Tungsten (soluble compounds, as W)
Skin:Recommendations regarding personal protective clothing vary depending upon the specific compound.
Eyes:Recommendations regarding eye protection vary depending upon the specific compound.
Wash skin:Recommendations regarding washing the skin vary depending upon the specific compound.
Remove:Recommendations regarding the removal of personal protective clothing that becomes wet or contaminated vary depending upon the specific compound.
Change:Recommendations regarding the daily changing of personal protective clothing vary depending upon the specific compound.
Provide:Recommendations regarding the need for eyewash or quick drench facilities vary depending upon the specific compound.
Eye:Irrigate immediately
Skin:Water wash
Breathing:Respiratory support
Swallow:Medical attention immediately
NIOSH
Up to 10 mg/m3:
(APF = 10) Any air-purifying respirator with an N100, R100, or P100 filter (including N100, R100, and P100 filtering facepieces) except quarter-mask respirators.
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(APF = 10) Any supplied-air respirator
Up to 25 mg/m3:
(APF = 25) Any supplied-air respirator operated in a continuous-flow mode
Up to 50 mg/m3:
(APF = 50) Any air-purifying, full-facepiece respirator with an N100, R100, or P100 filter.
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(APF = 50) Any self-contained breathing apparatus with a full facepiece
(APF = 50) Any supplied-air respirator with a full facepiece
Emergency or planned entry into unknown concentrations or IDLH conditions:
(APF = 10,000) Any self-contained breathing apparatus that has a full facepiece and is operated in a pressure-demand or other positive-pressure mode
(APF = 10,000) Any supplied-air respirator that has a full facepiece and is operated in a pressure-demand or other positive-pressure mode in combination with an auxiliary self-contained positive-pressure breathing apparatus
Escape:
(APF = 50) Any air-purifying, full-facepiece respirator with an N100, R100, or P100 filter.
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Any appropriate escape-type, self-contained breathing apparatus