OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES -- POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE  -- 6810-00N069157
<pre>=====================  Product Identification  =====================

Product ID:POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE
MSDS Date:03/21/1993
FSC:6810
NIIN:00N069157
=== Responsible Party ===
Company Name:OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES
Address:11 WEST 42ND ST
City:NEW YORK
State:NY
ZIP:10036
Country:US
Info Phone Num:800-445-6737
Emergency Phone Num:615-366-2000
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:POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE (SARA 313) (CERCLA)	LD50: (ORAL,
    RAT) 1090 MG/KG
CAS:7722-64-7
RTECS #:SD6475000
Fraction by Wt: 100%
OSHA PEL:5 MG/M3 (MN) C
ACGIH TLV:5 MG/M3 (MN)
EPA Rpt Qty:100 LBS
DOT Rpt Qty:100 LBS

Ingred Name:SUPDAT: APPLY FROM AS FAR A DISTANCE AS POSSIBLE. EVACUATE
    TO A RADIUS OF 2500 FEET FOR UNCONTROLLABLE FIRES.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:EXPLO HAZ: MATTER. CNTCT W/EASILY OXIDIZABLE, ORG OR OTHER
    COMBUST MATLS MAY RSLT IN IGNIT, VIOLENT COMBUST OR EXPLO.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:EFTS OF OVEREXP:SOLNS:MILDLY IRRIT; DIRECT CNTCT
    W/SOLID:BURNS W/REDNESS, PAIN, LACRIM & BLURRED VISION. CNTCT
    W/(ING 5)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 4:STRONG SOLNS/CRYSTALS:HARDENED, ERODED LESION W/SWELL
    OF LIDS & CONJ & SUBCONJ HEMORR. INGEST:INFLAM & CORR(ING 6)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 5:OF MOUTH, PHARYNX & LARYNX. DISCOLORATION FROM
    PURPLE-BROWN TO COAL BLACK; ALSO SLIGHT METALLIC LUSTER. (ING 7)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 6: NAUS, VOMIT, DFCLTY SPEAK/SWALLOW, BLACK STOOL,
    EPIGASTRIC PAIN & TYMPANIC DISTENSION OF ABDOMEN. SHOCK (ING 8)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 7: RSLTG IN DEATH POSS; IF NOT IMMED,
    JAUNDICE/OLIGURIA/ANURIA POSS. CHRONIC:DEPENDS ON CONC & DURATION
    OF (ING 9)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 8: EXPOS. INHAL:EROSION OF TEETH & INFLAM & ULCERATIVE
    CHGS IN MOUTH; BRONCH & GI DISTURBS. SKIN:DERM/EFTS (ING 10)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 9: SIMILAR TO ACUTE EXPOS. EYE:CONJ/EFTS AS W/ACUTE
    EXPOS. TURBIDITY & BROWN DISCOLORATION OF CORNEA POSS. (ING 11)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 10: INGEST: INFLAM & ULCERATIVE CHGS IN MUC MEMBS OF
    MOUTH & EFTS AS W/ACUTE EXPOS.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:FIRST AID PROC: BURNS, COVER W/STERILE, DRY DRESSING.
    BANDAGE SECURELY BUT NOT TOO TIGHTLY. GET MED ATTN IMMED. (ING 13)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 12:EYE:WASH IMMED W/LG AMTS OF WATER, OCCASNLY LIFTING
    LIDS UNTIL NO EVID OF CHEM REMAINS, AT LST 15-20 MIN.(ING 14)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 13:IN CASE OF BURN APPLY STERILE BANDAGES LOOSELY W/OUT
    MEDICATION. GET MED ATTN IMMED. VARIOUS AGENTS USED (ING 15)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 14: & RECOMD AIMED @ REDUCING RESIDUAL PERMANGANATE &
    SOLUBILIZING & REMOVING REDUCED MANGANESE CMPDS FROM (ING 16)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 15: TISS IE, SOLNS OF ASCORBIC ACID, SODIUM
    THIOSULFATE, HYDROGEN PEROXIDE & SODIUM EDETATE. ASCORBIC ACID (ING
    17)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 16: SOLN FOUND TO HASTEN REDUCTION OF PERMANGANATE &
    EDETATE SOLN IS SAID TO HELP REMOVE REDUCED MANGANESE (ING 18)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 17: CMPDS. INGEST:DO NOT USE GASTRIC LAVAGE/EMESIS.
    DILUTE ACID IMMED BY DRINKING LG QTYS OF WATER/MILK. IF (ING 19)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 18: VOMIT PERSISTS, ADMIN FLUIDS RPTDLY. INGEST ACID
    MUST BE DILUTED APPROX 100X TO RENDER IT HARMLESS TO (ING 20)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 19:TISS. IF SYMPS SEV & PERFORATION OF STOM/ESOPHAGUS
    SUSPCTED, GIVE NOTHING BY MOUTH UNTIL ENDOSCOPIC EXAM (ING 21)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 20: IS DONE. GET MED ATTN IMMED. QUALIFIED MED PERS
    SHOULD TREAT. NO SPECIFIC ANTIDOTE. TREAT SYMP & SUPPORTIVELY.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:SPILL PROC: EARTH/OTHER ABSORB MATL & PLACE INTO CNTNRS FOR
    LATER DISP. FOR LGR SPILLS, DIKE FAR AHEAD OF SPILL (ING 23)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 22: FOR LATER DISP. KEEP UNNEC PEOPLE AWAY. ISOLATE HAZ
    AREA & DENY ENTRY. REPORTABLE QTY (RG):100 POUNDS. (ING 24)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 23: SARA SECTION 304 REQS RELEASE EQUAL TO/GTR THAN
    REPORTABLE QTY FOR SUBSTANCE BE IMMED RPTD TO LOC EMER (ING 25)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 24: PLAN COMMITTE & STATE EMER RESPONSE COMMISSION. IF
    RPTBLE UNDER CERCLA SEC 103, NOTIFY NRC AT 800-424-8802.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

