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IPCS

International Programme
on Chemical Safety

CHEMICAL SAFETY TRAINING MODULES

MAJOR HAZARD CHEMICALS

ANNEX I: Substances and Quantities Potential to Cause Major Accidents

No. Major hazard substance Quantity CAS No.
1 4-AMINODIPHENYL 1kg 92-67-1
2 BENZIDINE 1kg 92-87-5
3 BENZIDINE AND SALTS 1kg  
4 DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE 1kg 62-75-9
5 2-NAPHTHYLAMINE 1kg 91-59-8
6 BERYLLIUM (powders, compounds) 10kg 7440-41-7
7 BIS(CHLOROMETHYL)ETHER 1kg 542-88-1
8 1,3-PROPANESULTONE 1kg 1120-71-4
9 2,3,7,8-TETRACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN 1kg 1746-01-6
10 ARSENIC PENTOXIDE, ARSENIC(V)ACID and SALTS 500kg 1303-28-2
11 ARSENIC TRIOXIDE, ARSENIOUS(III)ACIDS and SALTS 100kg 1327-53-3
12 ARSENIC HYDRIDE (ARSINE) 10kg 7784-42-1
13 DIMETHYLCARBAMOYL CHLORIDE 1kg 79-44-7
14 4-(CHLOROFORMYL) MORPHOLINE 1kg 15159-40-7
15 CARBONYL CHLORIDE (PHOSGENE) 750kg 75-44-5
16 CHLORINE 25t 7782-50-5
17 HYDROGEN SULPHIDE 50t 7783-06-4
18 ACRYLONITRILE 200t 107-13-1
19 HYDROGEN CYANIDE 20t 74-90-8
20 CARBON DISULFIDE 200t 75-15-0
21 BROMINE 500t 7726-95-6
22 AMMONIA 500t 7664-41-7
23 ACETYLENE (ETHYNE) 50t 74-86-2
24 HYDROGEN 50t 1333-74-0
25 ETHYLENE OXIDE 50t 75-21-8
26 PROPYLENE OXIDE 50t 75-56-9
27 2-CYANOPROPAN-2-OL (ACETONE CYANOHYDRIN) 200t 75-56-9
28 2-PROPENAL (ACROLEIN) 200t 107-02-8
29 2-PROPEN-1-OL (ALLYL ALCOHOL) 200t 107-18-6
30 ALLYLAMINE 200t 107-11-9
31 ANTIMONY HYDRIDE (STIBINE) 100kg 7803-52-3
32 ETHYLENEIMINE 50t 151-56-4
33 FORMALDEHYDE (CONCENTRATION= 90%) 50t 50-00-0
34 HYDROGEN PHOSPHIDE (PHOSPHINE) 100kg 7803-51-2
35 BROMOMETHANE (METHYL BROMIDE) 200t 74-83-9
36 METHYL ISOCYANATE 150kg 624-83-9
37 NITROGEN OXIDES 50t 11104-93-1
38 SODIUM SELENITE 100kg 10102-18-8
39 BIS(2-CHLOROETHYL) SULPHIDE 1kg 505-60-2
40 PHOSACETIM 100kg 4104-14-7
41 TETRAETHYL LEAD 50t 78-00-2
42 TETRAMETHYL LEAD 50t 75-74-1
43 PROMURIT ( 1-(3,4-DICHLOROPHENYL)- 3-TRIAZENETHIOCARBOXAMIDE ) 100kg 5836-73-7
44 CHLORFENVINPHOS 100kg 470-90-6
45 CRIMIDINE 100kg 535-89-7
46 CHLOROMETHYL METHYL ETHER 1kg 107-30-2
47 DIMETHYL PHOSPHORAMIDOCYANIDIC ACID 1t 63917-41-9
48 CARBONPHENOTHION 100kg 786-19-6
49 DIALIFOS 100kg 10311-84-9
50 CYANTHOATE 100kg 3734-95-0
51 AMITON 1kg 78-53-5
52 OXYDISULFOTON 100kg 2497-07-6
53 OO-DIETHYL S-ETHYLSULPHINYLMETHYL PHOSPHOROTHIOATE 100kg 2588-05-8
54 OO-DIETHYL S-ETHYLSULPHONYLMETHYL PHOSPHOROTHIOATE 100kg 2588-06-9
55 DISULFOTON 100kg 298-04-4
56 DEMETON 100kg 8065-48-3
57 PHORATE 100kg 298-02-2
58 OO-DIETHYL S-ETHYLTHIOMETHYL PHOSPHOROTHIOATE 100kg 2600-69-3
59 OO-DIETHYL S-ISOPROPYLTHIOMETHYL PHOSPHORODITHIOATE 100kg 78-52-4
60 PYRAZOXON 100kg 108-34-9
61 PENSULFOTHION 100kg 115-90-2
62 PARAOXON (DIETHYL 4-NITROPHENYLPHOSPHATE) 100kg 311-45-5
63 PARATHION 100kg 56-38-2
64 AZINPHOS-ETHYL 100kg 2642-71-9
65 OO-DIETHYL S-PROPYLTHIOMETHYL PHOSPHORODITHIOATE 100kg 3309-68-0
66 THIONAZIN 100kg 297-97-2
67 CARBOFURAN 100kg 1563-66-2
68 PHOSPHAMIDON 100kg 13171-21-6
