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REVERE COPPER PRODUCTS, INC COPPERS SAFETY DATA SHEET
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SECTION 7: HANDLING AND STORAGE
Precautions for Safe Handling: As sold in the massive form, copper and copper alloys pose no chemical handling hazard. Avoid
contact with sharp edges, where proper gloves when handling.
Dust, fines, fume or mist generated by processing may pose a hazard through inhalation,
ingestion and eye or by skin contact. Avoid breathing metal fumes and/or dust. Practice good
housekeeping. Practice good hygiene. Avoid generating dusts. Eating, drinking or smoking
should not be allowed in areas where these alloys are processed.
Conditions for Safe Storage: Other than incompatibles, no special storage conditions for copper in the massive form.
Incompatible Materials: Strong acids. Strong bases. Strong oxidizers. Halogens. Mercury.
SECTION 8: EXPOSURE CONTROLS/PERSONAL PROTECTION
Appropriate Engineering Controls: Use appropriate engineering controls to minimize exposure to airborne concentrations during
chemical treatment, milling, grinding, welding, melting, sawing, brazing, burning or other
similar processes.
Provide emergency eye wash fountains and safety showers in the immediate vicinity of any
potential exposure.
Personal Protective Equipment: Highly dependent upon process being performed. User must review every process
individually to evaluate appropriate PPE.
Do not eat, drink or smoke during processing operations.
Respiratory Protection: As appropriate for process and engineering controls in place.
Eye Protection: Safety glasses, chemical goggles or face shield as appropriate to process.
Hand Protection: Cut resistant gloves whenever handling. Chemically resistant gloves or thermally resistant
gloves as appropriate to process.
Skin and Body Protection: Wear suitable protective clothing. With molten material wear thermally protective clothing.
Hygiene Measures: Wash hands and other exposed areas with mild soap and water before eating, drinking or
smoking and when leaving work.
Control Parameters
For substances listed in section 3 that are not listed here, there are no established Exposure limits from the manufacturer, supplier,
importer, or the appropriate advisory agency including: ACGIH (TLV), NIOSH (REL), OSHA (PEL), Canadian provincial governments, or
the Mexican government.
Copper (7440-50-8)
Mexico OEL TWA (mg/m³) 0.2 mg/m³ (fume)
1 mg/m³ (dust and mist)
Mexico OEL STEL (mg/m³) 2 mg/m³ (fume)
2 mg/m³ (dust and mist)
USA ACGIH ACGIH TWA (mg/m³) 0.2 mg/m³ (fume)
USA OSHA OSHA PEL (TWA) (mg/m³) 0.1 mg/m³ (fume)
1 mg/m³ (dust and mist)
USA NIOSH NIOSH REL (TWA) (mg/m³) 1 mg/m³ (dust and mist)
0.1 mg/m³ (fume)
USA IDLH US IDLH (mg/m³) 100 mg/m³ (dust, fume and mist)
Alberta OEL TWA (mg/m³) 0.2 mg/m³ (fume)
1 mg/m³ (dust and mist)
British Columbia OEL TWA (mg/m³) 1 mg/m³ (dust and mist)
0.2 mg/m³ (fume)
Manitoba OEL TWA (mg/m³) 0.2 mg/m³ (fume)
New Brunswick OEL TWA (mg/m³) 0.2 mg/m³ (fume)
1 mg/m³ (dust and mist)