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

LD50 LC50 Mixture:SEE INGREDIENT 1
Routes of Entry: Inhalation:YES  Skin:YES  Ingestion:YES
Reports of Carcinogenicity:NTP:NO    IARC:NO	OSHA:NO
Health Hazards Acute and Chronic:CORR. ACUTE: INHAL:SEV IRRIT OF RESP
    TRACT, LABORED BRTHG, CHOKING, STRIDOR, PERSISTENT, SPASMODIC
    COUGH, PAIN IN NOSE, MOUTH & THROAT & BURNS OF MUC MEMBS. IF
    SUFFICIENT QTYS INHALED PULM EDEMA MAY D EVELOP, OFTEN W/LATENT
    PERIOD OF 5-72 HRS. SYMPS:TIGHTNESS IN CHEST, FROTHY SPUTUM,
    CYANOSIS & DIZZ. (EFTS OF OVEREXP)
Explanation of Carcinogenicity:NOT RELEVANT
Effects of Overexposure:HLTH HAZ:ALSO WEAK, RAPID PULSE, HYPOTENSION,
    MOIST RALES & HEMOCONC. RECOVERY MAY BE PRLNGD & RELAPSES POSS. IN
    SEV EXPOS, DEATH DUE TO ANOXIA MAY OCCUR W/IN FEW HRS AFTER ONSET
    OF PULM EDEMA/FOLLOWI NG RELAPSE. SKIN:DILUTE AQ SOLNS:MILDLYIRRIT.
    DIRECT CNTCT W/SOLID:SEV BURNS W/REDNESS & PAIN. EYES: DILUTE AQ
    (ING 4)
Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.

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

First Aid:INHAL:REMOVE TO FRESH AIR IMMED. IF BRTHG STOPS GIVE ARTF
    RESP. MAINTAIN AIRWAY & BLOOD PRESS & ADMIN O*2 IF AVAIL. KEEP WARM
    & AT REST. TREAT SYMP & SUPPORTIVELY. O*2 SHOULD BE ADMIN BY
    QUALIFIED PER S. GET MED ATTN IMMED. SKIN:REMOVE CONTAMD CLTHG &
    SHOES IMMED. WASH AFFECTED AREA W/SOAP OR MILD DETERGENT & LG AMTS
    OF WATER UNTIL NO EVID OF CHEM REMAINS (@ LST 15-20 MIN). IN CASE
    OF CHEM (ING 12)

