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Code |
Definition
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| Skin: Prevent skin contact
| Wear appropriate personal protective clothing to prevent skin
contact.
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| Skin: Frostbite
| Compressed gases may create low temperatures when they expand
rapidly. Leaks and uses that allow rapid expansion may cause a
frostbite hazard. Wear appropriate personal protective clothing
to prevent the skin from becoming frozen.
|
| Skin: N.R
| No recommendation is made specifying the need for personal protective
equipment for the body.
|
| Eyes: Prevent eye contact
| Wear appropriate eye protection to prevent eye contact.
|
| Eyes: Frostbite
| Wear appropriate eye protection to prevent eye contact with the
liquid that could result in burns or tissue damage from frostbite.
|
| Eyes: N.R.
| No recommendation is made specifying the need for eye protection.
|
| Wash skin: When contam
| The worker should immediately wash the skin when it becomes contaminated.
|
| Wash skin: Daily
| The worker should wash daily at the end of each work shift, and
prior to eating, drinking, smoking, etc.
|
| Wash skin: N.R.
| No recommendation is made specifying the need for washing the
substance from the skin (either immediately or at the end of the
work shift).
|
| Remove: When wet or contam
| Work clothing that becomes wet or significantly contaminated
should be removed and replaced.
|
| Remove: When wet (flamm)
| Work clothing that becomes wet should be immediately removed
due to its flammability hazard (i.e., for liquids with a flash
point <100°F).
|
| Remove: N.R.
| No recommendation is made specifying the need for removing clothing
that becomes wet or contaminated.
|
| Change: Daily
| Workers whose clothing may have become contaminated should change
into uncontaminated clothing before leaving the work premises.
|
| Change: N.R.
| No recommendation is made specifying the need for the worker
to change clothing after the workshift.
|
| Provide: Eyewash
| Eyewash fountains should be provided in areas where there is
any possibility that workers could be exposed to the substances;
this is irrespective of the recommendation involving the wearing
of eye protection.
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| Provide: Quick drench
| Facilities for quickly drenching the body should be provided
within the immediate work area for emergency use where there is
a possibility of exposure. [Note: It is intended that these facilities
provide a sufficient quantity or flow of water to quickly remove
the substance from any body areas likely to be exposed. The actual
determination of what constitutes an adequate quick drench facility
depends on the specific circumstances. In certain instances, a
deluge shower should be readily available, whereas in others, the
availability of water from a sink or hose could be considered adequate.]
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| Provide: Frostbite wash
| Quick drench facilities and/or eyewash fountains should be provided
within the immediate work area for emergency use where there is
any possibility of exposure to liquids that are extremely cold
or rapidly evaporating.
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| Liq
| Liquid
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| Molt
| Molten
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| Sol
| Solid
|
| Soln
| Solution containing the contaminant
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| Vap
| Vapor |
