OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES INC -- QUICKSILVER  -- 6810-00N087533
<pre>=====================  Product Identification  =====================

Product ID:QUICKSILVER
MSDS Date:12/04/1987
FSC:6810
NIIN:00N087533
=== Responsible Party ===
Company Name:OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES INC
Address:11 WEST 42ND ST
City:NEW YORK
State:NY
ZIP:10036
Country:US
Info Phone Num:703-746-7359
Emergency Phone Num:212-789-3535
Preparer's Name:F. KEVIN REILLY
CAGE:DO501
=== Contractor Identification ===
Company Name:OCCUPATIONAL HEA & SAFETY,FORD MOTOR CO
Address:900 PARKLANE TOWERS WEST
City:DEARBORNE
State:MI
ZIP:48126
Phone:800-959-3673
CAGE:DO501
Company Name:OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES INC
Address:11 W 42ND ST 12 THE FLOOR
City:NEW YORK
State:NY
ZIP:10036
Country:US
Phone:212-789-3535
CAGE:0G9K0

=============  Composition/Information on Ingredients  =============

Ingred Name:MERCURY (SARA 313) (CERCLA)
CAS:7439-97-6
RTECS #:OV4550000
Fraction by Wt: 100%
OSHA PEL:0.1 MG/M3, C
ACGIH TLV:0.025 MG/M3, S
EPA Rpt Qty:1 LB
DOT Rpt Qty:1 LB

Ingred Name:SUPDAT:DAYS & THEN 2 MG/M3 EVERY 12 HRS FOR TOTAL OF 10
    DAYS IF NEC. DIMERCAPROL IS AVAIL AS 10% SOLN IN OIL FOR (ING 3)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 2:INTRAMUSC ADMIN. HEMODIALYSIS WILL SPEED REMOVAL OF
    MERCURY-DIMERCAPROL COMPLEX. PENICILLAMINE IS ALSO EFT,(ING 4)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 3:GIVE UP TO 100 MG/KG/DAY DIVIDED INTO 4 DOSES FOR NO
    LONGER THAN 1 WK. IF LONGER ADMIN PERIOD IS WARRANTED,(ING 5)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 4:DOSAGE SHOULD NOT EXCEED 40 MG/KG/DAY. GIVE DRUG
    ORALLY HALF HR BEFORE MEALS, CHELATING AGENT SHOULD BE (ING 6)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 5:CONTINUED UNTIL URINE-MERCURY LEVEL FALLS <50 UG/24
    HRS. SHOULD BE ADMIN BY MD. FOR MORE INFO, CONT NEHC .
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:EFTS OF OVEREXP:DIARR, PROSTRATION). SYMPS USUALLY SUBSIDE
    W/INT 24-36 HRS. SKIN:MAY CAUSE IRRIT & REDNESS. SM (ING 8)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 7:AMTS MAY BE ABSORBED THRU INTACT SKIN. SUBCUTANEOUS
    INTRODUCTION, FROM HNDLG BROKEN THERMOMETERS, MAY RSLT (ING 9)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 8:IN LOC INFLAMM, GRANULOMATOUS RXNS & SLIGHT SIGNS OF
    POIS INCL DIGEST DISORDERS, METALLIC TASTE IN MOUTH &(ING 10)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 9:NEUROPSYCHIC DISORDERS. EYE:MAY CAUSE IRRIT &
    REDNESS. ANIMAL STUDIES INDICATE DIFFUSION & ABSORPTION OF (ING 11)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 10:MERCURY INTO EYE TISSUES. INGEST:MAY CAUSE BURNING
    OF MOUTH & THROAT, THIRST, NAUS & VOMIT. RARELY, A LG (ING 12)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 11:SINGLE DOSE MAY RSLT IN SIGNS & SYMPS OF CHRONIC
    INHAL IF SUFFICIENT AMTS ARE RETAINED IN BODY. CHRONIC: (ING 13)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 12:INHAL:MAY CAUSE MERCURIALISM, WHICH IS CHARACT BY
    FINE TREMORS & ERETHISM. TREMORS MAY AFFECT HANDS (ING 14)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 13:FIRST, BUT MAY ALSO BECOME EVID IN FACE, ARMS &
    LEGS. ERETHISM MAY BE MANIFESTED BY ABNORMAL SHYNESS, (ING 15)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 14:BLUSHING, SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS, DEPRESS/DESPONDENCY,
    RESENTMENT OF CRITICISM, IRRITABILITY/EXCITABILITY, (ING 16)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 15:HDCH, FATG, INSOM, HALLUCINATIONS, MEMORY LOSS,
    MENTAL DETERIORATION. RENAL INVOLVMENT MAY BE INDICATED (ING 17)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 16:BY PROTEINURIA, ALBUMURIA, ENZYMURIA & ANURIA;
    SALIVATION, GINGIVITIS, STOMATITIS, LOOSENING OF TEETH, (ING 18)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 17:BLUE LINES ON GUMS, DIARR, WT LOSS, ANOREXIA, SPEECH
    & SENSORY DISORDERS, UNSTEADY GAIT, CHRONIC PNEUM & (ING 19)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 18:MILD ANEMIA, SENSIT. INTRAUTERINE EXPOS MAY RSLT IN
    TREMORS & INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS IN INFANTS. MERCURY (ING 20)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 19:IS EXCRETED IN BREAST MILK. REPRO EFTS & EFTS ON
    FERTILITY IN MALE RATS. SKIN:DERMAL SENSIT & SYSTEMIC (ING 21)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 20:EFTS AS IN CHRONIC INHAL. EYE:MERCURIALENTIS,
    DISCOLORATION OF CRYSTALLINE LENS, ON SLIT LAMP EXAM. (ING 22)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 21:INGEST:TOX EFTS AS DETAILED IN CHRONIC INHAL. TARGET
    EFTS:SENSITIZER - PULM, DERMAL; NEUROTOXIN; (ING 23)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 22:NEPHROTOXIN; POIS MAY ALSO AFFECT RESP & GI SYSTEMS.
    NOTE:MERCURY APPEARS ON THE NAVY LIST OF OCCUP CHEM (ING 24)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 23:REPRO HAZS. SEEK CONSULTATION FROM APPROP HEALTH
    PROFESSIONALS CONCERNING LATEST HAZ LIST INFO & SAFE (ING 25)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 24:HNDLG & EXPOS INFO . FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION,
    CONTACT NEHC .
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

