WHMIS (Phosgene)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 11

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 11

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 11

• Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure - Category 11 2 3 4

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 11 2 3 4

• Health hazards not otherwise classified (corrosion) - Category 1

Danger

Fatal if inhaled (H330)
Causes severe skin burns and eye damage (H314)
Causes damage to organs (H370)
Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H372)
Causes severe damage to the respiratory tract

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  Centre canadien d'hygiène et de sécurité au travail, CHEMINFO, Hamilton, Ont. : Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety   http://ccinfoweb.ccohs.ca/cheminfo/search.html
• ▲2.  American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Documentation of the threshold limit values and biological exposure indices / Documentation of TLV's and BEI's. 7th ed. Cincinnati, Ohio : ACGIH. (2001-). Publication #0100Doc. [RM-514008]   http://www.acgih.org
• ▲3.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 72 : Phosgène. Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2008). [RE-005509]   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
  http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox/fiche.html?refINRS=FICHETOX_72
• ▲4.  International Programme on Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria 193: Phosgene. Genève : World Health Organization. (1997). EHC193.   http://www.inchem.org/documents/ehc/ehc/ehc193.htm

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