Control Measures 
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Cage: 0A4S7
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Contractor Summary 
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Cage: 0A4S7
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Ingredients 
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OSHA PEL: 1 MG/M3
ACGIH TLV: 0.5 MG/M3
ACGIH STEL: NOT ESTABLISHED
EPA Rpt Qty: 1 LB
DOT Rpt Qty: 1 LB
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% low Wt: 8.
Other REC Limits: TLV:0.1 MG/M3 (M)
OSHA PEL: 1 MG/M3
ACGIH TLV: 1 MG/M3
ACGIH STEL: NOT ESTABLISHED
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% low Wt: .5
% high Wt: 1.5
Other REC Limits: TLV:5 MG/M3 (MFR)
OSHA PEL: 5 MG/M3
ACGIH STEL: NOT ESTABLISHED
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% low Wt: 3.3
Other REC Limits: TLV:1 MG/M3 (M)
OSHA PEL: C5 MG/M3
ACGIH TLV: 5 MG/M3
ACGIH STEL: 3 MG/M3
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% low Wt: .3
ACGIH TLV: 0.1 MG/M3
ACGIH STEL: NOT ESTABLISHED
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  PEL:0.1 MG/M3; ACGIH TLV: 0.2 MG/M3.
OSHA PEL: 1 MG/M3
ACGIH TLV: 1 MG/M3
ACGIH STEL: NOT ESTABLISHED
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% Wt: BALANCE
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Health Hazards Data 
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Route Of Entry Inds - Inhalation: YES
Skin: YES
Ingestion: YES
Carcinogenicity Inds - NTP: YES
IARC: YES
OSHA: NO
Effects of Exposure: WELDING GENERATES FUMES, GASES & ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIA
  W/KNOWN ADVERSE HLTH EFTS. COMPOSITION OF WELDING EMISSIONS VARIES
  SUBSTANTIALLY W/WELDING PROCESS. ACUTE: SHORT TERM EXPOS TO WELDING FUME MAY
  R SLT IN DISCOMFORT, DIZZ, NAUS & DRYNESS/IRRIT OF THROAT. CHRONIC: LONG
  TERM EXPOS TO WELDING FUME, GASES/DUST MAY CONTRIBUTE TO PULM
  IRRIT/PNEUMOCONIOSIS. LONG TERM EXPOS TO IRON FUME MAY PRDCE SIDERO SIS,
  WHICH IS GENRLY REGARDED AS BENIGN. NICKEL & CHROMIUM SHOULD BE
  BEEN IMPLICATED BASED ON EXPER IN SOME NICKEL REFINING  OPERATIONS.
  SPECIFIC(EFTS OF OVEREXP)
  ANIMAL CARCIN. ANIMAL: LUNGS, NASAL CAVITIES. SILICA, CRYSTALLINE-FUSED: IARC
Signs And Symptions Of Overexposure: HLTH HAZ:CMPDS, HOWEVER, HAVE NOT BEEN
  DETERMINED & DIRECT ASSOC BTWN NICKEL IN WELDING FUME & CANCER HAS
  NOT BEEN DEMONSTRATED. SOME CMPDS OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM HAVE BEEN REPORTED
  TO BE CARCINOGENIC . NO CLEAR ASSOC, HOWEVER, HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BTWN
  CHROMIUM IN WELDING FUME & DEVELOPMENT OF CANCER. EXPOS LIMITS SHOULD BE
  MAINTAINED BELOW LEVELS LISTED IN INGREDIENTS SECTION. ROUTES OF ENTRY: (1 )
  INHALATION OF FUME. (2) BURNS FROM ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION. IMPORTANT -
  WELDING ELECTRODES ARE A NON-HAZARDOUS SOLID AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURES.
Medical Cond Aggravated By Exposure: INDIVIDUALS WITH IMPAIRED PULMONARY
  FUNCTION OR ILLNESS MAY HAVE SYMPTOMS EXACERBATED BY IRRITANTS CONTAINED IN
  WELDING FUMES.
First Aid: INHALATION: REMOVE FROM DUST OR FUME EXPOSURE. IF BREATHING HAS
  STOPPED PERFORM ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION. SUMMON MEDICAL AID IMMEDIATELY.
