS OF EMERGENCY LIFE SUPPORT. TREATMENT OF OVEREXPOSURE SHOULD
BE DIRECTED AT THE CONTROL OF SYMPTOMS AND THE CLINICAL CONDITIONS.
THERE IS NO SPECIFIC ANTIDOTE TO OVEREXPOSURE. TREATMENT OF OVEREXPOSURE
SHOULD BE DIRECTED AT THE CONTROL OF SYMPTOMS AND THE CLINICAL CONDITION
OF THE PATIENT. IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR ACUTE OVEREXPOSURE IS
REQUIRED.
| 5. FIREFIGHTING MEASURES | |
FLASH POINT: WILL NOT BURN.
AUTOIGNITION TEMPERATURE: >750 DEG. C
FLAMMABLE LIMITS IN AIR:
LEL/UEL: NOT APPLICABLE.
EXTINGUISHING MEDIA: USE DRY CHEMICAL, "ALCOHOL" FOAM, CO2 OR WATER.
SPECIAL FIREFIGHTING PROCEDURES:
EVACUATE PERSONNEL. WEAR SELF CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS (SCBA) AND FULL
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. KEEP CONTAINERS COOL. CONTAINERS BUILD PRESSURE UNDER
FIRE CONDITIONS CAUSING VIOLENT BURSTING AND DANGEROUS PROPELLING OF
CONTAINER.
CONTACT OF WELDING OR SOLDERING TORCH FLAME WITH HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF
REFRIGERANT CAN RESULT IN VISIBLE CHANGES IN THE SIZE AND COLOR OF TORCH
FLAMES. THIS FLAME EFFECT WILL ONLY OCCUR IN CONCENTRATIONS OF PRODUCT WELL
ABOVE THE RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LIMIT, THEREFORE STOP ALL WORK AND VENTILATE
TO DISPERSE REFRIGERANT VAPORS FROM THE WORK AREA BEFORE USING ANY OPEN
FLAMES.
HFC-134A IS NOT FLAMMABLE IN AIR AT TEMPERATURES UP TO 100 DEG. C
(212 DEG. F) AT ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE. HOWEVER, MIXTURES OF HFC-134A WITH
HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF AIR AT ELEVATED PRESSURE AND/OR TEMPERATURE CAN
BECOME COMBUSTIBLE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE.
HFC-134A CAN ALSO BECOME COMBUSTIBLE IN AN OXYGEN ENRICHED ENVIRONMENT
(OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS GREATER THAN THAT IN AIR). WHETHER A MIXTURE
CONTAINING HFC-134A AND AIR, OR HFC-134A IN AN OXYGEN ENRICHED ATMOSPHERE
BECOME COMBUSTIBLE DEPENDS ON THE INTER-RELATIONSHIP OF 1) THE
TEMPERATURE 2) THE PRESSURE, AND 3) THE PROPORTION OF OXYGEN IN THE
MIXTURE. IN GENERAL, HFC-134A SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO EXIST WITH AIR
ABOVE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE OR AT HIGH TEMPERATURES; OR IN AN OXYGEN
ENRICHED ENVIRONMENT. FOR EXAMPLE HFC-134A SHOULD NOT BE MIXED WITH AIR
UNDER PRESSURE FOR LEAK TESTING OR OTHER PURPOSES.
| 6. ACCIDENTAL RELEASE MEASURES | |
SPILL OR LEAK:
ALTHOUGH THE CHANCES OF A LARGE SPILL OR LEAK IS UNLIKELY IN AEROSOL
CONTAINERS, IN THE EVENT OF SUCH AN OCCURRENCE, EVACUATE AREA. PROTECTED
PERSONNEL SHOULD REMOVE IGNITION SOURCES AND SHUT OFF FIRE SOURCES.
PROVIDE VENTILATION.
| 7. HANDLING AND STORAGE | |
AVOID BREATHING VAPORS OR MIST. KEEP CONTAINERS CLOSED. USE ONLY WITH
ADEQUATE VENTILATION. AVOID REPEATED OR PROLONGED CONTACT WITH EYES, SKIN
OR CLOTHING. WASH THOROUGHLY AFTER HANDLING. DO NOT STORE IN DIRECT
SUNLIGHT. STORE IN COOL DRY PLACE, AWAY FROM HEAT, SPARKS OR FLAMES WHICH
MAY GENERATE TOXIC DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS. VAPORS ARE HEAVY AND MAY
CONCENTRATE IN LOW POORLY VENTILATED AREAS.
| 8. EXPOSURE CONTROLS/PERSONAL PROTECTION | |
RESPIRATORY PROTECTION:
USE ONLY WITH ADEQUATE VENTILATION. KEEP CONTAINER CLOSED. USE APPROVED
NIOSH SELF-CONTAINED OR SUPPLIED AIR RESPIRATORS FOR EMERGENCIES AND IN
SITUATIONS WHERE AIR MAY BE DISPLACED BY VAPORS.
