*  Exposure Controls/Personal Protection  *
Respiratory Protection:NIOSH APPRVD APPROP DUST/MIST/FUME RESP SHOULD
    BE USED TO AVOID EXCESSIVE INHAL OF PARTICULATES. IF EXPOS LIMS ARE
    REACHED/EXCEEDED, USE NIOSH APPRVD EQUIP. -- EFTS OF OVEREXP:CAUSE
    IRRIT OF EYES, NOS E & THROAT & FLU-LIKE ILLNESS CALLED METAL FUME
    FEVER. EARLY SYMPS OF METAL FUME FEVER IS METALLIC/SWEET TASTE IN
    MOUTH, DRYNESS & IRRIT OF (OTHER PROT EQUIP)
Ventilation:USE W/ADEQ VENT TO MEET EXPOS LIMS LISTED IN INGS SECTION.
    -- EXPLO HAZ:CARBON MONOXIDE, CARBON DIOXIDE, OZONE, NITROGEN
    OXIDES, INFRARED RADIA & UV RADIA.
    OPERATIONS).
    FACESHIELD .
Other Protective Equipment:ANSI APPRVD EMER EYE WASH & DELUGE SHOWER .
    OTHER PROT CLTHG/EQUIP AS REQD DEPENDING ON OPERATIONS & SFTY
    CODES. -- RESP PROT:THROAT & COUGH. THESE SYMPS MAY PROGRESS TO
    SHORTNESS (HYGIENE PRACT)
Work Hygienic Practices:WASH W/SOAP & WATER. -- OTHER PROT EQUIP:OF
    BREATH, HDCH, FEVER, CHILLS, MUSC ACHES, NAUS, VOMIT, WEAK, FATG &
    OCCUR AFTER (CNDTNS (STAB))
Supplemental Safety and Health
EXPLAN OF CARCIN: POTASSIUM CHROMATE: IARC MONOGRAPHS ON EVAL OF CARCIN
*  Product Identification  *
Product ID:BRONZE ALLOYS
*  Composition/Information on Ingredients  *
Ingred Name:ALUMINUM OXIDE
Ingred Name:COPPER (CU). OSHA PEL: 0.1 MG/M3 (FUME & RESPIRABLE
    FRACTION); ACGIH TLV: 0.2 MG/M3 (FUME & RESPIRABLE FRACTION) (M).
OSHA PEL:1 MG/M3
ACGIH TLV:1 MG/M3
Ingred Name:IRON (FE)
Maxumum % Wt:5.
Ingred Name:IRON OXIDE
Maxumum % Wt:5.
ACGIH TLV:5 MG/M3;2 PPM
EPA Rpt Qty:1 LB
DOT Rpt Qty:1 LB
Ingred Name:MANGANESE (MN). ACGIH TLV: 0.2 MG/M3 (COMPOUNDS AND FUME)
    (M).
Maxumum % Wt:5.
OSHA PEL:C5 MG/M3
ACGIH TLV:5 MG/M3
Ingred Name:NICKEL (N). ACGIH TLV: 0.5 MG/M3 (METAL & SOLUBLE
    COMPOUNDS); 0.1 MG/M3 (INSOLUBLE COMPOUNDS) (M).
Maxumum % Wt:2.5
OSHA PEL:1 MG/M3
ACGIH TLV:1 MG/M3
Ingred Name:NITROGEN (N)
Ingred Name:NITRIC OXIDE
Ingred Name:NITROGEN DIOXIDE
OSHA PEL:C9 MG/M3;C5 PPM
ACGIH TLV:5.6 MG/M3;3 PPM
ACGIH STEL:9.4 MG/M3;5 PPM
Ingred Name:MINERAL OILS; (OIL MIST, MINERAL)
OSHA PEL:5 MG/M3
ACGIH TLV:5 MG/M3
Ingred Name:MILDLY REFINED MINERAL OILS; (OIL MIST, MINERAL -
Ingred Name:OXYGEN (O)
Ingred Name:OZONE
OSHA PEL:0.2 MG/M3;0.1 PPM
Ingred Name:TIN (SN). OSHA PEL & ACGIH TLV: 0.1 MG/M3 (ORGANIC
    COMPOUNDS) (M).
