| Common Name: | ALL-PURPOSE GRANULAR ABSORBENT |
| Manufacturer: | OIL-DRI |
| SDS Revision Date: | 7/21/2011 |
| SDS Format: | GHS-EU |
| Item Number(s): | 20UP92 |
| Manufacturer Model Number(s): |
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OIL-DRI CORPORATION OF AMERICA
SAFETY DATA SHEET
ALL-PURPOSE GRANULAR ABSORBENT (#1003000-E)
| SECTION 1: IDENTIFICATION OF THE SUBSTANCE/MIXTURE |  |
AND THE COMPANY/UNDERTAKING
1.1 PRODUCT IDENTIFIER:
TRADE NAME: ALL-PURPOSE GRANULAR ABSORBENT
SDS NUMBER: 1003000-E
1.2 RELEVANT IDENTIFIED USES OF THE SUBSTANCE OR MIXTURE AND USES ADVISED
AGAINST:
PRODUCT USE: ABSORBENT APPLICATIONS
1.3 DETAILS OF THE SUPPLIER OF THE SAFETY DATA SHEET:
MANUFACTURER:
OIL-DRI CORPORATION OF AMERICA
410 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE
CHICAGO, IL 60611
OIL-DRI (UK) LIMITED
BANNISTERS ROW
WISBECH
CAMBRIDGESHIRE PE 13 3HZ
+44 (0) 1945 581244
INFORMATION PHONE NUMBER: (312) 321-1515
E-MAIL: SDS@OILDRI.COM
1.4 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER:
EMERGENCY SPILL INFORMATION:
CHEMTREC:
(800) 424-9300 (US AND CANADA)
(703) 527-3887 (INTERNATIONAL - CALL COLLECT)
SDS DATE OF PREPARATION: JULY 21, 2011
| SECTION 2: HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION | |
2.1 CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBSTANCE OR MIXTURE:
THIS PRODUCT IS A NON-COMBUSTIBLE, CHEMICALLY INERT MINERAL. THIS PRODUCT
CONTAINS <1% RESPIRABLE SILICA. PROLONGED OVEREXPOSURE TO RESPIRABLE
CRYSTALLINE SILICA MAY CAUSE LUNG DISEASE (SILICOSIS). THE COMPANY IS NOT
AWARE OF ANY SCIENTIFIC OR MEDICAL DATA AVAILABLE INDICATING THAT EXPOSURE
TO DUST FROM THIS PRODUCT UNDER CONDITIONS OF NORMAL USE WILL CAUSE
SILICOSIS. ADVERSE EFFECTS WOULD NOT BE EXPECTED FROM NORMAL USE OF THIS
PRODUCT.
GHS CLASSIFICATION:
THE SUBSTANCE DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
EU CLASSIFICATION:
THE SUBSTANCE DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES
2.2 LABEL ELEMENTS: NOT APPLICABLE
HAZARD PHRASES: NOT APPLICABLE
PRECAUTIONARY PHRASES: NOT APPLICABLE
2.3 OTHER HAZARDS: NONE
| SECTION 3: COMPOSITION/INFORMATION ON INGREDIENTS | |
CHEMICAL CAS# / EINECS# EU GHS %
NAME CLASSIFICATION CLASSIFICATION
(67/548/EEC) REGULATION
(EC) NO
1272/2008
FULLERS 8031-18-3 / NOT / NOT NOT 100
EARTH AND 1302-78-9 APPLICABLE APPLICABLE APPLICABLE
BENTONITE 215-108-5
CLAY -
CONTAINS
QUARTZ
RESPIRABLE
SILICA <1%
SEE SECTION 16 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON EU AND GHS CLASSIFICATION.
| SECTION 4: FIRST AID MEASURES | |
4.1 DESCRIPTION OF FIRST AID MEASURES:
EYE:
IMMEDIATELY FLUSH EYES WITH COOL RUNNING WATER, LIFTING UPPER AND LOWER
LIDS. IF IRRITATION PERSISTS OR FOR FOREIGN BODY IN THE EYE, GET IMMEDIATE
MEDICAL ATTENTION.
SKIN: NONE NEEDED FOR NORMAL USE.
