The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

Boron bromide

RTECS #: ED7400000

CAS #: 10294-33-4

UPDATE: November 2004 MW: 250.54 MF: BBr3


NOTE:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
  1. SYNONYMS:
  2. REVIEWS:
  3. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:
  4. NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:
  5. STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:
  6. REFERENCES:

SYNONYMS:

  1. Borane, tribromo -
  2. Boron tribromide
  3. Boron tribromide (ACGIH)
  1. Tribromoborane
  2. Tribromoboron


SKIN AND EYE IRRITATION DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


MUTATION DATA AND REFERENCES:

SYSTEM TEST ROUTE/
ORGANISM/
TISSUE 		DOSE REFERENCE
N/R N/R N/R N/R


REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


TUMORIGENIC DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


ACUTE TOXICITY DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


REVIEWS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value ceiling concentration 1 ppm DTLVS* TLV/BEI,2003


STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) STANDARD - air time-weighted average 1 ppm (10 mg/m3) DTLVS* 3,26,1971
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Construction) 8 hour time-weighted average 1 ppm (10 mg/m3) CFRGBR 29,1926.55,1994
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Shipyards) 8 hour time-weighted average 1 ppm (10 mg/m3) CFRGBR 29,1915.1000,1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRALIA time-weighted average 1 ppm (10 mg/m3), JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRIA MAK 1 ppm (10 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - BELGIUM short term exposure limit 1 ppm (10 mg/m3), JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - DENMARK time-weighted average 1 ppm (10 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - FINLAND time-weighted average 1 ppm (10 mg/m3), short term exposure limit 3 ppm (30 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - NORWAY time-weighted average 1 ppm (10 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWITZERLAND MAK- week 1 ppm (10 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - THE NETHERLANDS MAC- continuous 10 mg/m3 (total dust), 2003
Occupational Exposure Limit IN ARGENTINA, BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value;

ceiling concentration 1 ppm
Occupational Exposure Limit IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value
ceiling concentration 1 ppm


NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Recommended Exposure Level TO BORON TRIBROMIDE-air ceiling concentration 1 ppm NIOSH* DHHS #92-100,1992
National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974 National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974: Hazard Code: 12966;
Number of Industries 1;
Total Number of Facilities 11;
Number of Occupations 1;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 335
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: 12966;
Number of Industries 4;
Total Number of Facilities 32;
Number of Occupations 9;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 1,554;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 878


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
On EPA IRIS database


REFERENCES:

CODEN
REFERENCE
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)
DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996
NIOSH* National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.

NIOSH PROFILE (BORON and ITS COMPOUNDS), SRC, 10/77

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