Rapid Set Concrete Safety Data Sheet (SDS)

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• ✓Classified as hazardous (signal word DANGER): causes skin irritation and serious eye damage, may irritate the airways, and may damage organs through prolonged or repeated exposure.
• ✓Not classified as a physical or environmental hazard, and not a dangerous good for road, sea or air transport.
• ✓Contains crystalline silica (quartz, under 45%), and up to 50% of the fresh dry powder may be respirable. Dust from cutting, grinding or machining the cured product may also contain respirable silica. Repeated exposure to respirable crystalline silica may cause silicosis and lung cancer.
• ✓PPE from section 8: dust-proof goggles, PVC or rubber gloves, coveralls when handling large quantities, and a Class P2 (N95) respirator wherever dust could be inhaled (P3, or a powered air purifying respirator with a P3 filter, at high dust levels). Work in a well ventilated area.
• ✓In the eyes: hold the eyelids apart and flush with running water for at least 15 minutes, or until a Poisons Information Centre (13 11 26) or a doctor says to stop.
• ✓On skin or hair: take off contaminated clothing and flush with running water. Wet cement can cause cement dermatitis (itchy, swollen, cracked or blistering skin), and some people may have an allergic skin reaction, possibly from trace chromium.
• ✓Store locked up in a cool, dry, well ventilated place away from moisture, incompatible substances and foodstuffs, with packs sealed when not in use. Keep it out of drains and waterways.

Who it helps: Anyone pouring the dry product or cutting it once cured, site supervisors filing an SDS, and staff answering safety questions.