=====================  Hazards Identification  =====================

LD50 LC50 Mixture:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.
Routes of Entry: Inhalation:YES  Skin:YES  Ingestion:YES
Reports of Carcinogenicity:NTP:NO    IARC:NO	OSHA:NO
Health Hazards Acute and Chronic:ACUTE:INHAL:DYSP, COUGH, FEVER, NAUS,
    VOMIT, DIARR, HDCH, STOMATITIS, SALIVATION, GINGIVITIS, METALLIC
    TASTE, CARD ABNORMS, RESP IRRIT, CHEST PAIN & TIGHTNESS,
    NECROTIZING BRONCHIOLITIS, PNEUM, PULM E DEMA, PNEUMOTHORAX,
    INTERSTITIAL FIBROSIS, DEATH, ACIDOSIS, RENAL DMG, METAL FUME FEVER
    (FLU-LIKE (EFTS OF OVEREXP)
Explanation of Carcinogenicity:NOT RELEVANT
Effects of Overexposure:HLTH HAZ:ILLNESS W/SYMPS SUCH AS SUDDEN ONSET
    OF THIRST & SWEET, METALLIC/FOUL TASTE IN MOUTH, UPPER RESP TRACT
    IRRIT, COUGH, DRYNESS OF MUC MEMBS, LASS, GENERALIZED FEELING OF
    MALAISE, FEVER, CHILLS,  MUSC PAIN, MILD TO SEV HDCH, NAUS, OCCAS
    VOMIT, EXAGGERATED MENTAL ACTIVITY, PROFUSE SWEAT, EXCESS
    URINATION, (ING 7)
Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:PERS W/CHRONIC RESP DISEASE, NERV
    SYS DISORDERS & KIDNEY DISEASE ARE AT INCR RISK FROM EXPOS.
    ALLERGIC RXNS THAT MAY OCCUR IN PREVIOUSLY EXPOS PERS INCL DERM,
    ENCEPHALITIS & DEATH.

=======================  First Aid Measures  =======================

First Aid:INHAL:REMOVE TO FRESH AIR. SUPPORT BRTHG (GIVE O*2/ARTF RESP)
    . EYES:IMMED FLUSH W/POTABLE WATER FOR MIN OF 15 MINS, SEEK
    ASSISTANCE FROM MD . SKIN:FLUSH W/COPIOUS AMTS OF WATER. CALL MD (
    ). INGEST:REMOVE BY GASTRIC LAVAGE/EMESIS. MAINTAIN BLOOD PRESS &
    AIRWAY. GIVE OXYG IF RESP IS DEPRESSED. DO NOT PERFORM GASTRIC
    LAVAGE/EMESIS IF VICTIM IS UNCON. GET MED ATTN IMMED. (SUPP DATA)

=====================  Fire Fighting Measures  =====================

Extinguishing Media:DRY CHEMICAL, CARBON DIOXIDE, HALON, WATER SPRAY OR
    STANDARD FOAM. FOR LARGER FIRES, USE WATER SPRAY, FOG OR STD FOAM.
Fire Fighting Procedures:USE NIOSH APPRVD SCBA & FULL PROT EQUIP . MOVE
    CNTNRS FROM FIRE AREA IF POSS. COOL CNTNRS EXPOS TO FLAMES W/WATER
    FROM SIDE UNTIL WELL AFTER FIRE (SUPDAT)
Unusual Fire/Explosion Hazard:NEGLIGIBLE FIRE HAZARD WHEN EXPOSED TO
    HEAT OR FLAME.

