1. MATERIAL AND COMPANY IDENTIFICATION Material Nae : Uses : Autootive and industrial grease. Manufacturer/Supplier : SOPUS Products PO Box 4427 Houston, TX 77210-4427 USA MSDS Request : 877-276-7285 Eergency Telephone Nuber Spill Inforation : 877-242-7400 Health Inforation : 877-504-9351 2. COMPOSITION/INFORMATION ON INGREDIENTS Cheical Identity CAS No. Concentration 1317-33-5 1.00-5.00 % A lubricating grease consisting of highly-refined ineral oil and additives. 3. HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION Eergency Overview Appearance and Odour : Black. Sei-solid at roo teperature. Slight hydrocarbon. Health Hazards : High-pressure injection under the skin ay cause serious daage including local necrosis. Safety Hazards : Not classified as flaable but will burn. Environental Hazards : Not classified as dangerous for the environent. Health Hazards Health Hazards Inhalation Skin Contact Eye Contact Ingestion Other Inforation Signs and Syptos : Not expected to be a health hazard when used under noral conditions. : Under noral conditions of use, this is not expected to be a priary route of exposure. : Prolonged or repeated skin contact without proper cleaning can clog the pores of the skin resulting in disorders such as oil acne/folliculitis. : May cause slight irritation to eyes. : Low toxicity if swallowed. : High-pressure injection under the skin ay cause serious daage including local necrosis. Used grease ay contain harful ipurities. : Local necrosis is evidenced by delayed onset of pain and tissue daage a few hours following injection. Oil acne/folliculitis signs and syptos ay include foration of black pustules and spots on the skin of exposed areas. Ingestion ay result in 1/8
nausea, voiting and/or diarrhoea. Aggravated Medical Condition : Pre-existing edical conditions of the following organ(s) or organ syste(s) ay be aggravated by exposure to this aterial: Skin. Environental Hazards : Not classified as dangerous for the environent. Additional Inforation : Under noral conditions of use or in a foreseeable eergency, this product does not eet the definition of a hazardous cheical when evaluated according to the OSHA Hazard Counication Standard, 29 CFR. 4. FIRST AID MEASURES General Inforation : Not expected to be a health hazard when used under noral conditions. Inhalation : No treatent necessary under noral conditions of use. If syptos persist, obtain edical advice. Skin Contact : Reove containated clothing. Flush exposed area with water and follow by washing with soap if available. When using high pressure equipent, injection of product under the skin can occur. If high pressure injuries occur, the casualty should be sent iediately to a hospital. Do not wait for syptos to develop. If persistent irritation occurs, obtain edical attention. Obtain edical attention even in the absence of apparent wounds. Eye Contact : Flush eye with copious quantities of water. If persistent irritation occurs, obtain edical attention. Ingestion : In general no treatent is necessary unless large quantities are swallowed, however, get edical advice. Advice to Physician : Treat syptoatically. High pressure injection injuries require propt surgical intervention and possibly steroid therapy, to iniise tissue daage and loss of function. Because entry wounds are sall and do not reflect the seriousness of the underlying daage, surgical exploration to deterine the extent of involveent ay be necessary. Local anaesthetics or hot soaks should be avoided because they can contribute to swelling, vasospas and ischaeia. Propt surgical decopression, debrideent and evacuation of foreign aterial should be perfored under general anaesthetics, and wide exploration is essential. 5. FIRE FIGHTING MEASURES Clear fire area of all non-eergency personnel. Flash point : >= 150 C / 302 F (Cleveland Open Cup) Upper / lower : Typical 1-10 %(V) Flaability or Explosion liits Auto ignition teperature : > 320 C / 608 F Specific Hazards : Hazardous cobustion products ay include: A coplex ixture of airborne solid and liquid particulates and gases (soke). Carbon onoxide. Unidentified organic and inorganic 2/8
Suitable Extinguishing Media Unsuitable Extinguishing Media Protective Equipent for Firefighters copounds. : Foa, water spray or fog. Dry cheical powder, carbon dioxide, sand or earth ay be used for sall fires only. : Do not use water in a jet. : Proper protective equipent including breathing apparatus ust be worn when approaching a fire in a confined space. 6. ACCIDENTAL RELEASE MEASURES Avoid contact with spilled or released aterial. For guidance on selection of personal protective equipent see Chapter 8 of this Material Safety Data Sheet. See Chapter 13 for inforation on disposal. Protective easures : Avoid contact with skin and eyes. Use appropriate containent to avoid environental containation. Prevent fro spreading or entering drains, ditches or rivers by using sand, earth, or other appropriate barriers. Clean Up Methods : Shovel into a suitable clearly arked container for disposal or reclaation in accordance with local regulations. 