INGESTION:
IF USED MATERIAL IS SWALLOWED, GET MEDICAL ATTENTION DUE TO POSSIBILITY OF
BACTERIAL PRESENCE. IF LARGE AMOUNT OF UNUSED MATERIAL IS SWALLOWED, GET
IMMEDIATE MEDIAL ATTENTION.
INHALATION: REMOVE TO FRESH AIR.
4.2 MOST IMPORTANT SYMPTOMS AND EFFECTS, BOTH ACUTE AND DELAYED:
EYE CONTACT MAY CAUSE MECHANICAL IRRITATION AND POSSIBLE INJURY.
INHALATION OF EXCESSIVE CONCENTRATIONS OF DUST MAY CAUSE IRRITATION OF
MUCOUS MEMBRANES AND UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT.
4.3 INDICATION OF ANY IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION AND SPECIAL TREATMENT
NEEDED: NONE KNOWN
| SECTION 5: FIRE FIGHTING MEASURES | |
5.1 EXTINGUISHING MEDIA:
USE MEDIA THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR SURROUNDING FIRE.
5.2 SPECIAL HAZARDS ARISING FROM THE SUBSTANCE OR MIXTURE:
UNUSUAL FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARDS: NONE
HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS: NONE
5.3 SPECIAL PROTECTIVE ACTIONS FOR FIRE-FIGHTERS:
SPECIAL FIRE FIGHTING PROCEDURES: NONE REQUIRED.
| SECTION 6: ACCIDENTAL RELEASE MEASURES | |
6.1 PERSONAL PRECAUTIONS, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES:
WEAR APPROPRIATE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
6.2 ENVIRONMENTAL PRECAUTIONS: NONE KNOWN
6.3 METHODS AND MATERIAL FOR CONTAINMENT AND CLEANING UP:
SWEEP UP AND COLLECT FOR RE-USE OR DISPOSAL
6.4 REFERENCE TO OTHER SECTIONS: NONE
| SECTION 7: HANDLING AND STORAGE | |
7.1 PRECAUTIONS FOR SAFE HANDLING:
AVOID BREATHING DUST. IF CLOTHING BECOMES DUSTY, LAUNDER BEFORE RE-USE.
7.2 CONDITIONS FOR SAFE STORAGE, INCLUDING ANY INCOMPATIBILITIES:
STORE IN A DRY AREA.
7.3 SPECIFIC END USE(S): ABSORBENT APPLICATIONS
| SECTION 8: EXPOSURE CONTROLS/PERSONAL PROTECTION | |
8.1 CONTROL PARAMETERS:
CHEMICAL NAME EXPOSURE LIMITS
FULLERS EARTH AND 4 MG/M3 TWA DFG MAK (INHALABLE FRACTION)
BENTONITE CLAY 1.5 MG/M3 TWA DFG MAK (RESPIRABLE FRACTION)
4 MG/M3 TWA UK WEL (RESPIRABLE DUST) (AS DUST)
10 MG/M3 TWA UK WEL (INHALABLE DUST) (AS DUST)
QUARTZ 0.025 MG/M3 TWA ACGIH TLV
0.1 MG/M3 TWA UK WEL
8.2 EXPOSURE CONTROLS:
ENGINEERING CONTROLS:
FOR OPERATIONS WHERE THE EXPOSURE LIMIT MAY BE EXCEEDED, LOCAL EXHAUST
VENTILATION IS RECOMMENDED.
RESPIRATORY PROTECTION:
FOR OPERATIONS WHERE THE EXPOSURE LIMIT MAY BE EXCEEDED, AN APPROVED HIGH
EFFICIENCY PARTICULATE RESPIRATOR IS RECOMMENDED.
SKIN PROTECTION: NONE REQUIRED FOR NORMAL USE.
