National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

Estimated Numbers of Employees Potentially Exposed to Specific Agents by Occupation*

Agent Name CHROMIC ACID
CAS # 7738-94-5
RTECS # GB2450000
Agent Code 19360

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
019 MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, N.E.C. 21 14
045 METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERS 16 5
053 CIVIL ENGINEERS 34  
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 550 13
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 1,325 963
084 PHYSICIANS 162 149
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 825 645
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 127 35
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,751 353
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 465 78
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 488 112
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 470 249
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 3,819 1,543
243 SUPERVISORS AND PROPRIETORS, SALES OCCUPATIONS 633 203
335 FILE CLERKS 192  
346 MAIL PREPARING AND PAPER HANDLING MACHINE OPERATORS 377 63
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 1,233  
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 14  
444 MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATION OCCUPATIONS 35 35
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 1,139 891
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 4,474  
515 AIRCRAFT MECHANICS, EXC. ENGINE 86  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 442 9
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 113  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 1,036  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 6  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 714  
563 BRICKMASONS AND STONEMASONS 1,560  
575 ELECTRICIANS 343  
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 113  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 197  
595 ROOFERS 5,399  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 1,084  
635 TOOL AND DIE MAKER APPRENTICES 584  
637 MACHINISTS 740  
653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 572 24
675 HAND MOLDERS AND SHAPERS, EXCEPT JEWELERS 503  
677 OPTICAL GOODS WORKERS 42  
683 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ASSEMBLERS 547  
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 297  
689 INSPECTORS, TESTERS, AND GRADERS 14  
694 WATER AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS 452  
695 POWER PLANT OPERATORS 59 14
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 170  
699 MISCELLANEOUS PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS 730  
703 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE SET-UP OPERATORS 39  
704 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE OPERATORS 130  
706 PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS 210 6
708 DRILLING AND BORING MACHINE OPERATORS 844  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,207 44
713 FORGING MACHINE OPERATORS 244  
717 FABRICATING MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 136 28
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 3,460 46
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 26,996 3,381
724 HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 262  
725 MISCELLANEOUS METAL AND PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,346 403
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,468  
735 PHOTOENGRAVERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS 1,226 342
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 58  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,573 133
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 361  
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 5,245 858
764 WASHING, CLEANING, AND PICKLING MACHINE OPERATORS 102 21
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 303 6
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,755  
774 PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS MACHINE OPERATORS 230 57
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 5,644 464
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 21,722 4,372
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 624  
784 SOLDERERS AND BRAZERS 154  
785 ASSEMBLERS 3,357 1,061
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 1,547 982
797 PRODUCTION TESTERS 12  
804 TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY 962  
848 HOIST AND WINCH OPERATORS 214  
849 CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS 657  
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 962  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 1,454  
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 52  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 2,463 1,463
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 1,411  
887 VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS 1,315 141
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 912 662
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 1,928 62
TOTAL 126,538 19,927

*(1) The estimates for each occupation apply across the surveyed industries in which the agent was observed. Not all industries were surveyed, and not all agents were observed in all surveyed industries. (2) When using the estimates, standard errors associated with estimates should be considered. (3) 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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