Ethyl acetate — workplace exposure limit
What is the pel (ppm) for Ethyl acetate — workplace exposure limit?
For Ethyl acetate, pel (ppm) is 400; pel (mg/m³) is 1400; cas no. is 141-78-6, verified against its source on 2026-08-05.
Ethyl acetate | 141-78-6 | 400 | 1400 | - |
— osha.gov, retrieved 2026-08-05
400
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
- Ethyl acetate verified
- CAS No.
- 141-78-6 verified
- PEL (ppm)
- 400 verified
- PEL (mg/m³)
- 1400 verified
- NIOSH REL (ppm)
- TWA 400 per cdc.gov
- NIOSH REL (mg/m³)
- 1400 per cdc.gov
What cdc.gov says
NIOSH REL TWA 400 ppm (1400 mg/m3)
— cdc.gov, retrieved 2026-09-08
Sources disagree
More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from — deciding between them is yours, not ours.
PEL (mg/m³)
osha.gov says pel (mg/m³) is 1400, as of 2026-08-05.
Ethyl acetate | 141-78-6 | 400 | 1400 | - |
https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1910/1910.1000TableZ1
dir.ca.gov says pel (mg/m³) is 1,400, as of 2026-08-05.
141786 | | Ethyl acetate | 400 | 1,400
Sources
- osha.govhttps://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1910/1910.1000TableZ1
- dir.ca.govhttps://www.dir.ca.gov/title8/5155.html
- cdc.govhttps://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgd0260.html