National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name GERMANIUM
CAS # 7440-56-4
RTECS #
Agent Code 34770

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 7  
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 844 119
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 977 112
637 MACHINISTS 5 5
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 28 7
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 46 32
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 7 5
TOTAL 1,914 279

*(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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