The OSHA Laboratory recently received a set of samples collected on SKC Lot 120 charcoal tubes requiring analysis for gasoline. Similar compounds have been collected on charcoal tubes, desorbed with carbon disulfide and analyzed by gas chromatography using a flame ionization detector. Ingestion of gasoline causes inebriation, vomiting, vertigo, fever, drowsiness, confusion and cyanosis. Aspiration of gasoline causes bronchitis or pneumonia. Exposure to the skin can cause slight burning, itching sensations and increased desquamation.
Occupational exposure can occur in the manufacture, transportation and distribution of gasoline.
This includes truck drivers, marine loading operators and service station attendants. No estimate was found as to the number of workers exposed annually. Colorless mobile liquid with characteristic odor. Mixture of C 4 to C 12 hydrocarbons. The major components are branched-chain paraffins, cycloparaffins and aromatics.