WHMIS (Cyanogen chloride)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader
Update: 2016-03-01

  • Gases under pressure - Liquefied gas1
  • Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 12
  • Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 22
  • Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure - Category 12 3 4
  • Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure (respiratory tract irritation) - Category 3 - Respiratory tract irritation2 3
  • Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 12 4

  • WHMIS 2015 pictogram : Gaz cylinder

  • WHMIS 2015 pictogram : Skull and crossbones

  • WHMIS 2015 pictogram : Exclamation mark

  • WHMIS 2015 pictogram : Health hazard

Danger

Contains gas under pressure; may explode if heated (H280)
Fatal if inhaled (H330)
Causes serious eye irritation (H319)
Causes damage to organs (H370)
May cause respiratory irritation (H335)
Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H372)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments5 6 : This product is generally commercialized with an inhibitor. Therefore, the health hazard classification could be different, according to the inhibitor used and its concentration. The physical hazard classification considers the product as inhibited. However, under certain conditions (e.g. depletion or absence of the inhibitor) a hazardous polymerisation may occur.

References

The [number] refers to the Information SST database of the CNESST Documentation Center.