Chloroacetyl chloride — workplace exposure limit
What is the pel (ppm) for Chloroacetyl chloride — workplace exposure limit?
For Chloroacetyl chloride, pel (ppm) is 0.05; pel (mg/m³) is 0.2; cas no. is 79049, verified against its source on 2026-08-05.
79049 | S | Chloroacetyl chloride | 0.05 | 0.2 | | 0.15 | 0.69
— dir.ca.gov, retrieved 2026-08-05
0.05
The most of this substance workplace air may legally contain, averaged over an 8-hour shift — OSHA's permissible exposure limit (PEL), in parts per million, from the agency's own table row quoted below. Where federal OSHA and Cal/OSHA disagree, both limits are stated, each with its own agency's table row as evidence. NIOSH's number, where there is one, is shown separately: it is a recommended limit, not a legal one, and it is often the strictest of the three.
- Substance
- Chloroacetyl chloride verified
- CAS No.
- 79049 verified
- PEL (ppm)
- 0.05 verified
- PEL (mg/m³)
- 0.2 verified
- STEL (ppm)
- 0.15 verified
- STEL (mg/m³)
- 0.69 verified
- NIOSH REL (ppm)
- TWA 0.05 per cdc.gov
- NIOSH REL (mg/m³)
- 0.2 per cdc.gov
What cdc.gov says
NIOSH REL TWA 0.05 ppm (0.2 mg/m³)
— cdc.gov, retrieved 2026-09-08
Sources
- dir.ca.govhttps://www.dir.ca.gov/title8/5155.html
- cdc.govhttps://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgd0120.html