SECTION 1 MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET PAGE 1 1250 REACTIVATOR --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRADE NAME: REACTIVATOR/ RS RENU PRODUCT CODE: 14-2202 DOT PROPER SHIPPING NAME: PAINT RELATED MATERIAL DOT HAZARD CLASSIFICATION: 3 IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: UN1263 PACKING GROUP: PGH EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER (CHEMTREC): 1-800-424-9300 ERG#: 26 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION I: HAZARDOUS INGREDIENTS INGREDIENT PERCENT TLV/PEL AGENCY TYPE ETHANOL 42.83-41.16 1000 PPM OSHA TWA CAS#: 64-17-5 METHANOL 5.88 - 6.88 200 PPM (SKIN) OSHA TWA CAS#: 67-56-1 250 PPM (SKIN) OSHA STEL METHYL ISOBUTYL KETONE 0.29 - 0.98 50 PPM OSHA TWA CAS#: 108-10-1 75 PPM OSHA STEL PROPYLENE GLYCOL METHYL ETHER 51 100 PPM OSHA TWA CAS#: 107-98-2 150 PPM OSHA STEL --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION II - EMERGENCY AND FIRST AID PROCEDURES EYE CONTACT: MOVE VICTIM AWAY FROM EXPOSURE AND INTO FRESH AIR. IF IRRITATION OR REDNESS DEVELOPES, FLUSH EYE WITH CLEAN WATER AND SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. FOR DIRECT CONTACT, HOLD EYELIDS APART AND FLUSH THE AFFECTED EYE(S) WITH CLEAN WATER FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES. SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. SKIN CONTACT: REMOVE CONTAMINATED SHOES AND CLOTHING AND CLEANSE AFFECTED AREA(S) THOROUGHLY BY WASHING WITH MILD SOAP AND WATER. IF IRRITATION OR REDNESS DEVELOPS AND PERSISTS, SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. INHALATION (BREATHING): IF RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS DEVELOP, MOVE VICTIM AWAY FROM SOURCE OF EXPOSURE AND INTO FRESH AIR. IF SYMPTOMS PERSIST SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. IF VICTIM IS NOT BREATHING, IMMEDIATELY BEGIN ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION. IF BREATHING DIFFICULTIES DEVELOP, OXYGEN SHOULD BE ADMINISTERED BY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. SEEK IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION. INGESTION (SWALLOWING): THIS MATERIAL IS A POTENTIAL ASPIRATION HAZARD. IF SWALLOWED, SEEK EMERGENCY MEDICAL ATTENTION. IF VICTIM IS DROWSY OR UNCONSCIOUS, PLACE ON THE LEFT SIDE WITH THE HEAD DOWN AND DO NOT GIVE ANYTHING BY MOUTH. BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL TOXICITY, IF VICTIM IS CONSCIOUS AND ALERT, VOMITING SHOULD BE INDUCED BY INGESTION OF MORE THAN 1 SWALLOW (1-2 TABLESPOONS FOR AN ADULT) PREFERABLE WITH SYRUP OF IPECAC UNDER DIRECTION FROM A PHYSICIAN OR POISON CENTER. IF POSSIBLE DO NOT LEAVE VICTIM UNATTENDED. COMMENTS: NOTE TO PHYSICIANS: THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS METHANOL. METHANOL IS METABOLIZED TO FORMALDEHYDE AND FORMIC ACID. THIS IN TURN MAY CAUSE METABOLIC ACIDOSIS, VISUAL DISTURBANCES AND BLINDNESS. BECAUSE METABOLISM MUST OCCUR BEFORE THE TOXIC EFFECTS, THE ONSET OF TOXIC SYMPTOMS MAY BE DELAYED FROM 6 TO 30 HOURS FOLLOWING INGESTION. ETHANOL COMPETES FOR THE SAME METABOLIC PATHWAY AND HAS BEEN USED AS AN ANTIDOTE. METHANOL IS EFFECTIVELY REMOVED BY HEMODIALYSIS. