National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name COBALT CHLORIDE (COCL2)
CAS # 7646-79-9
RTECS # GF9800000
Agent Code 84329

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
069 PHYSICISTS AND ASTRONOMERS 1,354 829
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 7  
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 198 151
206 RADIOLOGIC TECHNICIANS 403 267
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,625 1,134
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 20  
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 3,636 1,536
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 512 183
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 855  
617 MINING OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. 159  
694 WATER AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS 443  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 14  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 165 91
TOTAL 9,392 4,192

*(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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