OSHA PEL:2 MG/M3
ACGIH TLV:2 MG/M3
Ingred Name:TIN OXIDE (EXCEPT SNH4 AS SN)
ACGIH TLV:2 MG/M3
Ingred Name:ZINC CHROMATE
Ingred Name:POTASSIUM ZINC CHROMATE HYDROXIDE (KZN2(CRO4)2(OH)); (ZINC
    POTASSIUM CHROMATE)
Ingred Name:ZINC CHROMATE YELLOW; (ZINC (CHROMATES))
Ingred Name:ZINC OXIDE. OSHA PEL & ACGIH TLV: 5 MG/M3 (FUME/RESPIRABLE
    FRACTION) (M).
*  Hazards Identification  *
Routes of Entry: Inhalation:YES  Skin:YES  Ingestion:YES
Reports of Carcinogenicity:NTP:YES    IARC:YES  OSHA:NO
Health Hazards Acute and Chronic:ACUTE:EXCESS EXPOS TO ALL METALLIC
    FUMES & DUSTS MAY RSLT IN IRRIT OF EYES, NOSE & THROAT. ALSO HIGH
    CONCS OF FUMES & DUSTS OF IRON-OXIDE, MN & CU MAY RLST IN METAL
    FUME FEVER. CHRONIC: NOTE: LEAD APP EARS ON NAVY LIST OF OCCUP CHEM
    REPRO HAZS. SEEK CONSULTATION FROM APPROP HLTH PROFESSIONALS
    CONCERNING LATEST HAZ LIST INFO & SAFE HNDLG & EXPOS INFO . CHRONIC
    & PRLNG INHAL OF HIGH CONCS OF FU MES/DUST OF FOLLOWING ELEMENTS
    MAY LEAD TO CNDTNS LISTED: AL:MAY INITIATE FIBROTIC CHANGES TO LUNG
    TISS, IRRIT OF EYES, NOSE & THROAT. PARTICLES AL DEPOSITED IN EYE
    MAY CAUSE IRREVERSIBLE TISS DMG OFCORNEA. AL SALTS MAY (EFTS OF
    OVEREXP)
Explanation of Carcinogenicity:LEAD CHROMATE/ZINC CHROMATE:IARC
    CARCIN. NICKEL:IARC MONOGRAPHS ON E VAL OF CARCIN RISK OF CHEMS TO
Effects of Overexposure:HLTH HAZ:CAUSE DERM, ECZEMA, CONJ & IRRIT OF
    MUC MEMBS OF UPPER RESP TRACT. LONG-TERM INHAL EXPOS TO AL
    DUSTS/FUMES HAS BEEN ASSOC W/FIBROTIC LUNG CNDTN KNOWN AS SHAVER'S
    DISEASE. AL DUSTS/FINES & FUM ES ARE LOW HLTH RISK BY INHAL. FOR
    STD OPERATIONS (MILLING, CUTTING, GRINDING), AL DUST SHOULD BE
    TREATED AS NUISANCE DUST AS DEFINED BY ACGIH. WELDING AL, PLASMA
    ARC CUTTING, & ARC SPRAY METALIZING C AN GENERATE OZONE. EXCESSIVE
    EXPOS TO AL FUME & DUST HAS BEEN ASSOC W/LUNG DISEASE, BUT THIS EFT
    IS PROBABLY DUE TO SIMULTANEOUS SILICA EXPOS. CU:NO CHRONIC
    DEBILITATING SYMPS INDICATED. INHAL OF CU D USTS, FUMES & MISTS MAY
    (RESP PROT)
Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:INDIVIDUALS W/CHRONIC RESP
    DISORDERS (I.E. ASTHMA, CHRONIC BRONCH, EMPHYSEMA, ETC) MAY BE
    ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY FUME/AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTER EXPOS. --
    OTHER PREC: FOLLOW WHEN HNDLG LEAD COMPOUNDS.
*  First Aid Measures  *
First Aid:INHAL:REMOVE TO FRESH AIR; IF CNDTN CONTINUES, CONSULT MD.
    PARTICULATE; TAKE CARE TO RINSE UNDER LIDS. OBTAIN MED ATTN.
    SKIN:REMOVE PARTIC ULATE BY WASHING THORO W/SOAP & WATER. SEEK MED
    ATTN IF CNDTN PERSISTS. FOR MINOR BURNS, APPLY COLD WATER. FOR SEV
    BURNS, SEEK IMMED MED ATTN. INGEST:DOES NOT REPRESENT HAZ, IF
    SIGNIFICANT AMTS OF MET AL ARE INGESTED, CONSULT MD. -- MATLS TO
    AVOID:IF FUMES OF OTHER CMPDS/OTHER CONTACTING MATLS ARE INVOLVED.