69 TIRPATE(2,4-DIMETHYL-1,3-DITHIOLANE- 2-CARBOXALDEHYDEO-METHYLCARBAMOYLOXIME) 100kg 26419-73-8
70 MEVINPHOS 100kg 7786-34-7
71 PARATHION-METHYL 100kg 298-00-0
72 AZINPHOS-METHYL 100kg 86-50-0
73 CYCLOHEXIMIDE 100kg 66-81-9
74 DIPHACINONE 100kg 82-66-6
75 TETRAMETHYLENEDISULPHOTETRAMINE 1kg 80-12-6
76 EPN 100kg 2104-64-5
77 4-FLUOROBUTYRIC ACID 1kg 462-23-7
78 4-FLUOROBUTYRIC ACID, SALTS 1kg  
79 4-FLUOROBUTYRIC ACID, ESTERS 1kg  
80 4-FLUOROBUTYRIC ACID, AMIDES 1kg  
81 4-FLUOROCROTONIC ACID 1kg 37759-72-1
82 4-FLUOROCROTONIC ACID, SALTS 1kg  
83 4-FLUOROCROTONIC ACID, ESTERS 1kg  
84 4-FLUOROCROTONIC ACID, AMIDES 1kg  
85 FLUOROACETIC ACID 1kg 144-49-0
86 FLUOROACETIC ACID, SALTS 1kg  
87 FLUOROACETIC ACID, ESTERS 1kg  
88 FLUOROACETIC ACID, AMIDES 1kg  
89 FLUENETIL 100kg 4301-50-2
90 4-FLUORO-2-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID 1kg  
91 4-FLUORO-2-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID, SALTS 1kg  
92 4-FLUORO-2-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID, ESTERS 1kg  
93 4-FLUORO-2-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID, AMIDES 1kg  
94 HYDROGEN FLUORIDE 50t 7664-39-3
95 HYDROXYACETONITRILE (GLYCOLONITRILE) 100kg 107-16-4
96 1,2,3,7,8,9-HEXACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN 100kg 19408-74-3
97 ISODRIN 100kg 465-73-6
98 HEXAMETHYLPHOSPHOROAMIDE 1kg 680-31-9
99 JUGLONE (5-HYDROXYNAPHTHALENE-1,4-DIONE) 100kg 481-39-0
100 WARFARIN 100kg 81-81-2
101 4,4'-METHYLENEBIS(2-CHLOROANILINE) 10kg 101-14-4
102 ETHION 100kg 563-12-2
103 ALDICARB 100kg 116-06-3
104 NICKEL TETRACARBONYL 10kg 13463-39-3
105 ISOBENZAN 100kg 297-78-9
106 PENTABORANE 100kg 19624-22-7
107 1-PROPEN-2-CHLORO-1,3-DIOL-DIACETATE 10kg 10118-77-6
108 PROPYLENEIMINE 50t 75-55-8
109 OXYGEN DIFLUORIDE 10kg 7783-41-7
110 SULPHUR DICHLORIDE 1t 10545-99-0
111 SELENIUM HEXAFLUORIDE 10kg 7783-79-1
112 HYDROGEN SELENIDE 10kg 7783-07-5
113 TEPP 100kg 107-49-3
114 SULFOTEPP 100kg 3689-24-5
115 DIMEFOX 100kg 115-26-4
116 1-TRI(CYCLOHEXYL)STANNYL-1H-1,2,4-TRIAZOLE 100kg 41083-11-8
117 TRIETHYLENEMELAMINE 10kg 51-18-3
118 COBALT METAL, OXIDES, CARBONATES, SULPHIDES, as powders 1t 7440-48-4
119 NICKEL METAL, OXIDES, CARBONATES, SULPHIDES, as powders 1t 7440-02-0
120 ANABASINE 100kg 494-52-0
121 TELLURIUM HEXAFLUORIDE 100kg 7783-80-4
122 TRICHLOROMETHANESULPHENYL CHLORIDE 100kg 594-42-3
123 1,2-DIBROMOETHANE (ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE) 50t 106-93-4
124 FLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES as defined in 82/501/EEC Annex IV(c)(i) 200t  
125 FLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES as defined in 82/501/EEC Annex IV(c)(ii) 50 000t  
126 DIAZODINITROPHENOL 10t 87-31-0
127 DIETHYLENE GLYCOL DINITRATE 10t 693-21-0
128 DINITROPHENOL, SALTS 50t  
129 1-GUANYL-4-NITROSAMINOGUANYL-1-TETRAZENE 10t 109-27-3
130 BIS(2,4,6-TRINITROPHENYL)AMINE 50t 131-73-7
131 HYDRAZINE NITRATE 50t 13464-97-6
132 NITROGLYCERIN 10t 55-63-0
133 PENTAERYTHRITOL TETRANITRATE 50t 78-11-5
134 CYCLOTRIMETHYLENE TRINITRAMINE 50t 121-82-4
135 TRINITROANILINE 50t 29652-12-1
136 2,4,6-TRINITROANISOLE 50t 606-35-9
137 TRINITROBENZENE 50t 99-35-4
138 TRINITROBENZOIC ACID 50t 35860-50-5; 129-66-8
139 CHLOROTRINITROBENZENE 50t 28260-61-9
140 N-METHYL-N,2,4,6-TETRANITROANILINE 50t 479-45-8
141 2,4,6-TRINITROPHENOL (PICRIC ACID) 50t 88-89-1
142 TRINITROCRESOL 50t 28905-71-7
143 2,4,6-TRINITROPHENETOLE 50t 4732-14-3
144 2,4,6-TRINITRORESORCINOL (STYPHNIC ACID) 50t 82-71-3
145 2,4,6-TRINITROTOLUENE 50t 118-96-7
146 (a) AMMONIUM NITRATES1
(b) AMMONIUM NITRATES IN THE FORM OF FERTILISERS2
2 500t
10 000t
6484-52-2
147 NITROCELLULOSE (containing > 12,6% of NITROGEN) 100t 9004-70-0
148 SULPHUR DIOXIDE 250t 7446-09-5
149 HYDROGEN CHLORIDE (LIQUIFIED GAS) 250t 7647-01-0
150 FLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES as defined in 82/501/EEC Annex IV(c)(iii) 200t  
151 SODIUM CHLORATE 250t 7775-09-9
152 tert-BUTYL PEROXYACETATE (concentration ³ 70%) 50t 107-71-7
153 tert-BUTYL PEROXYISOBUTYRATE (concentration ³80%) 50t 109-13-7
154 tert-BUTYL PEROXYMALEATE (concentration ³80%) 50t 1931-62-0
155 trt-BUTYL PEROXY ISOPROPYL CARBONATE (concentration ³80%) 50t 2372-21-6
156 IBENZYL PEROXYDICARBONATE (concentration ³90%) 50t 2144-45-8
157 2,2-BIS(tert-BUTYLPEROXY)BUTANE (concentration ³70%) 50t 2167-23-9
158 1,1-BIS(tert-BUTYLPEROXY)CYCLOHEXANE (concentration ³80%) 50t 3006-86-8
159 DI-sec-BUTYL PEROXYDICARBONATE (concentration ³80%) 50t 19910-65-7
160 2,2-DIHYDROPEROXYPROPANE (concentration ³30%) 50t 2614-76-8
161 DI-N-PROPYL PEROXYDICARBONATE (concentration ³80%) 50t 16066-38-9
162 3,3,6,6,9,9-HEXAMETHYL- 1,2,4,5-TETROXACYCLONONANE (concentration ³75%) 50t 22397-33-7
163 METHYL ETHYL KETONE PEROXIDE (concentration ³60%) 50t 1338-23-4
164 METHYL ISOBUTYL KETONE PEROXIDE (concentration ³60%) 50t 37206-20-5
165 PERACETIC ACID (concentration ³60%) 50t 79-21-0
166 LEAD AZIDE 50t 13424-46-9
167 LEAD 2,4,6-TRINITRORESORCINOXIDE LEAD STYPHNATE) 50t 63918-97-8
168 MERCURY FULMINATE 10t 20820-45-5; 628-86-4
169 CYCLOTETRAMETHYLENETETRANITRAMINE 50t 2691-41-0
170 2,2',4,4',6,6'-HEXANITROSTILBENE 50t 20062-22-0
171 1,3,5-TRIAMINO-2,4,6-TRINITROBENZENE 50t 3058-38-6
172 ETHYLENE GLYCOL DINITRATE 10t 628-96-6
173 ETHYL NITRATE 50t 625-58-1
174 SODIUM PICRAMATE 50t 831-52-7
175 BARIUM AZIDE 50t 18810-58-7
176 DI-ISOBUTYL PEROXIDE (concentration ³50%) 50t 3437-84-1
177 DIETHYL PEROXYDICARBONATE (concentration ³30%) 50t 14666-78-5
178 tert-BUTYL PEROXYPIVALATE (concentration ³77%) 50t 927-07-2
179 LIQUID OXYGEN 2 000t 7782-44-7
180 SULFUR TRIOXIDE 100t 7446-11-9
1This applies to ammonium nitrate and mixtures of ammonium nitrate where the nitrogen content derived from ammonium nitrate is &gt28% by weight, and to aqueous solutions with concentration more than 90% of ammonium nitrate

2This applies to ammonium nitrate fertilizers (defined in Directive 80/876/EEC) and to compound fertilizers where the nitrogen content derived from ammonium nitrate is &gt28% by weight. The compound fertilizer may contain also other fertilizing agents, such as phosphate and potash.

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