Section 1 - CHEMICAL PRODUCT AND COMPANY IDENTIFICATION

PRODUCT NAME

KLEENITE

NFPA

PRODUCT USE

Used as a bleaching and laundering agent and hard surface sanitizer.

SYNONYMS

"Kleenite bleach", Andrew, "bleach Kleenite", "liquid bleach Kleenite", "hypochlorite
Kleenite", "household bleach Kleenite"

Section 2 - HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION

CANADIAN WHMIS SYMBOLS

EMERGENCY OVERVIEW

RISK

Contact with combustible material may cause fire.
Contact with acids liberates toxic gas.
Causes burns.
Risk of serious damage to eyes.

POTENTIAL HEALTH EFFECTS

ACUTE HEALTH EFFECTS

SWALLOWED

  The material can produce chemical burns within the oral cavity and gastrointestinal tract following ingestion.  Considered an unlikely route of entry in commercial/industrial environments.  

EYE

  The material can produce chemical burns to the eye following direct contact. Vapors or mists may be extremely irritating.  If applied to the eyes, this material causes severe eye damage.  The material may produce severe irritation to the eye causing pronounced inflammation. Repeated or prolonged exposure to irritants may produce conjunctivitis.  

SKIN

  The material can produce chemical burns following direct contactwith the skin.  The material may cause skin irritation after prolonged or repeated exposure and may produce on contact skin redness, swelling, the production of vesicles, scaling and thickening of the skin.  

INHALED

  If inhaled, this material can irritate the throat andlungs of some persons.  The material may produce respiratory tract irritation, and result in damage to the lung including reduced lung function.  

CHRONIC HEALTH EFFECTS

  Principal routes of exposure are via skin and eye contact/absorption  and inhalation.  Cases of contact dermatitis have been reported with the use of sodium  hypochlorite. Symptoms include severe itchness associated with skin lesions  and mild eczema.  Cases of poisoning following ingestion of sodium hypochlorite have been  reported. Symptoms include stomach pains, nausea, vomiting, hypoactivity,  musclar weakness, emaciation, and in severe cases, death. [NIOSHTIC]