National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name CO, COBALT POWDER-MF UNKNOWN
CAS # 7440-48-4
RTECS # GF8750000
Agent Code X5978

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 285  
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 120  
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 129 65
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 23  
39 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 350 64
45 TRANSPORTATION BY AIR 418  
TOTAL 1,326 128

*(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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