Routes of Entry: Inhalation:YES Skin:YES Ingestion:YES
Reports of Carcinogenicity:NTP:YES IARC:YES OSHA:YES
Health Hazards Acute and Chronic:COBALT 60 AS RADIOACTIVE:SIGNIFICANT
SKIN CONTACT MAY RESULT IN BURNS.RAPID ESTIMATION OF MAT OF
INTERNAL CONTAMIN IS DIFFICULT/IMPOSSIBLE WHEN ALPHA/PURE BETA
EMITTERS INVOLVED.AS METAL:CONTACT DERM & BREATHING
DIFFICULTIES.ALLERGIC ASTHMA,RESTRICTED PULM FUNCTIONS,INTERNAL
FIBROSIS MAY BE CAUSED BY LONGTERM OCCP EXPO
Explanation of Carcinogenicity:PER MSDS:CONTAINS BETA OR GAMMA RAYS.
COBALT METAL/POWDER IS NOT LISTED AS CARCINOGEN BY NTP/IACR/OSHA.
Effects of Overexposure:RADIOACTIVE:NAUS,VOMIT,DIARR FOR HIGH ACUTE
DOSES. METAL:INHAL OF COBALT DUST CAN CAUSE PULM
SYMPTOMS(WHEEZING,IRRIT OF UPPER RESP TRACT(URT),HYPERSENSITIVITY
RXS(ASTHMA).SKIN CONTACT:ADENITIDES ESPEC IALLY IN DREASES OF
ELBOW/KNEES/ANKLES/NECK.EYES:CONJ.INGEST:MAY PROUDCE HOT SENSATION
ALONG W/VOMIT/DIARR/NAU.
Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:HEALING OF DAMAGED TISSUES MAY BE
PROLONGED.DISORDERS OF SKIN/URT
WORSENED.TARORG:RESPSYS/SKIN/BLADDER/KIDNEYS/EYES.
======================= First Aid Measures =======================
First Aid:RADIOACTIVE:DECONTAMINATE EXPOSED INDIVIDUAL. TRANSPORT TO
HOSPITAL IF NAUSEA & VOMITING OCCURS IN FIRST 24HRS.
METAL:EYES:IMMED FLUSH GENTLY BUT THOROUGHLY W/PLENTY OF RUNNING
WATER FOR @LEAST 15MINS OPENING EYELIDS.SKIN:IMMED WASH
W/SOAP/WATER.INHAL:REMOVE TO FRESH AIR.RESTORE &/OR SUPPORT
BREATHING.INGEST:NEVER GIVE ANYTHING BY MOUTH IF
UNCONSC/CONVUL.GIVE 1-2 GLASSES OF WATER & INDUCE VOMIT.
Spill Release Procedures:TUBES ARE SEALED SOURCES-NORMAL HANDLING DOES
NOT PRESENT RADIATION PROBLEM.WHEN HANDLING BROKEN TUBES WEAR PROT
RUBB GLOVES/CLOTH.AVOID POSSIBILITY OF RUBBING RADIOACTIVE MATL
ONTO SKIN.WASH EXPO SKI N AFT HANDLING BROKEN TUBE HAVING
RADIOAACTIVE MAT
====================== Handling and Storage ======================
Handling and Storage Precautions:TUBE SPECIFICATION CONTAINS SPECIAL
OPERTING CONSIDERATIONS/PRECAUTIONS.CARELESS OPERATION OF TUBE CAN
RESULT IN INJURY/DEATH.
Other Precautions:NRC LICENSED NO:20-02237-04, 20-02237-03E. CONTAINS
RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPE. THIS PACKAGE CONFORMS TO CONDITIONS 7
LIMITATIONS SPECIFIED IN 49CFR 173.422 FOR RADIOACTIVE MATL
EXCEPTED PACKAGED INSTRUMENTS OF ARTICLES UN2910.
Work Hygienic Practices:WASH HANDS.
Supplemental Safety and Health
DEVICE IS RECEIVER PROTECTOR TUBE WHICH CONTAINS SM AMT OF COBALT
60.TUBE CONSIDERED TO BE SEALED SOURCE;NORMAL HANLDING WILL PRESENT
NO RADIATION PROBLEMS.DEVICE IS MFG ARTICLE IAW 49CFR173.422;ARTIC
LE IAW 29CFR1910.1200;DEVICE IS ELECTRON TUBE MFG IN COMPLIANCE
W/10CFR30.15(A)(8). VARIAN BOUGHT M/A-COM PRODUCT LINE.
Waste Disposal Methods:DISPOSE OF BROKEN OR SPENT TUBES AS SPECIFIED IN
10 CFR PART 20 AND 10 CFR PART 30. RADIACTIVITY:0.3 MICROCURIES
MAX, SEPCIFIC ACITIVITY:1.13 X 103 CURIES/GRAM.
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