General Information
Revision date
1987-09-15
Product name
WOOD DUST
1.2.1 Relevant identified uses
WOOD DUST
Emergency telephone
919-472-1900
Icons in SDS
Company Information
company name
MCEWEN LUMBER CO
Section 2
SECTION 2: Hazards identification
LD50 LC50 Mixture:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER. Routes of Entry Inhalation YES Skin NO Ingestion YES Reports of Carcinogenicity NTP NO IARC NO
Health hazards
Acute and Chronic AVOID PRLNGD/RPTD BRTHG OF WOOD DUST IN AIR. RPTD EXPOS (EVEN <5 MG/M3) TO CERTAIN WOOD DUSTS, SUCH AS WESTERN RED CEDAR, CAN PRDCE ALLERGIC RESPONSES IN FEW SENSITIVE INDIV. AVOID RPTD/PRLNGD CONT W/ SKIN, WHICH CAN ALSO CAUSE ALLERGIC RESPONSES. IF ALLERGY, SUCH AS DERM, ASTHMA/BRONCH DEVELOPS, IT(EFTS OF OVEREXP) Explanation of Carcinogenicity:NOT RELEVANT. Effects of Overexposure HLTH HAZ MAY BE NEC TO REMOVE SENSITIZED WORKER FROM FURTHER EXPOS TO WOOD DUST (& ALSO, PERHAPS TO WOOD-BASED PRODS LIKE TURPENTINE & ROSIN). CERTAIN SPECIES OF WOODS,E.G. BOXWOOD, CASHEW, MAHOGANY,R ED CEDAR,YEW, ROSEWOOD, SATINWOOD,& TEAK, ARE KNOWN TO CAUSE SKIN, EYE & URT IRRIT ALONG W/ALLERGENIC RESPONSES (SUPDAT)
Medical Conditions Generally Aggravated by Exposure
NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER