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION III: HEALTH HAZARDS EYE CONTACT: ONE OR MORE COMPONENTS OF THIS MATERIAL IS AN EYE IRRITANT. DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE LIQUID OR EXPOSURE TO VAPORS OR MISTS MAY CAUSE STINGING, TEARING, REDNESS, AND SWELLING. SKIN CONTACT: ONE OR MORE COMPONENTS OF THIS MATERIAL MAY CAUSE MILD SKIN IRRITATION. PROLONGED OR REPEATED CONTACT MAY CAUSE REDNESS, BURNING, AND DRYING AND CRACKING OF THE SKIN. SKIN ABSORPTION: CONTACT MAY RESULT IN SKIN ABSORPTION BUT SYMPTOMS OF TOXICITY ARE NOT ANTICIPATED BY THS ROUTE ALONE UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS OF USE. PERSONS WITH PRE-EXISTING SKIN DISORDERS MAY BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE EFFECTS OF THIS MATERIAL. INHALATION (BREATHING): WHILE THIS MATERIAL HAS A LOW DEGREE OF TOXICITY, BREATHING HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF VAPORS OR MISTS MAY CAUSE: IRRITATION OF THE NOSE AND THROAT SIGNS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION (E.G. HEADACHE, DROWSINESS, DIZZINESS, LOSS OF COORDINATION, AND FATIGUE) NAUSEA, COUGHING, SHORTNESS OF BREATH. RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH PRE-EXISTING LUNG DISORDERS (E.G., ASTHMA-LIKE CONDITIONS) MAY BE AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE TO THIS MATERIAL. INGESTION (SWALLOWING): ONE OR MORE COMPONENTS OF THIS MATERIAL IS TOXIC AND MAY BE HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED. EFFECTS OF OVEREXPOSURE MAY INCLUDE: IRRITATION OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT SIGNS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION (E.G., HEADACHE, DROWSINESS, DIZZINESS, LOSS OF COORDINATION, AND FATIGUE). VOMITING, DRUNKENNESS, STUPOR, VISUAL DISTURBANCES (INCLUDING BLINDNESS), CONVULSIONS, COMA, DEATH, NAUSEA ASPIRATION HAZARD - ONE OR MORE COMPONENTS OF THIS MATERIAL CAN ENTER LUNGS DURING SWALLOWING OR VOMITING AND CAUSE LUNG INFLAMMATION AND DAMAGE. COMMENTS: METHANOL, A COMPONENT OF THIS PRODUCT, CAUSES HARM TO THE FETUS IN LABORATORY ANIMAL STUDIES. THE RELEVANCE OF THESE FINDINGS TO HUMANS IS UNCERTAIN. CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A HUMAN CANCER HAZARD BY IRAC. ETHANOL, A COMPONENT OF THIS PRODUCT, IS THE SAME ALCOHOL FOUND IN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. HOWEVER, THE ALCOHOL IN THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN DENATURED MAKING IT UNFIT TO DRINK. LONG TERM INGESTION OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF ETHANOL HAS ALSO BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH LIVER DAMAGE, IRREVERSIBLE CHANGES IN THE GENETIC MATERIAL (DNA) OF A CELL AND ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM AND DEVELOPING FETUS. SUCH EFFECTS HAVE NOT BEEN REPORTED NOR ARE EXPECTED FORM NORMAL OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES TO ETHANOL REPORTS HAVE ASSOCIATED REPEATED AND PROLONGED OCCUPATIONAL OVEREXPOSURE TO SOLVENTS WITH PERMANENT BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM DAMAGE (SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS SOLVENT OR PAINTERS’ SYNDROME). INTENTIONAL MISUSE BY DELIBERATELY CONCENTRATING AND INHALING THE CONTENTS AMY BE HARMFUL OR FATAL --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION IV: SPECIAL PROTECTION INFORMATION VENTILATION: IF CURRENT VENTILATION PRACTICES ARE NOT ADEQUATE TO MAINTAIN AIRBORNE CONCENTRATIONS BELOW ESTABLISHED EXPOSURE LIMITS (SEE SECTION I), ADDITIONAL VENTILATION OR EXHAUST SYSTEMS MAY BE REQUIRED. WHERE EXPLOSIVE MIXTURES MAY BE PRESENT, ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS SAFE FOR SUCH LOCATIONS MUST BE USED. RESPIRATORY PROTECTION: THE USE OF RESPIRATORY PROTECTION IS ADVISED WHEN CONCENTRATIONS EXCEED THE ESTABLISHED EXPOSURE LIMITS, (SEE SECTION I). DEPENDING ON THE AIRBORNE CONCENTRATION, USE A