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

Extinguishing Media:WATER ONLY. NO DRY CHEMICAL, CARBON DIOXIDE OR
    HALON. FOR LARGER FIRES, FLOOD AREA WITH WATER FROM A DISTANCE.
Fire Fighting Procedures:NIOSH APPRVD SCBA & FULL PROT EQUIP . MOVE
    CNTNR FROM FIRE AREA IF W/OUT RISK. APPLY COOLING WATER TO SIDES OF
    CNTNRS EXPOS TO FLAMES UNTIL WELL (SUPDAT)
Unusual Fire/Explosion Hazard:NEGLIG FIRE HAZ WHEN EXPOS TO HEAT/FLAME.
    OXIDIZER:OXIDIZERS DECOMPOSE, ESP WHEN HEATED, TO YIELD O*2/OTHER
    GASES WHICH WILL INCR BURNING RATE OF COMBUST(ING 3)

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

Spill Release Procedures:OCCUP SPILL:KEEP COMBUST(WOOD, PAPER, OIL,
    ETC) AWAY FROM SPILLED MATL. DO NOT TOUCH SPILLED MATL. FOR SM DRY
    SPILLS, W/CLEAN SHOVEL PLACE MATL INTO CLEAN, DRY CNTNR & COVER,
    MOVE CNTNRS FROM SPILL AR EA. FOR SM LIQ SPILLS, TAKE UP W/SAND,
    (ING 22)
Neutralizing Agent:SOIL SPILL: SODIUM BISULFITE. WATER SPILL: CAUSTIC
    SODA & SODIUM BISULFITE.

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

Handling and Storage Precautions:PROTECT AGAINST PHYSICAL DAMAGE.
    SEPARATE FROM SULFURIC ACID, HYDROGEN PEROXIDE & ALL COMBUSTIBLE,
    ORGANIC OR READILY OXIDIZABLE MATERIALS.
Other Precautions:STORE AWAY FROM INCOMPATIBLE SUBSTANCES. AVOID
    CONTACT WITH COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS (WOOD, PAPER, FUEL, OILS, ETC);
    IGNITION OR EXPLOSION MAY RESULT. AVOID CONTAMINATION OF WATER
    SOURCES.

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

Respiratory Protection:USE NIOSH APPROVED RESPIRATOR APPROPRIATE FOR
    EXPOSURE OF CONCERN . FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF RESPIRATORS CONTACT
    NEHC .
Ventilation:PROVIDE LOCAL EXHAUST VENTILATION SYSTEM TO MEET PUBLISHED
    EXPOSURE LIMITS.
Protective Gloves:IMPERVIOUS GLOVES .
Eye Protection:ANSI APPRVD CHEM WORKERS GOGGS (SUPDAT)
Other Protective Equipment:ANSI APPROVED EYE WASH & DELUGE SHOWER .
    WEAR APPROP PROT (IMPERVIOUS) CLTHG & EQUIP TO PVNT POSS SKIN
    CONTACT.
Work Hygienic Practices:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.
Supplemental Safety and Health
MP: 464F, 240C DECOMPOSES. APPEAR/ODOR: LUSTER & SWEET, ASTRINGENT
    TASTE. EYE PROT: & FULL LENGTH FACESHIELD . FIRE FIGHT PROC: AFTER
    FIRE IS OUT. FOR MASSIVE FIRE IN CARGO AREA, USE UNMANNED HO SE
    HOLDER/MONITOR NOZZS. IF IMPOSSIBLE,W/DRAW FROM AREA & LET FIRE
    BURN. COOL CNTNRS W/FLOODING QTYS OF WATER. (ING 2)

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

Melt/Freeze Pt:M.P/F.P Text:SUPDAT
Decomp Temp:Decomp Text:464F,240C
Spec Gravity:2.703
Solubility in Water:6.4% @ 20C
Appearance and Odor:ODORLESS, DARK PURPLE OR BRONZE-LIKE CRYSTALS WITH
    A BLUE METALLIC (SUPDAT)

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

Stability Indicator/Materials to Avoid:YES
ACETIC ACID: ALCOHOLS, NITRIC ACID, ALUMINUM CARBIDE. FOR A COMPLETE
    LIST OF MATLS TO AVOID CONTACT NEHC .
Stability Condition to Avoid:AVOID CONTACT W/COMBUST MATLS (WOOD,
    PAPER, FUEL, OILS, ETC).
Hazardous Decomposition Products:THERMAL DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS MAY
    INCLUDE TOXIC AND HAZARDOUS OXIDES OF POTASSIUM AND MANGANESE.

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

Waste Disposal Methods:OBSERVE ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS
    WHEN STORING OR DISPOSING OF THIS SUBSTANCE.

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