    MOLTEN AL MAY ALSO REACT VIOLENTLY W/RUST & CERTAIN METAL OXIDES
    (I.E., CU, FE, PB).
*  Fire Fighting Measures  *
Extinguishing Media:DRY PWDRD DOLOMITE, DRY SAND/DRY GRAPHITE; DO NOT
    USE WATER ON MOLTEN METAL. USE COARSE WATER SPRAY ON CHIPS,
    TURNINGS, ETC. DO NOT USE HALOGENATED EXTING AGENTS ON SM
    CHIPS/FINES.
Fire Fighting Procedures:USE NIOSH APPRVD SCBA & FULL PROT EQUIP . --
    WASTE DISP METH:WHETHER SPECIFIC TLV'S ARE EXCEEDED. CONCLUSIONS
    BASED ON INHALABLE CONC ARE GENRLY ADEQ IF NO TOX ELEMENTS ARE
    PRESENT IN WELDING RO D, METAL/METAL COATING & CNDTNS ARE NOT
    CONDUSIVE TO FORM OF TOX GASES. ARE LISTED AS POSSIBLY CARCIN TO
    (EXPLO HAZ)
Unusual Fire/Explosion Hazard:NOTE:PRODS IN SOLID STATE PRESENT NO
    FIRE/EXPLO HAZ. SM CHIPS, FINES & DUST MAY IGNITE READILY. ARC/SPK
    GENERATED WHEN WELDING/BURNING COULD BE SOURCE OF IGNIT FOR COMBUST
    & FLAMM MATLS. HMIS RATINGS: HLTH - 1; FLAMMABILITY - 0; REACTIVITY
    - 0. -- FIRE FIGHT PROC:HUMANS BY IARC. WELDING OF AL ALLOYS MAY
    GENERATE (VENT)
*  Accidental Release Measures  *
Spill Release Procedures:FINE TURNINGS & SM CHIPS SHOULD BE
    SWEPT/VACUUMED. SCRAP METAL CAN BE RECLAIMED FOR RE-USE. -- OTHER
    INFO:COMPOSED OF DISCRETE PARTICLES OF AMORPHOUS SLAGS CNTNG FE,
    MG, SI & OTHER METALLIC CONSTITUEN TS DEPENDING ON ALLOY SYS
    INVOLVED. CR & NI CMPDS ARE FOUND IN FUMES WHEN STAINLESS STEELS
    ARE ARC-WELDED. SOME COATED & FLUX-CORED ELECTRODES ARE FORMULATED
    W/FLUORIDES & FUMES ASSOC(WASTE DISP METH)
*Handling and Storage  *
Handling and Storage Precautions:NOTE:PRODS UNDER NORMAL CNDTNS DO NOT
    REPRESENT END INHAL, INGEST OR CONTACT HLTH HAZ. NOTE:PRODS IN
    THEIR USUAL PHYSICAL FORM DO NOT POSE ANY HLTH HAZS. HOWEVER,
    OPERATIONS SUCH AS BURNING, WELDING,  SAWING, BRAZING OR GRINDING
    MAY RESULT IN LISTED EFFECTS IF EXPOSURES EXCEED PERMISSIBLE
    LIMITS.
Other Precautions:SINCE PB IS CUMULATIVE TOX METAL BY INHAL/INGEST,
    APPROP INDUS PRECS TO GUARD AGAINST THESE RTES OF EXPOS NEED TO BE
    TAKEN WHEN HNDLG. SAMPLING TO ESTABLISH PB LEVEL EXPOS TO AIRBORNE
    FOR SPECIFIC HLTH/INDUS HYGIENE PRECS & REQUIREMENTS  TO (MED
    CNDTNS)
*  Physical/Chemical Properties  *
Boiling Pt:B.P. Text:N/A (BASE METAL)
Vapor Pres:NOT APPLICABLE (MM HG)
Vapor Density:N/A(AIR=1)
Spec Gravity:7.6-7.8 (H*2O=1)
Appearance and Odor:YELLOW-BROWN METALLIC; ODORLESS (UNDER NORMAL
    CONDITIONS: SOLID).
