| Agent Name | SILICONES |
| CAS # | |
| RTECS # | |
| Agent Code | 84183 |
| Code | Occupation Description (1980) | Total # Employees (Male & Female) |
Total # Female Employees |
| 073 | CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS | 228 | 65 |
| 074 | ATMOSPHERIC AND SPACE SCIENTISTS | 22 | |
| 096 | PHARMACISTS | 239 | 157 |
| 105 | THERAPISTS, N.E.C. | 101 | 51 |
| 203 | CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS | 1,333 | 930 |
| 208 | HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. | 516 | 273 |
| 213 | ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS | 86 | 69 |
| 216 | ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. | 280 | 39 |
| 224 | CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS | 977 | 154 |
| 225 | SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. | 490 | 137 |
| 235 | TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. | 420 | 271 |
| 347 | OFFICE MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. | 2,086 | 894 |
| 368 | WEIGHERS, MEASURERS, AND CHECKERS | 9 | |
| 435 | WAITERS AND WAITRESSES | 297 | 297 |
| 449 | MAIDS AND HOUSEMEN | 659 | 481 |
| 453 | JANITORS AND CLEANERS | 3,436 | 632 |
| 469 | PERSONAL SERVICE OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. | 238 | 98 |
| 507 | BUS, TRUCK, AND STATIONARY ENGINE MECHANICS | 524 | |
| 518 | INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS | 437 | |
| 547 | SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. | 317 | |
| 549 | NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS | 2,467 | 77 |
| 567 | CARPENTERS | 20 | |
| 593 | INSULATION WORKERS | 409 | |
| 616 | MINING MACHINE OPERATORS | 1,666 | 309 |
| 636 | PRECISION ASSEMBLERS, METAL | 262 | |
| 637 | MACHINISTS | 4,253 | 431 |
| 644 | PRECISION GRINDERS, FITTERS, AND TOOL SHARPENERS | 73 | |
| 645 | PATTERNMAKERS AND MODEL MAKERS, METAL | 1,707 | 852 |
| 678 | DENTAL LABORATORY AND MEDICAL APPLIANCE TECHNICIANS | 21 | |
| 683 | ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ASSEMBLERS | 94 | |
| 689 | INSPECTORS, TESTERS, AND GRADERS | 181 | 21 |
| 709 | GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS | 216 | 6 |
| 719 | MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS | 1,037 | 677 |
| 727 | SAWING MACHINE OPERATORS | 212 | 212 |
| 734 | PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS | 1,460 | 438 |
| 749 | MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS | 779 | |
| 753 | CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS | 35 | 35 |
| 754 | PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS | 483 | 222 |
| 756 | MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS | 499 | |
| 757 | SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS | 3,767 | |
| 759 | PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS | 359 | |
| 764 | WASHING, CLEANING, AND PICKLING MACHINE OPERATORS | 2 | |
| 766 | FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD | 137 | |
| 769 | SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS | 403 | |
| 774 | PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS MACHINE OPERATORS | 596 | 298 |
| 777 | MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. | 3,549 | 288 |
| 779 | MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED | 263 | |
| 783 | WELDERS AND CUTTERS | 496 | |
| 785 | ASSEMBLERS | 4,540 | 3,185 |
| 798 | PRODUCTION SAMPLERS AND WEIGHERS | 111 | |
| 804 | TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY | 34 | |
| 883 | FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. | 259 | |
| 888 | HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS | 1,591 | 730 |
| 889 | LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION | 254 | |
| TOTAL | 44,928 | 12,328 | |
*(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.