RESPIRATOR OR GAS MASK WITH APPROPRIATE CARTRIDGES AND CANISTERS (NIOSH APPROVED, IF AVAILABLE) OR SUPPLIED AIR EQUIPMENT. PROTECTIVE GLOVES: THE USE OF GLOVES IMPERMEABLE TO THE SPECIFIC MATERIAL HANDLED IS ADVISED TO PREVENT SKIN CONTACT AND POSSIBLE IRRITATION. EYE PROTECTION: APPROVED EYE PROTECTION TO SAFEGUARD AGAINST POTENTIAL EYE CONTACT IRRITATION OR INJURY IS RECOMMENDED. OTHER PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT: A SOURCE OF CLEAN WATER SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THE WORK AREA FOR FLUSHING EYES AND SKIN. IMPERVIOUS CLOTHING SHOULD BE WORN AS NEEDED. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION V: REACTIVITY DATA STABLE, Y=YES, N=NO : Y CONDITIONS TO AVOID: THIS PRODUCT FORMS COMBUSTIBLE AND/OR EXPLOSIVE MIXTURES WITH AIR AND/OR OXYGEN. INCOMPATIBILITY: STRONG ACIDS OR BASES, OXIDIZING AGENTS, ALKALI METALS, ANHYDRIDES, ISOCYANATES, HALOGENS, ORGANOMETALLIC CONTAMINANTS, EXTENDED CONTACT WITH AIR OR OXYGEN. HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS: THERMAL DECOMPOSITION IN THE PRESENCE OF AIR MAY YIELD CARBON MONOXIDE AND/OR CARBON DIOXIDE. HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION: WILL NOT OCCUR --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION VI: SPILL/LEAK PROCEDURES PRECAUTIONS IN CASE OF RELEASE OR SPILL: KEEP ALL SOURCES OF IGNITION AWAY FROM SPILL/RELEASE. STAY UPWIND AND AWAY FORM SPILL/RELEASE. ISOLATE HAZARD AREA AND LIMIT ENTRY TO AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL. STOP SPILL/RELEASE IF IT CAN BE DONE WITHOUT RISK. WEAR APPROPRIATE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT INCLUDING RESPIRATORY PROTECTION AS CONDITIONS WARRANT (SEE SECTION IV). PREVENT SPILLED MATERIAL FROM ENTERING SEWERS, STORM DRAINS, OTHER UNAUTHORIZED TREATMENT DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, AND NATURAL WATERWAYS. DIKE FAR AHEAD OF SPILL FOR LATER RECOVERY OR DISPOSAL. SPILLED MATERIAL MAY BE ABSORBED INTO AN APPROPRIATE ABSORBENT MATERIAL. NOTIFY FIRE AUTHORITIES AND APPROPRIATE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES. IMMEDIATE CLEAN UP OF ANY SPILL IS RECOMMENDED. IF SPILL OF ANY AMOUNT IS MADE INTO OR UPON U.S. NAVIGABLE WATERS, THE CONTIGUOUS ZONE, OR ADJOINING SHORELINES, NOTIFY THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER (PHONE NUMBER 800-424-8802) WASTE DISPOSAL METHOD: DISPOSE OF PRODUCT IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL, COUNTY, STATE, AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION VII - STORAGE AND SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS HANDLING AND STORAGE PRECAUTIONS: KEEP CONTAINERS TIGHTLY CLOSED, COOL, DRY AND AWAY FROM ALL SOURCES OF IGNITION. USE AND STORE THIS PRODUCT WITH ADEQUATE VENTILATION. AVOID INHALATION OF VAPORS AND PERSONAL CONTACT WITH THE PRODUCT. BOND AND GROUND EQUIPMENT WHEN TRANSFERRING TO ANOTHER CONTAINER. “EMPTY” CONTAINERS RETAIN RESIDUE (LIQUID AND/OR VAPOR) AND CAN BE DANGEROUS. DO NOT PRESSURIZE, CUT, WELD, BRAZE, SOLDER, DRILL, GRIND OR EXPOSE SUCH CONTAINERS TO HEAT, FLAME, SPARKS OR OTHER SOURCES OF IGNITION; THEY MAY EXPLODE AND CAUSE INJURY OR DEATH. “EMPTY” DRUMS SHOULD BE COMPLETELY DRAINED, PROPERLY BUNGED AND PROMPTLY SHIPPED TO THE SUPPLIER OR DRUM RECONDITIONER. ALL OTHER CONTAINERS SHOULD BE DISPOSED OF IN A ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE MANNER AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS. BEFORE WORKING ON OR IN TANKS WHICH CONTAINED THIS PRODUCT, REFER TO OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS, ANSI Z49.1 AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AND INDUSTRIAL REFERENCES PERTAINING TO CLEANING, REPAIRING, WELDING OR OTHER CONTEMPLATED OPERATIONS. