National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

Estimated Numbers of Employees Potentially Exposed to Specific Agents by 2-Digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)*

Agent Name AMERICIUM, ISOTOPE OF MASS 241
CAS # 14596-10-2
RTECS #
Agent Code X3269

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 15,007 609
22 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 135 60
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 1,067 70
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 32 8
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 39 25
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 6,344 810
TOTAL 22,625 1,582

*(1) By survey design, not all 2-digit SICs were surveyed. (2) The estimates for each 2-digit SIC apply only to the 3- and 4-digit SICs surveyed within the 2-digit SIC. Not all SICs were surveyed. (3) When using the estimates, standard errors associated with estimates should be considered. (4) Potential exposures to a chemical agent are categorized as actual (i.e., the surveyor observed the use of the specific agent) or tradename (i.e., the surveyor observed the use of a tradename product known to contain the specific agent). The estimates presented in the table combine both categories.

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