*  Stability and Reactivity Data  *
Stability Indicator/Materials to Avoid:YES
HALOGENATED ACIDS & SOLVS, BROMATES, IODATES, AL NITRATE. INCOMPAT
    W/MERCURY, AMMONIA, ACETYLENE & ACIDS. AVOID EXPOS DURING STOR TO
    STRONG ACIDS, BASES/OXIDIZING AGENTS. TOX GASES, AEROSOLS & VAPS
    MAY BE RELS IN FIRE INVOL
Stability Condition to Avoid:MAKE CERTAIN ANY MATL TO BE RE-MELTED IS
    FREE OF MOISTURE. DUST CLOUDS MAY BE EXPLO:PVNT FORM. -- HYGIENE
    PRACT:PERIOD AWAY FROM JOB. CHRONIC OVEREXP TO CU FUMES MAY RSLT
    (TOX INFO)
Hazardous Decomposition Products:METALLIC DUST/FUMES MAY BE PRDCD
    DURING WELDING, BURNING, GRINDING & POSSIBLY MACHINING. REFER TO
    & QTY OF BOTH ARE (OTHER INFO)
Conditions to Avoid Polymerization:ALUMINUM PARTICLES COMING INTO
    CONTACT WITH COPPER, LEAD OR IRON OXIDES CAN REACT VIGOROUSLY IF
    SOURCE OF IGNIT/INTENSE HEAT.
*  Toxicological Information*
Toxicological Information:AL DUST/FINES & FUMES ARE LOW HLTH RISK BY
    INHAL. FOR STD OPERATIONS (I.E., MACHINING, CUTTING, GRINDING), AL
    SHOULD BE TREATED AS NUISANCE DUST & IS SO DEFINED BY ACGIH. IN
    WELDING, PRECS SHOULD BE T AKEN FOR AIRBORNE CONTAMS WHICH MAY
    ORIGINATE FROM COMPONENTS OF WELDING ROD. RECENT EPIDERMIOLOGICAL
    STUDIES OF WORKERS MELTING & WORKING ALLOYS CNTNG NI & CR HAVE
    FOUND NO INCR RISK OF CANCER. -- CN DTNS (STAB):IN BLOOD DISORDERS
    (ANEMIA). RPTD/PRLNG EXPOS TO CU FUMES MAY CAUSE DISCOLORATION OF
    HAIR, HANDS & SOLES OF FEET (KERATINIZATION). FE:NO CHRONIC
    DEBILITATING SYMPS INDICATED. SUBJECTING FE  & ALLOYS CNTNG FE
    TO(ECOLOGICAL INFO)
*  Ecological Information  *
Ecological:N/P -- TOX INFO:HIGH TEMPS (SUCH AS OCCURS DURING WELDING)
    WILL CAUSE FORM OF FE OXIDE. HIGH EXPOS TO FE OXIDE DUST/FUMES CAN
    CAUSE X-RAY CHANGES (SIDEROSIS/FE PIGMENTATION) IN LUNGS AS RSLT OF
    LONG-T ERM EXPOS. SIDEROSIS IS BENIGN CNDTN & IS NOT ASSOC W/PULM
    FIBROSIS (SCARRING OF LUNG). INGEST OF HIGH LEVELS OF FE OXIDE CAN
    CAUSE GI IRRIT, BLEEDING & SYSTEMIC TOX. PB:PB IS ACCUM POIS. INHAL
    EFTS O F EXPOS TO FUMES/DUST OF INORG PB MAY NOT DEVELOP QUICKLY.
    SYMPS MAY INCL DECR PHYSICAL FITNESS, FATG, SLEEP DISTURB, HDCH,
    ACHING BONES & MUSCS, CONSTIP, ABDOM PAINS & DECR APPETITE. EFTS
    ARE REVERSI BLE & COMPLETE RECOVERY (TRANSPORT INFO)
*  Disposal Considerations  *
Waste Disposal Methods:USED/UNUSED PROD SHOULD BE TESTED TO DETERMINE
    HAZ STATUS & DISP REQUIREMENTS UNDER FED, STATE/LOC LAWS & REGS. --
    SPILL PROC:W/THEM CAN CONTAIN SIGNIFICANTLY MORE FLUORIDES THAN
    OXIDES. BECAUSE OF TH ESE FACTORS, ARC-WELDING FUMES FREQUENTLY
    MUST BE TESTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE LIKELYTO BE
    PRESENT TO DETERMINE (FIRE FIGHT PROC)
*  MSDS Transport Information  *
Transport Information:NOT REQUESTED BY U.S. DOT. -- ECOLOGICAL INFO:IS
    POSS. INHAL OF LG AMTS OF PB MAY LEAD TO SEIZURES, COMA & DEATH.