EYE PROTECTION: USE CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE SAFETY GLASSES.
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING:
WHERE THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SKIN CONTACT, USE APPROPRIATE IMPERVIOUS
GLOVES, APRON, PANTS AND JACKET.
EXPOSURE GUIDELINES: APPLICABLE EXPOSURE LIMITS.
TETRAFLUOROETHANE:
PEL (OSHA): NONE ESTABLISHED
TLV (ACGIH): NONE ESTABLISHED
AEL (DU PONT): 1000 PPM, 8 & 12 HOUR TWA
WEEL (AIHA): 1000 PPM, 8 HOUR TWA
NFPA, NPCA-HIMIS RATING:
HEALTH 1
FLAMMABILITY 0
REACTIVITY 1
PERSONAL PROTECTION RATING TO BE SUPPLIED BY USER DEPENDING ON USE
CONDITIONS.
| 9. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES | |
PHYSICAL FORM: LIQUEFIED GAS
ODOR: SLIGHT ETHEREAL
BOILING POINT: -26.5 DEG. C / -15.7 DEG. F
pH: NOT APPLICABLE
SOLUBILITY IN WATER: 0.15 WT.% @ 25 DEG. C (77 DEG. F) @ 14.7 PSIA.
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: 1.208 @ 25 DEG. C / 77 DEG. F
LIQUID DENSITY: 1.21 G/CM3 @ 25 DEG. C (77 DEG. F)
% VOLATILE BY WEIGHT: 100
VAPOR PRESSURE: 96 PSIA @ 25 DEG. C / 77 DEG. F
VAPOR DENSITY (AIR=1): 3.6 @ 25 DEG. C / 77 DEG. F
| 10. REACTIVITY | |
CHEMICAL STABILITY: MATERIAL IS STABLE.
CONDITIONS TO AVOID: AVOID OPEN FLAMES AND HIGH TEMPERATURES
INCOMPATIBILITIES:
INCOMPATIBLE WITH ALKALI OR ALKALINE EARTH METALS - POWDERED Al, Zn, Be,
ETC.
DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS:
DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS ARE HAZARDOUS. HIGH TEMPERATURES (OPEN FLAMES,
GLOWING METAL SURFACES, ETC.) WILL DECOMPOSE THIS MATERIAL FORMING
HYDROFLUORIC ACID AND POSSIBLY CARBONYL FLUORIDE. THESE MATERIALS ARE
TOXIC AND IRRITATING. CONTACT SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION: WILL NOT OCCUR.
| 11. TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION | |
ANIMAL DATA:
ETHANE, 1,1,1,2-TETRAFLUORO:
EYE: A SHORT DURATION SPRAY OF VAPOR PRODUCED VERY SLIGHT EYE IRRITATION.
SKIN:
ANIMAL TESTING INDICATES THIS MATERIAL IS A SLIGHT SKIN IRRITANT, BUT NOT
A SKIN SENSITIZER.
INHALATION:
4 HOUR, ALC, RAT: 567,000 PPM.
SINGLE EXPOSURE CAUSED:
CARDIAC SENSITIZATION, A POTENTIALLY FATAL DISTURBANCE OF HEART RHYTHM
ASSOCIATED WITH A HEIGHTENED SENSITIVITY TO THE ACTION OF EPINEPHRINE.
LOWEST-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT-LEVEL FOR CARDIAC SENSITIZATION: 75,000 PPM.
SINGLE EXPOSURE CAUSED:
LETHARGY, NARCARCOSIS, INCREASED RESPIRATORY RATES. THESE EFFECTS WERE
TEMPORARY.
SINGLE EXPOSURE TO NEAR LETHAL DOSES CAUSED: PULMONARY EDEMA.
REPEATED EXPOSURE CAUSED:
INCREASED ADRENALS, LIVER, SPLEEN WEIGHT. DECREASED UTERINE, PROSTATE
WEIGHT.
REPEATED DOSING OF HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS CAUSED:
THE FOLLOWING TEMPORARY EFFECTS - TREMORS, INCOORDINATION.
CARCINOGENIC, DEVELOPMENTAL, REPRODUCTIVE, MUTAGENETIC EFFECTS:
IN A TWO-YEAR INHALATION STUDY HFC-134A, AT A CONCENTRATION OF 50,000 PPM
PRODUCED AN INCREASE IN LATE-OCCURRING BENIGN TESTICULAR TUMORS, TESTICULAR
HYPERPLASIA AND TESTICULAR WEIGHT. THE NO EFFECT LEVEL FOR THIS STUDY WAS
10,000 PPM. ANIMAL DATA SHOWS SLIGHT FETOTOXICITY BUT ONLY AT EXPOSURE
LEVELS PRODUCING OTHER TOXIC EFFECTS IN THE ADULT ANIMAL.