==================  Accidental Release Measures  ==================

Spill Release Procedures:DO NOT TOUCH SPILL. STOP LEAK IF W/OUT RISK.
    SM SPILL:TAKE UP W/SAND/OTHER ABSORB MATL & PLACE INTO CNTNRS FOR
    LATER DISP. LG SPILL:DIKE FAR AHEAD FOR LATER DISP. KEEP UNNEC
    PEOPLE AWAY. ISOLATE HAZ A REA & DENY ENTRY. FOR MORE INFO, CONT
    NECH .
Neutralizing Agent:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.

======================	Handling and Storage  ======================

Handling and Storage Precautions:OBSERVE ALL FEDERAL, STATE & LOCAL
    REGULATIONS WHEN STORING THIS SUBSTANCE. FOR ASSISTANCE, CONTACT
    THE DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF THE EPA.
Other Precautions:STORE AWAY FROM INCOMPATIBLE SUBSTANCES.

=============  Exposure Controls/Personal Protection  =============

Respiratory Protection:SPEC RESP MUST BE NIOSH APPROVED: 0.5 MG/M3-CHEM
    CARTRIDGE RESP; SUPPLIED-AIR RESP; SCBA. 1.25 MG/M3-SUPPLIED-AIR
    RESP OPERATED IN CONTINUOUS FLOW MODE; POWERED AIR-PURIFYING RESP
    W/CANISTER. FOR MORE  SPECIFIC INFO, CONTACT NEHC .
Ventilation:PROVIDE LOCAL EXHAUST OR PROCESS ENCLOSURE VENTILATION TO
    MEET PELS.
Protective Gloves:IMPERVIOUS GLOVES .
Eye Protection:ANSI APPRVD CHEM WORKERS GOGGS &(SUPDAT)
Other Protective Equipment:ANSI APPRVD EYE WASH FOUNTAIN & DELUGE
    SHOWER . MUST WEAR APPROP PROT(IMPERVIOUS) CLTHG & EQUIP TO PVNT
    SKIN CONT.
Work Hygienic Practices:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.
Supplemental Safety and Health
FIRE FIGHT PROC:IS OUT. STAY AWAY FROM STOR TANK ENDS. USE AGENTS
    SUITABLE FOR TYPE OF FIRE; USE WATER IN FLOODING AMTS AS FOG. AVOID
    BRTHG CORR & POIS VAPS, KEEP UPWIND. CNDTNS(STAB):(WOOD, PAPER, OI
    L, ETC). EYE PROT:FULL LGTH FSHLD . FIRST AID PROC:ANTIDOTE:GIVE
    DIMERCAPROL, 3 MG/M3 EVERY 4 HRS FOR 1ST 2(ING 2)

==================  Physical/Chemical Properties  ==================

Boiling Pt:B.P. Text:674F,357C
Melt/Freeze Pt:M.P/F.P Text:-38F,-39C
Vapor Pres:0.002 @25C
Vapor Density:7
Spec Gravity:13.5939
Solubility in Water:INSOLUBLE
Appearance and Odor:SILVERY LIQUID W/METALLIC LUSTER; ODORLESS.

=================  Stability and Reactivity Data  =================

Stability Indicator/Materials to Avoid:YES
ALUMINUM, AMINES, CHLORINE, OXIDANTS, POTASSIUM, SODIUM. FOR MORE
    COMPLETE LISTING OF MATLS TO AVOID, CONT NEHC .
Stability Condition to Avoid:MAY BURN BUT DOES NOT IGNITE READILY.
    FLAMM, POIS GASES MAY ACCUM IN TANKS & HOPPER CARS. MAY IGNITE
    COMBUSTS (SUPDAT)
Hazardous Decomposition Products:THERMAL DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS MAY
    INCLUDE HIGHLY TOXIC VAPORS OF MERCURY & MERCURY OXIDES.

====================  Disposal Considerations  ====================

Waste Disposal Methods:OBSERVE ALL FEDERAL, STATE & LOCAL REGULATIONS
    WHEN DISPOSING OF THIS SUBSTANCE. FOR ASSISTANCE, CONTACT THE
    DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF THE EPA. DISPOSAL MUST BE I/A/W STANDARDS
    APPLICABLE TO GENERATORS OF  HAZ WASTE, 40 CFR 252, EPA HAZ WASTE
    NUMBER U151.

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