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION VIII: FIRE & EXPLOSION DATA FPA HEALTH: 1 CODE: 0=LEAST HAZARD FLAMMABILITY: 3 1=SLIGHT CLASS REACTIVITY: 0 2=MODERATE OTHER: - 3=HIGH 4=EXTREME HMIS HEALTH: 2* *=LONG TERM HEALTH EFFECT HAZARD FLAMMABILITY: 3 CLASS REACTIVITY: 0 OTHER: - LOWER - UPPER EXPLOSIVE LIMIT (% VOL.): 1.4 - 36.0 FLASH POINT: 55 TCC EXTINGUISHING MEDIA: EXTINGUISH WITH DRY CHEMICAL, CO2 OR A UNIVERSAL TYPE FOAM FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARDS: THIS MATERIAL IS FLAMMABLE AND MAY BE IGNITED BY HEAT, SPARKS, FLAMES, OR OTHER SOURCES OF IGNITION (E.G. STATIC ELECTRICITY, PILOT LIGHTS, OR MECHANICAL/ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT). VAPORS MAY TRAVEL CONSIDERABLE DISTANCES TO A SOURCE OF IGNITION WHERE THEY MAY IGNITE, FLASHBACK, OR EXPLODE. MAY CREATE VAPOR/AIR EXPLOSION HAZARD IF HEATED. VAPORS ARE HEAVIER THAN AIR AND MAY ACCUMULATE IN LOW AREAS. IF CONTAINER IS NOT PROPERLY COOLED, IT MAY EXPLODE IN THE HEAT OF A FIRE. FIRE FIGHTING PROCEDURES: WEAR APPROPRIATE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT INCLUDING RESPIRATORY PROTECTION AS CONDITIONS WARRANT (SEE SECTION IV). STOP SPILL/RELEASE IF IT CAN BE DONE WITHOUT RISK. MOVE UNDAMAGED CONTAINERS FROM FIRE AREA. WATER SPRAY MAY BE USEFUL IN MINIMIZING OR DISPERSING VAPORS AND COOLING EQUIPMENT EXPOSED TO HEAT AND FLAME. AVOID SPREADING BURNING LIQUID WITH WATER USED FOR COOLING PURPOSES. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION IX: PHYSICAL & CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS BOILING RANGE: 148 - 243 F EVAPORATION RATE (n-BuOAc=1) 1.3 VAPOR PRESSURE: 37.4 (mmHG) % VOLATILE: 100 % SOLUBILITY IN WATER: 99.5 VAPOR DENSITY: 2.34 SPECIFIC GRAVITY (60F/60F): .858 APPEARANCE : CLEAR, LITTLE IF ANY COLOR ODOR: CHARACTERISTIC --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION THE HAZARDOUS LISTED ON THIS MSDS ARE TAKEN FROM THE MSDS FOR EACH OF THE INGREDIENTS IN THIS MIXTURE. IN MOST CASES, THE MAXIMUM FORM OF HAZARD IS REPRESENTED HERE. THE TLV’S REPRESENT THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH IT IS BELIEVED THAT NEARLY ALL WORKERS MAY BE REPEATEDLY EXPOSED DAY AFTER DAY WITHOUT ADVERSE EFFECT. IT MUST BE REMEMBERED THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL REACTS DIFFERENTLY AND SOME MAY EXPERIENCE DISCOMFORT WHILE OTHERS DO NOT. THIS MSDS IS PRESENTED SO THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL WILL HAVE THE INFORMATION TO DEAL SAFELY WITH THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT. ALL MATERIALS TSCA LISTED. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY: AS THE CONDITIONS OR METHODS OF USE ARE BEYOND OUR CONTROL, WE DO NOT ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMER LIABILITY FOR ANY USE OF THIS MATERIAL. INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS GIVEN IN GOOD FAITH AND BELIEVED TO BE TRUE AND ACCURATE. BUT ALL STATEMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS ARE MADE WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, THE HAZARDS CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THE MATERIAL OR RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE THEREOF. INFORMATION ON MSDS SUPPLIED BY INK MANUFACTURER. PREPARED BY: ALLEN WERWA, SAFETY DIRECTOR