  INGESTION: CALL MD IMMEDIATELY (FP N). SKIN: FLUSH W/COPIOUS AMO UNTS OF
  WATER. CALL MD (FP N). EYES:IMMEDIATELY FLUSH W/POTABLE WATER FOR A MINIMUM
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Handling and Disposal
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Waste Disposal Methods: PREVENT WASTE FROM CONTAMINATING SURROUNDING
  ENVIRONMENT. DISCARD ANY PRODUCT, RESIDUE, DISPOSABLE CONTAINER OR LINER IN
  AN ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE MANNER, IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL, STATE
  &  LOCAL REGULATIONS.
Handling And Storage Precautions: TRAIN EMPLOYEE TO KEEP HIS HEAD OUT OF FUMES
  & NOT TO TOUCH LIVE ELEC PARTS & TO INSULATE HIMSELF FROM WORK &
  GROUND. READ & UNDERSTAND MFR'S INSTRUCTIONS & PRECAUTIONARY LBL ON
  PROD. USE EXHST SYS TO  CLEAR WELDING FUMES. MAKE SURE THAT INHALED AIR DOES
  NOT CONTAIN FUME CONSTITUENTS ABOVE PEL'S.
Other Precautions: NOTE:FOR OTHER PRECS/ADDNL SFTY INFO ON WELDING &
  "WELDING HANDBOOK", VOL 1, CHAPTER 9, "SAFE PRACTICES IN WELDING &
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Fire and Explosion Hazard Information 
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Flash Point Text: NONE
Lower Limits: NONE
Upper Limits: NONE
Extinguishing Media: THIS ALLOY IS NONCOMBUSTIBLE. USE EXTINGUISHING MEDIA
  APPROPRIATE TO THE SURROUNDING FIRE. TO EXTINGUISH A METAL POWDER FIRE USE
  DRY SAND, DRY GRAPHITE/OTHER CLASS "D" EXTINGUISHER.
Fire Fighting Procedures: USE NIOSH APPROVED SCBA & FULL PROTECTIVE
  EQUIPMENT (FP N). IF THIS MATERIAL IS REDUCED TO POWDER FORM, CAUTION MUST BE
  USED TO PREVENT FIRE OR EXPLOSION.
Unusual Fire/Explosion Hazard: NO UNUSUAL FIRE OR EXPLOSION HAZARDS ARE
  ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MATERIAL. NFPA RATING: HEALTH = 2; FLAMMABILITY = 0;
  REACTIVITY = 0.
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Respiratory Protection: USE NIOSH APPROVED RESPIRABLE FUME RESPIRATOR OR AIR
  SUPPLIED RESPIRATOR WHEN WELDING, BRAZING OR SOLDERING IN CONFINED SPACE OR
  WHERE LOCAL EXHAUST OR VENTILATION DOES NOT KEEP EXPOSURE BELOW PEL, TL V OR
  STEL.
Ventilation: USE ENOUGH VENT, LOC EXHST AT ARC, FLAME/BOTH, TO KEEP FUMES &
  GASES BELOW PEL'S, TLV'S/STEL'S IN WORKER'S BRTHG ZONE & GEN AREA. SEE
  LENS OF (SUPDAT)
Other Protective Equipment: ANSI APPRVD EYE WASH & DELUGE SHOWER (FP N). WEAR
  HEAD & BODY PROT WHICH HELP TO PVNT INJURY FROM RADIA, SPKS, FLAME & ELEC
  DATA)
  SHIELD OTHERS. OTHER PROT EQUIP:SHOULDER PROT, AS WELL (OTHER INFO)
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Physical/Chemical Properties 
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Appearance and Odor: SOLID WIRE OR ROD, GREY TO SILVER IN COLOR.
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Reactivity Data 
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Stability Indicator: YES
Materials To Avoid: AVOID CONTACT WITH MINERAL ACIDS & OXIDIZING AGENTS WHICH
  MAY GENERATE HYDROGEN GAS; THE EVOLUTION OF HYDROGEN MAY BE AN EXPLOSION
  HAZARD.