7. HANDLING AND STORAGE General Precautions : Use local exhaust ventilation if there is risk of inhalation of vapours, ists or aerosols. Properly dispose of any containated rags or cleaning aterials in order to prevent fires. Use the inforation in this data sheet as input to a risk assessent of local circustances to help deterine appropriate controls for safe handling, storage and disposal of this aterial. Handling : Avoid prolonged or repeated contact with skin. Avoid inhaling vapour and/or ists. When handling product in drus, safety footwear should be worn and proper handling equipent should be used. Storage : Keep container tightly closed and in a cool, well-ventilated place. Use properly labelled and closeable containers. Storage Teperature: 0-50 C / 32-122 F Recoended Materials : For containers or container linings, use ild steel or high density polyethylene. Unsuitable Materials : PVC. Additional Inforation : Polyethylene containers should not be exposed to high teperatures because of possible risk of distortion. 8. EXPOSURE CONTROLS/PERSONAL PROTECTION Occupational Exposure Liits Material Source Type pp g/3 Notation ACGIH TWA(Respira ble fraction.) 0.5 g/3 as Mo 3/8
OSHA Z1 PEL 5 g/3 as Mo OSHA Z1A TWA 5 g/3 as Mo ACGIH ACGIH OSHA Z1 OSHA Z1A TWA(Inhalabl e fraction.) TWA(Respira ble fraction.) PEL(Total dust.) TWA(Total dust.) 10 g/3 as Mo 3 g/3 as Mo 15 g/3 as Mo 10 g/3 as Mo Additional Inforation : Due to the product's sei-solid consistency, generation of ists and dusts is unlikely to occur. Exposure Controls : The level of protection and types of controls necessary will vary depending upon potential exposure conditions. Select controls based on a risk assessent of local circustances. Appropriate easures include: Adequate ventilation to control airborne concentrations. Where aterial is heated, sprayed or ist fored, there is greater potential for airborne concentrations to be generated. Personal Protective Equipent : Personal protective equipent (PPE) should eet recoended national standards. Check with PPE suppliers. Respiratory Protection : No respiratory protection is ordinarily required under noral conditions of use. In accordance with good industrial hygiene practices, precautions should be taken to avoid breathing of aterial. If engineering controls do not aintain airborne concentrations to a level which is adequate to protect worker health, select respiratory protection equipent suitable for the specific conditions of use and eeting relevant legislation. Check with respiratory protective equipent suppliers. Where air-filtering respirators are suitable, select an appropriate cobination of ask and filter. Select a filter suitable for cobined particulate/organic gases and vapours [boiling point >65 C (149 F)]. Hand Protection : Where hand contact with the product ay occur the use of gloves approved to relevant standards (e.g. Europe: EN374, US: F739) ade fro the following aterials ay provide suitable cheical protection: PVC, neoprene or nitrile rubber gloves. Suitability and durability of a glove is dependent on usage, e.g. frequency and duration of contact, cheical resistance of glove aterial, glove thickness, dexterity. Always seek advice fro glove suppliers. Containated gloves should 4/8
be replaced. Personal hygiene is a key eleent of effective hand care. Gloves ust only be worn on clean hands. After using gloves, hands should be washed and dried thoroughly. Application of a non-perfued oisturizer is recoended. Eye Protection : Wear safety glasses or full face shield if splashes are likely to occur. Protective Clothing : Skin protection not ordinarily required beyond standard issue work clothes. Monitoring Methods : Monitoring of the concentration of substances in the breathing zone of workers or in the general workplace ay be required to confir copliance with an OEL and adequacy of exposure controls. For soe substances biological onitoring ay also be appropriate. Environental Exposure Controls 9. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES : Miniise release to the environent. An environental assessent ust be ade to ensure copliance with local environental legislation. Appearance : Black. Sei-solid at roo teperature. Odour : Slight hydrocarbon. ph : Not applicable. Initial Boiling Point and : Data not available Boiling Range Dropping point : Typical 135 C / 275 F Flash point : >= 150 C / 302 F (Cleveland Open Cup) Upper / lower Flaability : Typical 1-10 %(V) or Explosion liits Auto-ignition teperature : > 320 C / 608 F Vapour pressure : < 0.5 Pa at 20 C / 68 F (estiated value(s)) Specific gravity : Typical 0.998 Density : Typical 923 g/c3 Water solubility : Negligible. n-octanol/water partition : > 6 (based on inforation on siilar products) coefficient (log Pow) Vapour density (air=1) : > 1 (estiated value(s)) Evaporation rate (nbuac=1) : Data not available 10. STABILITY AND REACTIVITY Stability Conditions to Avoid Materials to Avoid Hazardous Decoposition Products : Stable. : Extrees of teperature and direct sunlight. : Strong oxidising agents. : Hazardous decoposition products are not expected to for during noral storage. 11. TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION Basis for Assessent : Inforation given is based on data on the coponents and the toxicology of siilar products. Acute Oral Toxicity : Expected to be of low toxicity: LD50 > 5000 g/kg, Rat Acute Deral Toxicity : Expected to be of low toxicity: LD50 > 5000 g/kg, Rabbit 5/8