EYE PROTECTION: SAFETY GLASSES OR GOGGLES RECOMMENDED
OTHER: NONE REQUIRED FOR NORMAL USE.
| SECTION 9: PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES | |
9.1 INFORMATION ON BASIC PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES:
APPEARANCE: GRAY TO TAN GRANULES
VAPOR DENSITY: NOT APPLICABLE
ODOR: ODORLESS
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: 2.2
ODOR THRESHOLD: NO DATA AVAILABLE
WATER SOLUBILITY: INSOLUBLE
PH: NOT APPLICABLE
OCTANOL/WATER PARTITION COEFFICIENT: NOT AVAILABLE
MELTING POINT/FREEZING POINT: NOT APPLICABLE
AUTOIGNITION TEMPERATURE: NOT APPLICABLE
BOILING POINT: NOT APPLICABLE
DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE: NOT APPLICABLE
FLASH POINT: NOT APPLICABLE
VISCOSITY: NOT APPLICABLE
EVAPORATION RATE: NOT APPLICABLE
EXPLOSION PROPERTIES: NO DATA AVAILABLE
FLAMMABLE LIMITS: NOT APPLICABLE
OXIDIZING PROPERTIES: NO DATA AVAILABLE
VAPOR PRESSURE: NOT APPLICABLE
9.2 OTHER INFORMATION: NONE
| SECTION 10: STABILITY AND REACTIVITY | |
10.1 REACTIVITY: NOT REACTIVE
10.2 CHEMICAL STABILITY: STABLE
10.3 POSSIBILITY OF HAZARDOUS REACTIONS: WILL NOT OCCUR.
10.4 CONDITIONS TO AVOID: NOT APPLICABLE
10.5 INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS:
PHYSICAL CONTACT BETWEEN THIS MATERIAL AND TURPENTINE, HYDROFLUORIC ACID,
VEGETABLE OIL OR OTHER UNSATURATED ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (SUCH AS FISH OIL) MAY
GENERATE HEAT AND/OR FIRE. DO NOT USE THIS MATERIAL WITH THESE COMPOUNDS.
10.6 HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS: NONE
| SECTION 11: TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION | |
11.1 INFORMATION ON TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS:
INGESTION: NO ADVERSE EFFECTS EXPECTED WITH UNUSED MATERIAL.
INHALATION:
INHALATION OF EXCESSIVE CONCENTRATIONS OF DUST MAY CAUSE IRRITATION OF
MUCOUS MEMBRANES AND UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT.
EYE: CONTACT MAY CAUSE MECHANICAL IRRITATION AND POSSIBLE INJURY.
SKIN: NO ADVERSE EFFECTS EXPECTED.
SENSITIZATION: NO ADVERSE EFFECTS EXPECTED
MEDICAL CONDITIONS AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE: NONE CURRENTLY KNOWN.
ACUTE TOXICITY VALUES:
FULLERS EARTH AND/OR BENTONITE (MONTMORILLONITE TYPE) CLAY:
NO TOXICITY DATA AVAILABLE
IRRITATION:
FULLERS EARTH AND/OR BENTONITE (MONTMORILLONITE TYPE) CLAY MAY CAUSE
MECHANICAL EYE IRRITATION WITH POSSIBLE INJURY.
CORROSIVITY: THIS IS NOT A CORROSIVE PRODUCT.
SENSITIZATION: THIS PRODUCT IS NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE SENSITIZATION
REPEAT DOSE TOXICITY:
NO TOXICITY DATA AVAILABLE. INHALATION OF EXCESSIVE CONCENTRATIONS OF ANY
DUST, INCLUDING THIS MATERIAL, MAY LEAD TO LUNG INJURY. THIS PRODUCT
CONTAINS <1% RESPIRABLE CRYSTALLINE SILICA. EXCESSIVE INHALATION OF
RESPIRABLE CRYSTALLINE SILICA MAY CAUSE SILICOSIS, A PROGRESSIVE,
DISABLING AND FATAL DISEASE OF THE LUNG. SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE COUGH,
SHORTNESS OF BREATH, WHEEZING AND REDUCED PULMONARY FUNCTION.
CARCINOGEN STATUS:
NO TOXICITY DATA AVAILABLE. THE SUBSTANCE DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR A
CARCINOGEN UNDER REGULATION (EC) NO 1272/2008.
GERM CELL MUTAGENICITY:
NO SPECIFIC DATA IS AVAILABLE. THIS PRODUCT IS NOT EXPECTED TO PRESENT A
GERM CELL MUTAGENICITY HAZARD.
