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Manufacture, use & exposure

Uses by professional workers

Uses by professional workers

Registration/ Notification status for the use:
use registered according to REACH Article 10; total tonnage manufactured/imported <10tonnes/year per registrant
Use name:
Professional use of fertilizers (containing the substance as coating agent)
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
Name of activity / technique:
Outdoor use of fertilizer (co-formulant).
Environmental release category (ERC):
ERC8d: Widespread use of non-reactive processing aid (no inclusion into or onto article, outdoor)
Contributing activity / technique for workersopen allclose all
Name of activity / technique:
Handling of fertilizer in stages with significant contact.
Process category (PROC):
PROC 5: Mixing or blending in batch processes
Name of activity / technique:
Unloading and loading of fertilizer in non-dedicated facilities (e.g. farm outdoor conditions), including sampling and cleaning fertilizer residues from the equipment.
Process category (PROC):
PROC 8a: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at non-dedicated facilities
Name of activity / technique:
Unloading and loading of fertilizer in dedicated facilities (e.g. in greenhouses where dedicated engineering controls are in place), including sampling.
Process category (PROC):
PROC 8b: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at dedicated facilities
Name of activity / technique:
Packing liquids and solids in a dedicated filling line, including weighing.
Process category (PROC):
PROC 9: Transfer of substance or mixture into small containers (dedicated filling line, including weighing)
Name of activity / technique:
Air-dispersive application of liquid fertilizers or powders.
Process category (PROC):
PROC 11: Non industrial spraying
Name of activity / technique:
Chemical analyses of fertilizers.
Process category (PROC):
PROC 15: Use as laboratory reagent
Product category used:
PC 12: Fertilisers
Sector of end use:
SU 1: Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Substance supplied to that use in form of:
in a mixture
Subsequent service life relevant to this use:
no
Related assessment:
use assessed in an own CSR