SHOCK-CRETE VERTICAL FILLER

SECTION 2: Hazards identification

EMERGENCY OVERVIEW ***: CAUTION!---CONTAINS RESPIRABLE SILICA. RESPIRATORY HAZARD. EFFECTS OF OVEREXPOSURE - EYE CONTACT: MAY CAUSE TEMPORARY MECHANICAL IRRITATION. EFFECTS OF OVEREXPOSURE - SKIN CONTACT: REPEATED EXPOSURE MAY CAUSE DRYING AND FLAKING OF THE SKIN. EFFECTS OF OVEREXPOSURE - INHALATION: MAY CAUSE IRRITATION OF THE NOSE, THROAT, AND LUNGS. EFFECTS OF OVEREXPOSURE - INGESTION: NONTOXIC BY INGESTION. MAY CAUSE TEMPORARY MECHANICAL IRRITATION OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT. EFFECTS OF OVEREXPOSURE - CHRONIC HAZARDS: PROLONGED EXCESSIVE EXPOSURE TO RESPIRABLE CRYSTALLINE SILICA MAY CAUSE DELAYED CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE-SILICOSIS.SILICOSIS IS A PULMONARY FIBROSIS WHICH CAN BE DISABLING,PROGRESSIVE AND CAN LEAD TO DEATH. THE IARC HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE IS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF CARCINOGENICITY OF CRYSTALLINE SILICA TO EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS AND LIMITED EVIDENCE TO HUMANS (CLASS 2A). PREEXISTING LUNG DISEASES MAY BE AGGRAVATED BY THIS PRODUCT. THIS MATERIAL CONTAINS GREATER THAN .1% CRYSTALLINE SILICA WHICH IS CLASSIFIED AS A POSSIBLE CARCINOGEN. THE PRIMARY HEALTH RISK FROM CRYSTALLINE SILICA IS FROM PROLONGED, EXCESSIVE EXPOSURE TO RESPIRABLE DUST. SUCH CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE NORMAL INTENDED USE OF THIS PRODUCT. THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT EXPOSURE TO CRYSTALLINE SILICA OR THE DISEASE SILICOSIS CAN INCREASE THE CHANCE OF CONTRACTING SCLERODERMA, AN IMMUNE SYSTEM DISORDER CAUSING FIBROSIS OF THE LUNGS, SKIN AND OTHER INTERNAL ORGANS. INDIVIDUALS WITH SILICOSIS ARE PREDISPOSED TO DEVELOP TUBERCULOSIS. THERE ARE SEVERAL STUDIES SUGGESTING THAT EXPOSURE TO RESPIRABLE CRYSTALLINE SILICA MAY INCREASE THE INCIDENCE OF KIDNEY LESIONS.

Principle Routes of Exposure

SKIN CONTACT INHALATION EYE CONTACT |