    CHRONIC/ACUTE INHAL EXPOS TO FUMES/DUST OF INORG PB CMPDS(SUCH AS
    PB OXIDE) CAN ADVERS ELY AFFECT SEVERAL ORG SYS INCL NERV SYS, GI
    SYS, HEMATOLOGICAL SYS & RENAL SYS. EARLY EFTS ARE CHARACT BY FATG,
    CONSTIP, MUSC ACHES, ABDOM PAINS & DECR APPETITE. LATER SIGNS &
    SYMPS CAN INCL ANEMIA,  PALLOR, "PB LINE" ON GUMS, & REDUCED
    HAND-GRIP STRENGTH. PB COLIC PRDCES INTENSE ABDOM CRAMPING WHICH
    CAN BE ACCOMPANIED BY CONSTIP, NAUS & VOMIT. CNDTN CALLED "WRIST
    DROP" CAN DEVELOP IF PERIPHERAL N ERV SYS IS AFFECTED. (SARA TITLE
    III)
*  Regulatory Information  *
SARA Title III Information:N/P -- TRANSPORT INFO:SEV CNS EFTS (REFERRED
    TO AS PB ENCEPHALOPATHY) USUALLY ONLY OCCUR AFTER HEAVY & RAPID PB
    EXPOS. SIGNS & SYMPS MAY INCL HDCH, DIZZ, CONVLS, DELIRIUM, COMA &
    POSSIBLY DEATH. LONG- TERM EXPOS CAN ALSO PRDCE KIDNEY DMG W/POSS
    DECR RENAL FUNC LEADING TO SUCH CNDTNS CALLED STANNOSIS. ALCOHOL
    INGEST & PHYSICAL EXERTION MAY BRING ON SYMPS. CONTINUED EXPOS CAN
    RSLT IN DECR FERTILITY & /OR INCR CHANCES OF MISCARRIAGE/BIRTH
    DEFECTS. PB CHROMATE:ANEMIA, URINARY DYSFUNC, WEAK, CONSTIP, NAUS,
    NERV DISORDER, PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY & CHROMOSOMAL CHANGES. MN:MN
    INTOX IS USUALLY DUE TO OXIDE /SALTS OF MN, ELEMENTAL (FED
    REGULATORY)
Federal Regulatory Information:THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED SOLELY
    III:MN EXHIBITS VERY LOW TOX.  MN OXIDE FUMES CAN ACT AS MINOR
    IRRITS TO EYES & RESP TRACT & METAL FUME FEVER. BOTH ACUTE &
    CHRONIC EXPOS MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT CNS (MANGANISM), PNEUM(INFLAMM
    OF LUNG TISS), & MAY CAUSE FIBROSIS (SCA RRING OF LUNG TISS) &
    REPRO DISORDERS(IMPOTENCE) IN MALES. EARLY SYMPS MAY INCL WEAK IN
    LOWER EXTREM S, SLEEPINESS, SALIVATION, NERVOUSNESS & APATHY.
    BRONCH PNEUM, LACK OF COORD RESEMBLING PARKINSON'S DISEASE
    (APATHY,(STATE REGULATORY INFO)
State Regulatory Information:N/P -- FED REGULATORY:WEAK, ETC). CNS IS
    CHIEF SITE OF INJURY, & THERE MAY BE ADVERSE BLOOD & KIDNEY EFTS.
    CHRONIC MN POIS IS NOT FATAL DISEASE ALTHOUGH IT IS EXTREMELY
    DISABLING. SOME INDIVIDUALS MAY  BE HYPERSUSCEPTIBLE TO MN. FRESHLY
    FORMED MN FUME HAS CAUSED FEVER & CHILLS SIMILAR TO METAL FUME
    FEVER. NI:SKIN CONT W/NI & ITS CMPDS MAY CAUSE ALLERGIC DERM. RSLTG
    SKIN RASH IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS  "NI ITCH", WHICH USUALLY OCCURS
    WHEN SKIN IS MOIST. NI FUMES & DUST CAN CAUSE SKIN SENSIT & ALLERGI
    C CONT DERM. NI & ITS CMPDS MAY ALSO PRDCE EYE IRRIT, (CONJ). FOR
    MORE INFO PERTAINING TO SPECIFIC INGS, CONTACT NEHC .
*  Other Information  *