Acute Inhalation Toxicity : Not considered to be an inhalation hazard under noral conditions of use. Skin Irritation : Expected to be slightly irritating. Prolonged or repeated skin contact without proper cleaning can clog the pores of the skin resulting in disorders such as oil acne/folliculitis. Eye Irritation : Expected to be slightly irritating. Respiratory Irritation : Inhalation of vapours or ists ay cause irritation. Sensitisation : Not expected to be a skin sensitiser. Repeated Dose Toxicity : Not expected to be a hazard. Mutagenicity : Not considered a utagenic hazard. Carcinogenicity : Coponents are not known to be associated with carcinogenic effects. Material : Carcinogenicity Classification : ACGIH Group A3: Confired anial carcinogen with unknown relevance to huans. Reproductive and : Not expected to be a hazard. Developental Toxicity Additional Inforation : Used grease ay contain harful ipurities that have accuulated during use. The concentration of such harful ipurities will depend on use and they ay present risks to health and the environent on disposal. ALL used grease should be handled with caution and skin contact avoided as far as possible. High pressure injection of product into the skin ay lead to local necrosis if the product is not surgically reoved. 12. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION Ecotoxicological data have not been deterined specifically for this product. Inforation given is based on a knowledge of the coponents and the ecotoxicology of siilar products. Acute Toxicity : Poorly soluble ixture. May cause physical fouling of aquatic organiss. Expected to be practically non toxic: LL/EL/IL50 > 100 g/l (to aquatic organiss) (LL/EL50 expressed as the noinal aount of product required to prepare aqueous test extract). Mobility : Sei-solid under ost environental conditions. Floats on water. If it enters soil, it will adsorb to soil particles and will not be obile. Persistence/degradability : Expected to be not readily biodegradable. Major constituents are expected to be inherently biodegradable, but the product contains coponents that ay persist in the environent. Bioaccuulation : Contains coponents with the potential to bioaccuulate. Other Adverse Effects : Product is a ixture of non-volatile coponents, which are not expected to be released to air in any significant quantities. Not expected to have ozone depletion potential, photocheical ozone creation potential or global waring potential. 6/8
13. DISPOSAL CONSIDERATIONS Material Disposal : Recover or recycle if possible. It is the responsibility of the waste generator to deterine the toxicity and physical properties of the aterial generated to deterine the proper waste classification and disposal ethods in copliance with applicable regulations. Do not dispose into the environent, in drains or in water courses. Container Disposal : Dispose in accordance with prevailing regulations, preferably to a recognised collector or contractor. The copetence of the collector or contractor should be established beforehand. Local Legislation : Disposal should be in accordance with applicable regional, national, and local laws and regulations. 14. TRANSPORT INFORMATION US Departent of Transportation Classification (49CFR) This aterial is not subject to DOT regulations under 49 CFR Parts 171-180. IMDG This aterial is not classified as dangerous under IMDG regulations. IATA (Country variations ay apply) This aterial is not classified as dangerous under IATA regulations. 15. REGULATORY INFORMATION The regulatory inforation is not intended to be coprehensive. Other regulations ay apply to this aterial. Notification Status Federal Regulatory Status EINECS TSCA DSL All coponents listed. All coponents listed. All coponents listed. SARA Hazard Categories (311/312) No SARA 311/312 Hazards. State Regulatory Status California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforceent Act (Proposition 65) 7/8
This aterial does not contain any cheicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive har. New Jersey Right-To-Know Cheical List (1317-33-5) Listed. 16. OTHER INFORMATION NFPA Rating (Health, : 0, 1, 0 Fire, Reactivity) MSDS Version Nuber : 3.0 MSDS Effective Date : 07/02/2008 MSDS Revisions : A vertical bar ( ) in the left argin indicates an aendent fro the previous version. MSDS Regulation : The content and forat of this MSDS is in accordance with the OSHA Hazard Counication Standard, 29 CFR. MSDS Distribution : The inforation in this docuent should be ade available to all who ay handle the product. Disclaier : The inforation contained herein is based on our current knowledge of the underlying data and is intended to describe the product for the purpose of health, safety and environental requireents only. No warranty or guarantee is expressed or iplied regarding the accuracy of these data or the results to be obtained fro the use of the product. 8/8