*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : QW9700000 CHEMICAL NAME : Nitrogen CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 7727-37-9 LAST UPDATED : 199712 DATA ITEMS CITED : 14 MOLECULAR FORMULA : N2 MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 28.02 WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : .N2 SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * Nitrogen * Nitrogen gas *** REVIEWS *** ACGIH TLV-Simple asphyxiant, NO TWA DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996 Volume(issue)/page/year: TLV/BEI,1997 *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS *** MSHA STANDARD:ASPHYXIANTS/GASES DTLWS* "Documentation of the Threshold Limit Values for Substances in Workroom Air," Supplements. For publisher information, see 85INA8. Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,24,1973 OSHA PEL (Construc): simple asphyxiant-inert gases and vapors CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,1926.55,1994 OSHA PEL (Shipyard):Simple asphyxiant - inert gas and vapor CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,1915.1000,1993 *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS *** OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:Asphyxiant JAN 1993 OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:Asphyxiant JAN 1993 OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974) NOHS Hazard Code - 50865 No. of Facilities: 8908 (estimated) No. of Industries: 119 No. of Occupations: 106 No. of Employees: 147122 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - X3142 No. of Facilities: 1658 (estimated) No. of Industries: 33 No. of Occupations: 37 No. of Employees: 30050 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 6624 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - 50865 No. of Facilities: 19784 (estimated) No. of Industries: 159 No. of Occupations: 155 No. of Employees: 622276 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 316139 (estimated) *** STATUS IN U.S. *** EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998 *** END OF RECORD ***