Methyl acetate — workplace exposure limit
What is the pel (ppm) for Methyl acetate — workplace exposure limit?
For Methyl acetate, pel (ppm) is 200; pel (mg/m³) is 610; cas no. is 79-20-9, verified against its source on 2026-08-05.
Methyl acetate | 79-20-9 | 200 | 610 | - |
— osha.gov, retrieved 2026-08-05
200
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
- Methyl acetate verified
- CAS No.
- 79-20-9 verified
- PEL (ppm)
- 200 verified
- PEL (mg/m³)
- 610 verified
- STEL (ppm)
- 250 per dir.ca.gov
- STEL (mg/m³)
- 760 per dir.ca.gov
- NIOSH REL (ppm)
- TWA 200 per cdc.gov
- NIOSH REL (mg/m³)
- 610 per cdc.gov
What dir.ca.gov says
79209 | | Methyl acetate | 200 | 610 | | 250 | 760
— dir.ca.gov, retrieved 2026-08-05
What cdc.gov says
NIOSH REL TWA 200 ppm (610 mg/m3) ST 250 ppm (760 mg/m3)
— cdc.gov, retrieved 2026-09-08
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/npgd0391.html