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H

a

z

ardous Substances

BOS-

P

RD-0

3

04.90090

3

4

D

escri

p

tion

4

.1 Ex

p

osure to

h

a

z

ardous substances

H

a

z

ardo

u

s

s

u

bstan

c

es

are

u

sed

i

n man

y w

or

k

p

l

a

c

es

and

ta

k

e man

y

d

i

ff

erent

f

orms

:

so

li

ds

, liq

u

i

ds

,

gases

,

m

i

sts

and

fu

mes

c

an be present

i

n

t

h

e

w

or

k

p

l

a

c

e

.

T

h

e

ro

u

te

and

rate

o

f

entr

y

o

f

h

a

z

ardo

u

s

s

u

bstan

c

es

i

nto

t

h

e

bod

y

u

s

u

a

ll

y

determ

i

nes

t

h

e

degree

o

f

h

arm

fu

l

e

ff

e

c

t

. T

h

ere

are t

w

o

t

y

pes

o

f

e

ff

e

c

ts

o

f

h

a

z

ardo

u

s

s

u

bstan

c

es

- i

mmed

i

ate

and

l

ong

term

. F

or

t

h

e

l

ong

-

term

e

ff

e

c

ts

, i

t

c

an o

f

ten be

d

i

ff

ic

u

l

t

to

sa

y wh

en

t

h

e prob

l

em

a

c

t

u

a

ll

y

began or

wh

ere

i

t

w

as

c

a

u

sed

.

H

o

w

mig

h

t

I

be ex

p

osed

?

x

By body absorbing

–S

ome

s

u

bstan

c

es

damage

s

ki

n

,

wh

il

e

ot

h

ers

pass

t

h

ro

u

g

h

i

t

and

damage

ot

h

er

parts

o

f

t

h

e

bod

y

. Ski

n gets

c

ontam

i

nated

:

1/

B

y

d

i

re

c

t

c

onta

c

t

w

i

t

h

t

h

e

s

u

bstan

c

e

Æ

I

f

y

o

u

to

u

c

h

i

t or

d

i

p

y

o

u

r

h

ands

i

n

i

t

;

2

/

B

y

sp

l

as

h

i

ng

;

3/

B

y

s

u

bstan

c

es

l

and

i

ng on

t

h

e

s

ki

n

Æ

A

i

rborne d

u

st

;

4

/

B

y

c

onta

c

t

w

i

t

h

c

ontam

i

nated

s

u

r

f

a

c

es

– i

t

i

n

cl

u

des

c

onta

c

t

w

i

t

h

c

ontam

i

nat

i

on

i

ns

i

de

prote

c

t

i

ve

g

l

oves

.

x

By ingesting

– i

nto

t

h

e

bod

y

v

i

a

t

h

e

mo

u

t

h

.

P

eop

l

e

trans

f

er

c

h

em

ic

a

l

s

f

rom

t

h

e

i

r

h

ands

to

t

h

e

i

r

mo

u

t

h

s

b

y

eat

i

ng

,

smo

ki

ng et

c,

w

i

t

h

o

u

t

w

as

h

i

ng

f

i

rst

;

x

By in

h

aling

–

t

h

ro

u

g

h

t

h

e

resp

i

rator

y

s

y

stem be

c

a

u

se

t

h

e

resp

i

rator

y

s

y

stem

i

s

a

ver

y

e

ff

ici

ent

met

h

od

o

f

trans

f

err

i

ng

mater

i

a

l

s

f

rom

t

h

e

env

i

ronment

i

nto

t

h

e

bod

y

. O

n

c

e

breat

h

ed

i

n

,

some

s

u

bstan

c

es

c

an

atta

ck

t

h

e

nose

,

t

h

roat

or

l

u

ngs

wh

il

e

ot

h

ers

get

i

nto

t

h

e

bod

y

t

h

ro

u

g

h

t

h

e

l

u

ngs

and

h

arm

ot

h

er

parts

o

f

t

h

e

bod

y

,

eg

.

t

h

e

li

ver

;

x

By contact

w

it

h

t

h

e eyes

– S

ome

vapo

u

rs

,

gases

and

d

u

sts

are

i

rr

i

tat

i

ng

to

e

y

es

. C

a

u

st

ic

f

l

u

i

d

sp

l

as

h

es

c

an

damage e

y

es

i

g

h

t

permanent

l

y

.

W

h

ic

h

substances are

h

arm

f

ul

?

x

D

u

st

y

or

fu

me

-l

aden

a

i

r

.

x

Meta

l

w

or

ki

ng

f

l

u

i

ds

.

x

Fl

o

w

ers

,

b

u

l

bs

,

f

r

u

i

t and

vegetab

l

es

.

x

W

et

w

or

ki

ng

.

x

P

ro

l

onged

c

onta

c

t

w

i

t

h w

et

c

ement

.

x

B

en

z

ene

i

n

c

r

u

de o

il.

S

ome

h

a

z

ardo

u

s

s

u

bstan

c

es

c

a

u

se

h

ea

l

t

h

h

a

z

ards

f

rom

a

s

i

ng

l

e

dose

and

ot

h

ers

f

rom

an

a

cc

u

m

u

l

at

i

on

o

f

sma

ll

er

doses

or

f

rom

c

ont

i

n

u

o

u

s

e

x

pos

u

re

over

l

ong

per

i

ods

. T

h

e

e

ff

e

c

ts ma

y

be

a

c

u

te

ill

ness

or

a

c

h

ron

ic

l

ong

-

term d

i

sease

.

A

l

ternat

i

ve

l

y

, i

t

c

an

be

an

i

mmed

i

ate

e

ff

e

c

t

i

n

j

u

r

y

s

u

c

h

as

b

u

rns

, l

oss

o

f

c

ons

ci

o

u

sness

,

c

oma and even

f

ata

li

t

y

.

4

.

2

Storage o

f

h

a

z

ardous substances

4

.

2

.1

G

eneral considerations

T

h

e

i

mportan

c

e

o

f

t

h

e

proper

storage

o

f

H

a

z

ardo

u

s

S

u

bstan

c

es

on

board

s

h

i

p

should

not

be

u

nderest

i

mated

.

A w

i

de

var

i

et

y

o

f

t

h

em

,

wh

ic

h

are

c

ommon

l

y

u

sed

i

n

t

h

e mar

i

ne

i

nd

u

str

y

, c

an

rea

c

t

v

i

o

l

ent

l

y

toget

h

er

should

t

h

e

pa

ck

ag

i

ng

be

c

ome

damaged

or

i

nvo

l

ved

i

n

a

f

i

re

. T

h

e

f

o

ll

o

w

i

ng

po

i

nts

should

be

c

ons

i

dered

:

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i

on

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i

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i

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l

date

:

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i

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:

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