REPRODUCTIVE DATA ON MALE MICE SHOW:
NO CHANGE IN REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE. TESTS HAVE SHOWN THAT THIS MATERIAL
DOES NOT CAUSE GENETIC DAMAGE IN BACTERIAL OR MAMMALIAN CELL CULTURES, OR
IN ANIMALS. IN ANIMAL TESTING, THIS MATERIAL HAS NOT CAUSED PERMANENT
GENETIC DAMAGE IN REPRODUCTIVE CELLS OF MAMMALS (HAS NOT PRODUCED HERITABLE
GENETIC DAMAGE).
| 12. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION | |
AQUATIC TOXICITY:
48 HOUR EC50 - DAPHNIA MAGNA: 980 MG/L
96 HOUR LC50 - RAINBOW TROUT: 450 MG/L
| 13. DISPOSAL CONSIDERATIONS | |
WASTE DISPOSAL:
RECOVER BY DISTILLATION OR REMOVE TO A PERMITTED WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY.
TREATMENT, STORAGE, TRANSPORTATION, AND DISPOSAL MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE/PROVINCIAL AND LOCAL REGULATIONS.
| 14. TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION | |
TRANSPORT FOR AEROSOL PACKAGING:
GROUND TRANSPORT: CONSUMER COMMODITY ORM-D
AIR TRANSPORT:
REFRIGERANT GAS, N.O.S. (TETRAFLUOROETHANE), UN3159, CLASS 2.2, PKG. GROUP
N/A, PKG. INSTR. 200, AUTHORIZATION: PER DOT-SP-10232.
NOTE: EXEMPTION COPY REQUIRED WITH SHIPPING PAPERS.
HAZARD LABEL: NONFLAMMABLE GAS
| 15. REGULATORY INFORMATION | |
SECTION 313 SUPPLIER INFORMATION:
THIS MATERIAL CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING TOXIC CHEMICALS SUBJECT TO THE
EMERGENCY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 313 OF THE EMERGENCY PLANNING
AND COMMUNITY RIGHT TO KNOW ACT OF 1986 AND 40 CFR 372:
CAS # CHEMICAL NAME % BY WEIGHT
NONE
THIS INFORMATION MUST BE INCLUDED IN ALL MSDSS THAT ARE COPIED AND
DISTRIBUTED FOR THIS MATERIAL.
CALIFORNIA V.O.C. DATA: THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS 0 GRAMS TOTAL VOC PER LITER.
TITLE III HAZARD COMMUNICATIONS SECTIONS 311, 312:
ACUTE: YES
CHRONIC: YES
FIRE: NO
REACTIVITY: NO
PRESSURE: YES
HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL LIST:
SARA EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE: NO
CERCLA HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE: NO
SARA TOXIC CHEMICAL: NO
| 16. OTHER INFORMATION | |
NFPA, NPCA-HMIS:
NPCA-HMIS RATING:
HEALTH 1
FLAMMABILITY 0
REACTIVITY 1
WHIMS - CANADA:
CLASS A - COMPRESSED GAS
CEPA DSL: 1,1,1,2-TETRAFLUOROETHANE
PERSONAL PROTECTION RATING TO BE SUPPLIED BY USER DEPENDING ON USE
FALCON SAFETY PRODUCTS, INC. EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
WARRANTIES FOR MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH
RESPECT TO THE PRODUCT OR INFORMATION PROVIDED HEREIN.
ALL INFORMATION APPEARING HEREIN IS BASED UPON DATA OBTAINED FROM THE
MANUFACTURER. WHILE THE INFORMATION IS BELIEVED TO BE ACCURATE, FALCON
SAFETY PRODUCTS, INC. MAKES NO REPRESENTATION AS TO ITS ACCURACY OF
SUFFICIENCY. CONDITIONS OF USE ARE BEYOND FALCON SAFETY PRODUCTS, INC.
CONTROL AND THEREFORE USERS ARE RESPONSIBLE TO VERIFY THIS DATA UNDER THEIR
OWN OPERATING CONDITIONS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE PRODUCT IS SUITABLE FOR
THEIR PARTICULAR PURPOSES AND THEY ASSUME ALL RISK OF THEIR USE, HANDLING
AND DISPOSAL OF THE PRODUCT, OR FROM THE PUBLICATION, OR USE OF, OR
RELIANCE UPON, INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN. THIS INFORMATION RELATES ONLY
TO THE PRODUCT DESIGNATED HERE AND DOES NOT RELATE TO ITS USE IN
COMBINATION WITH ANY OTHER MATERIAL OR IN ANY OTHER PROCESS. THIS
INFORMATION IS BASED UPON TECHNICAL INFORMATION BELIEVED TO BE RELIABLE. IT
IS SUBJECT TO REVISION AS ADDITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IS GAINED.
SIGNATURE:
PRINTED NAME: DERMOT MCLEER
TITLE: TECHNICAL MANAGER
REVISION DATE: 4/12/07