National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name SELENIUM
CAS # 7782-49-2
RTECS # VS7700000
Agent Code 68295

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
045 METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERS 64  
055 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS 5  
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 484 194
078 BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENTISTS 19  
095 REGISTERED NURSES 7,291 6,990
096 PHARMACISTS 331 186
206 RADIOLOGIC TECHNICIANS 16  
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 311 12
215 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS 58  
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 54  
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 298 149
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 37  
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 359 276
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,678 616
335 FILE CLERKS 149 30
363 PRODUCTION COORDINATORS 8  
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 1,620  
368 WEIGHERS, MEASURERS, AND CHECKERS 19  
374 MATERIAL RECORDING, SCHEDULING, AND DISTRIBUTING CLERKS, N.E.C. 13  
386 STATISTICAL CLERKS 85 85
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,160  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 11  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 21  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 27  
523 ELECTRONIC REPAIRERS, COMMUNICATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT 88  
533 MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT REPAIRERS 11  
539 MECHANICAL CONTROLS AND VALVE REPAIRERS 37  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 754  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 93  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 16  
563 BRICKMASONS AND STONEMASONS 5  
575 ELECTRICIANS 43  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 327  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 32  
637 MACHINISTS 32  
643 BOILERMAKERS 40  
689 INSPECTORS, TESTERS, AND GRADERS 13  
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 3  
704 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE OPERATORS 3  
707 ROLLING MACHINE OPERATORS 125  
715 MISCELLANEOUS METAL, PLASTIC, STONE, AND GLASS WORKING MACHINE OPERATORS 24  
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,031 154
724 HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 48  
727 SAWING MACHINE OPERATORS 3  
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 467 467
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,492  
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 133  
758 COMPRESSING AND COMPACTING MACHINE OPERATORS 13  
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 300 11
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 195  
768 CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,053 29
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 13  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 458 90
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 3,070 342
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 19  
785 ASSEMBLERS 247  
789 HAND PAINTING, COATING, AND DECORATING OCCUPATIONS 349  
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 69  
797 PRODUCTION TESTERS 41  
798 PRODUCTION SAMPLERS AND WEIGHERS 8  
804 TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY 232  
849 CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS 51  
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 21  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 172  
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 72  
877 STOCK HANDLERS AND BAGGERS 782  
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 446  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 655  
TOTAL 27,208 9,632

*(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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