National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name SODIUM SULFIDE
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code 69460

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
048 CHEMICAL ENGINEERS 70  
055 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS 70  
056 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS 237 78
057 MECHANICAL ENGINEERS 70  
069 PHYSICISTS AND ASTRONOMERS 1,354 829
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 1,888 432
189 PHOTOGRAPHERS 92  
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,625 1,134
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 949 176
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,850 231
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 3,851 563
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 29  
389 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. 70  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 2,438 22
503 SUPERVISORS, MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 2,639  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 11  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 1,401  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 46  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 1,213  
666 DRESSMAKERS 358  
677 OPTICAL GOODS WORKERS 42  
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 5  
717 FABRICATING MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 107  
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,824 313
724 HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 477  
725 MISCELLANEOUS METAL AND PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINE OPERATORS 376 376
735 PHOTOENGRAVERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS 1,026 91
749 MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS 117 26
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 8 5
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 24 8
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 195 23
764 WASHING, CLEANING, AND PICKLING MACHINE OPERATORS 16  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 903  
774 PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS MACHINE OPERATORS 12  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 7,106 212
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 6,287 8
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 222  
843 SUPERVISORS, MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 210  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 700  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 311  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 2,197  
TOTAL 43,429 4,528

*(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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