National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name NICKEL CHLORIDE
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code 50440

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
045 METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERS 14  
048 CHEMICAL ENGINEERS 30 30
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 119  
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 50 6
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 606 468
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 23 9
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 405 115
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 47 41
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 6  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 991 21
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 40  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 113  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 135  
575 ELECTRICIANS 21  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 329  
646 LAY-OUT WORKERS 9  
677 OPTICAL GOODS WORKERS 42  
689 INSPECTORS, TESTERS, AND GRADERS 14  
694 WATER AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS 8  
695 POWER PLANT OPERATORS 35 28
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 357 44
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 21,147 3,053
725 MISCELLANEOUS METAL AND PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINE OPERATORS 2  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 181 88
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 2,246 416
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 835 290
785 ASSEMBLERS 1,458 1,103
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 501 254
848 HOIST AND WINCH OPERATORS 214  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 7 5
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 28  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 135 54
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 360  
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 470 347
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 263 17
TOTAL 31,242 6,388

*(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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