WHOLE GRAIN

SECTION 2: Hazards identification

CLASSIFICATION: COMBUSTIBLE DUST/RESPIRATORY HAZARD IF SMALL PARTICLES ARE GENERATED DURING FURTHER PROCESSING, HANDLING OR BY OTHER MEANS

Hazard statements

CLASS 2B EYE IRRITANT. MAY CAUSE BREATHING DIFFICULTIES IF INHALED IF SMALL PARTICLES ARE GENERATED DURING FURTHER PROCESSING, HANDLING OR BY OTHER MEANS, MAY FORM COMBUSTIBLE DUST CONCENTRATIONS IN AIR.

Precautionary statements

DUST FROM PARTICULATES MAY BE A MECHANICAL EYE IRRITANT. RINSE EYES WITH WATER FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. AVOID BREATHING DUST. EXCESSIVE INHALATION MAY AFFECT NOSE, THROAT AND LUNGS. AVOID IGNITION SOURCES: GRAIN DUST MAY BURN IF SUSPENDED IN AIR AND MAY CREATE A FLASH FIRE/EXPLOSION EMERGENCY OVERVIEW: DUST FROM PARTICULATES MAY BE MECHANICAL IRRITANT TO EYES. EXCESSIVE INHALATION OF GRAIN DUSTS MAY AFFECT NOSE THROAT, AND LUNGS. MAY FORM COMBUSTIBLE DUST CONCENTRATION IN AIR; SEE “EXPLOSION HAZARD” BELOW. EXPLOSION HAZARD: GRAIN IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED NOT HAZARDOUS BUT DUST GENERATED THROUGH DOWNSTREAM ACTIVITIES THAT MAY REDUCE ITS PARTICLE SIZE (E.G., SHIPPING, HANDLING, TRANSFER TO BINS, ETC.) MAY CREATE A HAZARDOUS CONDITION. IF EXPOSED TO AN IGNITION SOURCE, DUST MAY BURN. AIRBORNE DUST IN SUFFICIENT CONCENTRATIONS WHEN EXPOSED TO AN IGNITION SOURCE MAY FLASH OR, IN A CONFINED SITUATION, MAY FUEL AN EXPLOSION.

2.1 Classification of the substance or mixture

FURTHER PROCESSING, HANDLING OR BY OTHER MEANS.