The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

Propane

RTECS #: TX2275000

CAS #: 74-98-6

UPDATE: August 2004 MW: 44.11 MF: C3H8


NOTE:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
  1. SYNONYMS:
  2. REVIEWS:
  3. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:
  4. NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:
  5. STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:
  6. REFERENCES:

SYNONYMS:

  1. Dimethylmethane
  2. Liquefied petroleum gas
  3. LPG
  4. Propyl hydride
  1. R 290
  2. Propane (ACGIH:OSHA)
  3. n - Propane


SKIN AND EYE IRRITATION DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


MUTATION DATA AND REFERENCES:

SYSTEM TEST ROUTE/
ORGANISM/
TISSUE 		DOSE REFERENCE
N/R N/R N/R N/R


REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


TUMORIGENIC DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


ACUTE TOXICITY DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


REVIEWS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value time-weighted average 2500 ppm DTLVS* TLV/BEI,2003
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
MUREAV 566,21,2004


STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) STANDARD ASPHYXIANTS/GASES DTLWS* 3,215,1973
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (General Industry) 8 hour time-weighted average 1000 ppm (1800 mg/m3) CFRGBR 29,1910.1000,1994
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Federal Contractors) 8 hour time-weighted average 1000 ppm (1800 mg/m3) CFRGBR 41,50-204.50,1994
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRALIA Asphyxiant, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRIA MAK 1000 ppm (1800 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - BELGIUM Asphyxiant, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - DENMARK time-weighted average 1000 ppm (1800 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - FINLAND time-weighted average 800 ppm (1100 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - GERMANY MAK 1000 ppm (1800 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - HUNGARY Asphyxiant, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - THE PHILIPPINES time-weighted average 1000 ppm (1800 mg/m3), JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWITZERLAND MAK- week 1000 ppm (1800 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - UNITED KINGDOM Asphyxiant, SEP2000
Occupational Exposure Limit IN ARGENTINA, BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value;

time-weighted average 2500 ppm
Occupational Exposure Limit IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value
time-weighted average 2500 ppm


NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Recommended Exposure Level TO PROPANE-air 10 hour time-weighted average 1000 ppm NIOSH* DHHS #92-100,1992
National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974 National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974: Hazard Code: 26615;
Number of Industries 342;
Total Number of Facilities 95,086;
Number of Occupations 192;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 1,005,020
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: 26615;
Number of Industries 396;
Total Number of Facilities 129,448;
Number of Occupations 236;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 2,071,479;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 528,348


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
Used as a fuel gas, in organic synthesis and as a refrigerant
EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JANUARY 2001


REFERENCES:

CODEN
REFERENCE
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)
DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996
DTLWS* "Documentation of the Threshold Limit Values for Substances in Workroom Air," Supplements. For publisher information, see 85INA8.
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964-
NIOSH* National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.

Used as a fuel gas, in organic synthesis and as a refrigerant

NIOSH PROFILE (PETROLEUM REFINING), FIRL, 4/78

RTECS Compound Description:
   Agricultural Chemical

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