General Information
Revision date
1991-08-12
Product name
MINERAL SPIRITS
Product Synonyms
VOLATILE SOLVENT
Chemical name
HYDROCARBON MIXTURE
Icons in SDS
Company Information
company name
Unocal Co
Section 2
SECTION 2: Hazards identification
OSHA COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID PRECAUTIONARY WARNING CAUTION! CAUSES a eee TALE ION. ee gn HAZARD IF SWALLOWED. CAN ENTER LUNGS AND CAUSE DAMAGE. COMBUSTIBLE awe, AND V KEEP AWAY FROM HEAT, eprataint ict SOURCES OF IGNITION TATIC ELE ELECTRICITY, PILOT LIGHTS, EQUIPMENT). KEEP. CON contain z. TIGHTLY Tt CLOSED. USE WITH AD ATE Pee bo "NOT | OPEN CONTAINER SLOWLY TO a SH a SURE. BOND AND GROUND ALL IPMENT WHEN SOLDER, GRIND OR DRILL Of | CONTAINER RETAINS RESIDUE ( NEAR CONTAINER. "EMPTY VAPOR) AND MAY EXPLODE IN HEAT OF A a ttt TRANSFERRING FROM ONE VESSEL TO ANOTHER, AVOID CONTACT WITH SKIN AND LOTHING. WASH THOROUGHL Y AFTER HANDLING. DO NOT TASTE OR SWALLOW. SECTION 1 - COMPONENTS PERCENT EXPOSURE LIMIT UNITS AGENCY TYPE HAZARDOUS COMPONENTS STODDARD SOLV CAS w: 6052-41. 100,000 ppm ACGIH TWA 200.000 ppm MSHA TWA 100,000 ppm
Aspiration hazard
DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING OR GIVE ANYTHING BY MOUTH BECAUSE THIS MATERIAL CAN ENTER THE LUNGS AND CAUSE SEVERE LUNG DAMAGE, IF VICTIH IS DROWSY OR UNCONSCIOUS, PLACE ON THE LEFT SIDE WITH THE HEAD DOWN. IF POSSIBLE, DO NOT LEAVE VICTIM UNATTENDED. SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. SECTION IIIl - HEALTH HAZARDS /ROUTES OF ENTRY EYE CONTACT: THIS MATERIAL MAY CAUSE MILD EYE IRRITATION. DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE LIQUID OR EXPOSURE TO VAPORS OR MISTS MAY CAUSE STINGING, TEARING AND REDNESS, SEIN CONTACT: THIS MATERIAL IS A SKIN IRRITANT. DIRECT CONTACT OR EXPOSURE TO VAPORS OR MISTS MAY CAUSE REDNESS AND BURNING, DRYING AND CRACKING OF THE SKIN, AND SKIN DAMAGE. NO HARMFUL EFFECTS HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATED IN SKIN ABSORPTION STUDIES. PERSONS WITH PRE-EXISTING SKIN DISORDERS MAY BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE EFFECTS OF THIS MATERIAL. INHALATION (BREATHING) THIS MATERIAL IS EXPECTED TO HAVE A LOW DEGREE OF TOXICITY BY INHALATION, BREATHING | HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF VAPORS OR MISTS MAY CAUSE IRRITATION OF THE NOSE AND THROAT | AND SIGNS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION (E.G., HEADACHE, DROWSINESS, DIZZINESS, LOSS OF COORDINATION AND FATIGUE). RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH PRE-EXISTING LUNG aera (e.g. ASTHMA-LIKE CONDITIONS) MAY BE AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE TO THIS Product Name: ; MINERAL SPIRITS 75 Page a Product Code Ho: 11006 Issue date 12/02/91 Status: FI - HEALTH HAZARDS/ROUTES OF ENTRY TNGESTION (SWALLOWING) WHILE THIS MATERIAL HAS A LOW DEGREE OF TOXICITY, INGESTION OF EXCESSIVE ITIES | MAY CAUSE IRRITATION OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT AND SIGNS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM SIGH ce -5 HEADACHE, DROWSINESS, DIZZINESS, LOSS OF COORDINATION, AND FATIGUE). ASPIRATION - THIS MATERIAL CAN ENTER LUNGS DURING SWALLOWING OR VOMITING AND CAUSE LUNG INFLAMMATION AND DAMAGE, | COMMENTS THIS MATERIAL HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A CARCINOGEN BY NIP,