EYE CONTACT

• If the eyes are contaminated, they should be flushed immediately with eyewash. Medical attention should be sought.
• Epoxy resins and their curing agents may be irritating to the eyes. Contact may be quite painful and may cause both irritation and corneal injury. 
• To aid thorough cleaning of the eyes, the eyelids should be spread apart and held open with the thumb and index finger. 
• The eyes should then be “rolled” or moved from side to side and up and down until all the surfaces of the eyelids and the eye-balls have been thoroughly flushed and decontaminated
• Doctor’s note: Consult an ophthalmologist. If the cornea is burned, apply antibiotic steroid preparation frequently. Cold packs also may be helpful.

INHALATION

• If a person should experience any ill effects while working with these materials, he or she should be removed to fresh air and medical attention should be sought immediately. Keep the affected person quiet and warm. If breathing stops, administer artificial respiration at once.
• Doctor’s note: Excessive exposure may cause respiratory sensitisation, asthma or aggravate pre-existing asthmatic conditions.
• In certain processes respiratory protection may be required, approved air-purifying or positive-pressure supplied air respirators should be used. The latter is preferable in areas where a high concentration of fumes is present to ensure that clean air is available to the operator.
• It should be remembered that allergic reaction can be triggered by epoxy vapours.
• Although small volumes of dusts are not expected to pose an inhalation hazard, control of dusts through adequate ventilation and good house-keeping practices should be adopted.
• Respiratory protection in the form of a dust mask should be used in situations where excessive epoxy dusts may be inhaled.

• If any resins or curing agents are swallowed, vomiting should not be induced. Seek immediate medical advice
• Doctor’s note: Amine based curing agents are corrosive to the mucous membranes and can burn the membranes of the mouth, throat and stomach. If they are aspirated, the membranes of the air-way and bronchial passageways can be affected. They may also cause tissue destruction.
• Effects may be delayed. No specific antidote is known, treat symptomatically.
• Treatment should be based on the judgment of the physician in response to the reactions of the patient. If large volumes of epoxy resins are ingested, no specific antidote is known, treat symptomatically.