Hazardous Decomposition Products: VARIOUS ELEMENTAL METALS & METAL OXIDES MAY
  BE GENERATED FROM MELTING/DROSS HNDLG OPERATIONS . WELDING FUMES & GASES
  CANNOT BE CLASSIFIED SIMPLY. COMPOSITION & QTY OF BOTH ARE DEPENDENT
  UPON(OTHER INFO)
Hazardous Polymerization Indicator: NO
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Toxicological Information 
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Toxicological Information: OTHER INFO:GENERATED ARE DIFF IN PERCENT & FORM
  FROM INGS LISTED. FUME & GAS DECOMP PRODS, & NOT INGS IN ELECTRODE,
  ARE IMPORTANT. CONC OF GIVEN FUME/GAS COMPONENT MAY DECR/INCR BY MANY TIMES
  ORIGINAL  CONC IN ELECTRODE. ALSO, NEW CMPDS NOTIN ELECTRODES MAY FORM.
  DECOMP PRODS OF NORMAL OPERATION INCL THOSE ORIGINATING FROM VOLATILIZATION,
  RXN/OXIDATION OF MATLS SHOWN IN INGS SECTION, PLUS THOSE FRO M BASE METAL
  & COATING,  ETC, AS NOTED. MOST WELDING, EVEN W/PRIMITIVE VENT, DOES NOT
  PRDCE EXPOSURES INSIDE WELDING HELMET ABOVE 5 MG/M3. THAT WHICH DOES, SHOULD
  BE CONTROLLED.
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Ecological Information 
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  NATIONAL STD. EFFECTS OF WELDING ON HEALTH - VI, PREPAR ED FOR: SAFETY &
  HEALTH COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN WELDING SOCIETY. 
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Regulatory Information 
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Other Information 
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Other Information: SUPP DATA:DARK SUBSTANTIAL CLTHG. WELDERS SHOULD NOT WEAR
  SHORT SLEEVE SHIRTS, SHORT PANTS/CUTOFFS. HAZ DECOMP PROD:METAL BEING WELDED,
  PROCESS, PROC & ELECTRODES USED. OTHER CNDTNS WHICH ALSO INFLUEN CE
  COMPOSITION & QTY OF FUMES & GASES TO WHICH WORKERS MAY BE EXPOS INCL
  COATINGS ON METAL BEING WELDED (SUCH AS PAINT, PLATING/GALVANIZING), NUMBER
  OF WELDERS & VOL OF WORK AREA. QUALITY & AMT OF VEN T, POSITION OF
  WELDER'S HEAD W/RESPECT TO FUME PLUME, AS WELL AS PRESENCE OF CONTAMS IN ATM
  (SUCH AS CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON VAPS FROM CLEANING & DEGREASING
  ACTIVITIES). WHEN ELECTRODE IS CONSUMED, FU ME & GAS DECOMP PRODS (TOX
  INFO)
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HAZCOM Label 
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Cage: 0A4S7
Company Name: PERFORMANCE ALLOYS
Label Required IND: Y
Status Code: A
Origination Code: F
Chronic Hazard IND: Y
Skin Protection IND: YES
Signal Word: DANGER
Respiratory Protection IND: YES
Health Hazard: Severe
Contact Hazard: Slight
Fire Hazard: None
Reactivity Hazard: None
Hazard And Precautions: WELDING GENERATES FUMES, GASES & ELECTROMAGNETIC
  RADIA WITH KNOWN ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS. ACUTE: EXPOSURE TO FUME MAY RESULT
  IN DISCOMFORT, DIZZINESS, NAUSEA, AND DRYNESS/IRRITATION OF THROAT.  CHRONI
  C: CANCER HAZARD. CONTAINS NICKEL WHICHIS LISTED AS AN ANIMAL LUNG AND NASAL
  CAVITY CARCINOGEN AND CONTAINS SILICA, CRYSTALLINE-FUSED WHICH IS LISTED AS A
  HUMAN LUNG CARCINOGEN (FP N). LONG TERM EXPOS URE TO IRON FUME MAY PRODUCE
  SIDEROSIS.
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