TOXICITY FOR REPRODUCTION:
NO SPECIFIC DATA IS AVAILABLE. NOT EXPECTED TO AFFECT REPRODUCTION OR
DEVELOPMENT.
| SECTION 12: ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION | |
12.1 TOXICITY:
THIS IS A NATURALLY OCCURRING MINERAL AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO HAVE ANY
EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
12.2 PERSISTENCE AND DEGRADABILITY:
THIS PRODUCT IS NOT DEGRADABLE BUT NOT HAZARDOUS TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
12.3 BIOACCUMULATIVE POTENTIAL: NOT BIOACCUMULATIVE.
12.4 MOBILITY IN SOIL: NOT APPLICABLE
12.5 RESULTS OF PBT AND VPVB ASSESSMENT: NOT REQUIRED.
12.6 OTHER ADVERSE EFFECTS: NOT KNOWN
| SECTION 13: DISPOSAL INFORMATION | |
13.1 WASTE TREATMENT METHODS:
DISPOSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL AND NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS.
UNUSED MATERIAL IS SUITABLE FOR DISPOSAL IN SANITARY LANDFILL. USE MATERIAL
IS SUITABLE FOR DISPOSAL IN SANITARY LANDFILL. USED MATERIAL MAY BE SUBJECT
TO REGULATION, DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THE MATERIAL ABSORBED. CHECK WITH
APPROPRIATE REGULATORY AUTHORITY FOR USED MATERIAL CONTAINING HAZARDOUS
WASTE.
| SECTION 14: TRANSPORT INFORMATION | |
41.1 41.2 14.3 14.4 14.5
UN UN PROPER TRANSPORT PACKING ENVIRONMENTAL
NUMBER SHIPPING NAME HAZARD GROUP HAZARDS
CLASS(S)
US DOT NOT REGULATED NOT APPLICABLE
EU ADR/RID NOT REGULATED NOT APPLICABLE
IMDG NOT REGULATED NOT APPLICABLE
14.6 SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS FOR USER: NONE
14.7 TRANSPORT IN BULK ACCORDING TO ANNEX II OF MARPOL 73/78 AND THE IBC
CODE: NOT APPLICABLE
| SECTION 15: REGULATORY INFORMATION | |
15.1 SAFETY, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT REGULATIONS/LEGISLATION SPECIFIC FOR
THE SUBSTANCE OR MIXTURE:
US TSCA:
ALL OF THE COMPONENTS OF THIS PRODUCT ARE LISTED ON THE EPA TSCA INVENTORY
OR EXEMPT FROM NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
EU EINECS:
ALL OF THE COMPONENTS OF THIS PRODUCT ARE LISTED ON THE EINECS INVENTORY OR
EXEMPT FROM NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
JAPAN MITI:
ALL OF THE COMPONENTS OF THIS PRODUCT ARE EXISTING CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES AS
DEFINED IN THE CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES CONTROL LAW.
AICS:
ALL OF THE COMPONENTS OF THIS PRODUCT ARE LISTED ON THE AICS INVENTORY OR
EXEMPT FROM NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
CANADIAN DSL:
ALL OF THE COMPONENTS OF THIS PRODUCT ARE LISTED ON THE CANADIAN DOMESTIC
SUBSTANCE LIST OR EXEMPT FROM NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
15.2 CHEMICAL SAFETY ASSESSMENT: NOT REQUIRED
| SECTION 16: OTHER INFORMATION | |
SDS REVISION HISTORY:
5/19/11: CONVERTED US SDS TO EU REACH SDS
7/21/11: SECTIONS 2.1, 3 & 8.1
GHS PHRASES FOR REFERENCE (SEE SECTION 2 AND 3): NONE
EU CLASSES AND RISK PHRASES FOR REFERENCE (SEE SECTIONS 2 AND 3): NONE
THE INFORMATION IN THIS DATA SHEET IS BELIEVED TO BE ACCURATE. HOWEVER,
EACH PURCHASER SHOULD MAKE ITS OWN TEST TO DETERMINE THE SUITABILITY OF THE
PRODUCT FOR ITS PURPOSES. OIL-DRI CORPORATION OF AMERICA MAKES NO WARRANTY,
EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCT AND ASSUMES NO
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY RISK OR LIABILITY ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE
INFORMATION OR THE PRODUCT. STATEMENTS ABOUT THE PRODUCT SHOULD NOT BE
CONSTRUED AS RECOMMENDATIONS TO USE THE PRODUCT IN INFRINGEMENT OF ANY
PATENT.