MSDS Sweets 762
MSDS Sweets 762
MSDS Sweets 762
1. IDENTIFICATION
Product Name: SWEET’S 7.62 SOLVENT
Other names:
Manufacturer’s Product code: SS762
Recommended use: Major recommended use is for cleaning rifle barrel bores to remove accumulated copper deposits.
3. HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION
APPROVED CRITERIA
Classification: Classified as a Workplace Hazardous Substance. Classified as hazardous (Xi irritant) according to the
National Occupational Health and Safety Commission’s Approved Criteria for Classifying Hazardous Substances
[NOHSC:1008(2004)].
Acute : Not acutely toxic. Target organs – respiratory system, skin and eyes.
Swallowed : Expected to cause irritation. May cause digestive distress if a large quantity is swallowed.
Skin : Expected to cause irritation if not washed off promptly.
Eye : Expected to cause irritation. Risk of injury to eyes.
Inhaled : If vapour is inhaled, expected to cause irritation to nose, throat and lungs. Strong smell gives warning of
presence of ammonia.
Chronic (long-term) effects :None found for ingredients disclosed by manufacturer.
Carcinogen status :Not classified by NOHSC or IARC
Swallowed: If swallowed, do NOT induce vomiting, rinse mouth with water and give a glass of water to drink.
Eye: If in eyes, wash out immediately with water. Hold eyelids apart and flush the eye continuously with running
water. Continue flushing until advised to stop by Poisons Information Centre or a doctor, or for at least 15
minutes. If irritation occurs, seek medical advice.
Skin: If skin or hair contact occurs, remove contaminated clothing and flush skin and hair with running water. If
irritation occurs, seek medical advice.
Inhaled: If inhaled, remove from contaminated area. Apply artificial respiration if not breathing.
Extinguishing media: Use extinguishing media appropriate to surrounding fire conditions. Remove containers not
involved in the fire from the vicinity. Dry chemical, CO2, foam or water spray/fog are preferred media.
Fire-fighting: Evacuate area to upwind of fire. Summon Fire Service immediately advising the nature if this product.
Emergency workers should wear full protective equipment and supplied-air breathing apparatus. Toxic or irritating
particulates, vapours or gases may be produced. Spray water on containers to cool to prevent over-pressure. Contain
contaminated fire-fighting water.
Preferred control: If frequently used, or used in a confined or poorly ventilated space, vapours should be captured at
source using local exhaust ventilation. Capture velocity of air at release point is recommended to be at least 0.5 m/sec.
Direction of airflow to be away from breathing zone. If the preferred method of control is not available, use in a well
ventilated area with air movement away from the operator.
Personal Protection:
If engineering controls are inadequate to ensure concentration of contaminate in air is less than
TWA and STEL, use a respirator complying with AS 1716 of type: half face with alkaline vapour
cartridges (e.g. 3M type AM).
If sold to consumers, Poisons Regulation labelling and packaging is required if used at workplaces, labelling needs to
comply with the national standard for labelling workplace hazardous substances.
No data indicating adverse chronic health effects were found. Not expected to be sensitising. The ingredients are not
sensitising.
No information is available on the mixture; the hazards have been assigned by reference to the hazards associated with
ingredients.
Ammonia is classified
AICS Status Of Ingredients: All ingredients are present in the Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances and the
product is legal to import or manufacture.
ACRONYMNS
ACGIH :American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists
ADG Code :Australian Dangerous Goods (DG) Code
AICS :Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances
CAS No. :Chemical Abstracts number
IARC :International Agency for Research on Cancer
NOHSC :National Occupational Health and Safety Commission
NTP :National Toxicology Programme (USA)
OHSA :Occupational Health & Safety Administration (USA)
R-Phrases :Risk phrases identifying main hazard of ingredient or product
S-Phrases :Safety phrases identifying main safety measures to be used
SUSDP :Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Drugs and Poisons
UN No. :United Nations identifying number for DG
DISCLAIMER
The information provided in this MSDS is presented in good faith and believed to be correct, however Sweet’s Wholesale make no representations as to
the completeness or accuracy of this MSDS. The information provided in the MSDS is supplied on condition that the persons receiving the information
will make their own determination as to the suitability of the product for their purpose, prior to use. In no event will Sweet’s Wholesale be held
responsible for damages of any nature whatsoever resulting from the use of or reliance upon the information provided in this MSDS. No express or
implied warranty as to the merchantability, fitness for a purpose or other claim is made in connection with the product or the information provided in this
MSDS.