*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : EW3100000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Calcium oxide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 1305-78-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 32
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : Ca-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 56.08
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  CA  O
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Airlock
   * BELL cml(E)
   * Burnt lime
   * Calcia
   * Calcium oxide
   * Caloxol CP2
   * Caloxol W3
   * CALX
   * Calxyl
   * CML 21
   * CML 31
   * Desical P
   * Lime
   * Lime, burned
   * Oxyde de calcium
   * Quicklime
   * Rhenosorb C
   * Rhenosorb F
   * Wapniowy tlenek

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 2 mg/m3
   DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
   (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
   Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   TLV/BEI,1997

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   EPA FIFRA 1988 PESTICIDE SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION OR RE-REGISTRATION
   FEREAC Federal Register.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of
   Documents, Washington, DC 20402) V.1-    1936-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   54,7740,1989

   MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 3 mg/m3
   DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
   (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
   Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996  Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,36,1971

   OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 5 mg/m3
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,1910.1000,1994

   OSHA PEL (Construc):8H TWA 5 mg/m3
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,1926.55,1994

   OSHA PEL (Shipyard):8H TWA 5 mg/m3
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,1915.1000,1993

   OSHA PEL (Fed Cont):8H TWA 5 mg/m3
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   41,50-204.50,1994

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 2 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-AUSTRIA:TWA 5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 2 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 2 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 2 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FRANCE:TWA 2 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-GERMANY:TWA 5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-INDIA:TWA 2 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 2 ppm (5 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-POLAND:TWA 2 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 2 mg/m3;STEL 5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-TURKEY:TWA 5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 2 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
   
   OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
   NIOSH REL TO CALCIUM OXIDE-air:10H TWA 2 mg/m3
REFERENCE :
   NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of
   Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 15755
       No. of Facilities: 16328 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 158
       No. of Occupations: 114
       No. of Employees: 284781 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X9892
       No. of Facilities: 9 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 104 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 15755
       No. of Facilities: 38096 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 251
       No. of Occupations: 153
       No. of Employees: 726694 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 71548 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
   
   NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: Calcium and compounds, 7020
   
   OSHA ANALYTICAL METHOD #ID-125G

 
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