National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name NICKEL CARBONATE
CAS # 3333-67-3
RTECS # QR6200000
Agent Code 81905

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
048 CHEMICAL ENGINEERS 2 2
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 320  
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 68 23
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 164 41
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 46 7
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 113  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 22  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 179  
677 OPTICAL GOODS WORKERS 23  
689 INSPECTORS, TESTERS, AND GRADERS 14  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 289  
717 FABRICATING MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 2  
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 5,334 305
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 43  
768 CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,392  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 366 68
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 1,606 174
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 225  
785 ASSEMBLERS 816 167
797 PRODUCTION TESTERS 309 58
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 1,155 1,155
887 VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS 289  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 263 17
TOTAL 13,040 2,017

*(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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