National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name LEAD ACETATE
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code 84352

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
069 PHYSICISTS AND ASTRONOMERS 1,354 829
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 1,918 432
075 GEOLOGISTS AND GEODESISTS 28  
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 166 131
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 1,440 1,036
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,625 1,134
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 44  
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 59 21
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 433 252
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 3,129 433
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 185 12
335 FILE CLERKS 149 30
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 118 98
699 MISCELLANEOUS PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS 703  
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 736 2
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 6,379 1,046
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 908 4
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 1,169 14
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 90  
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 89 41
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 878  
TOTAL 21,601 5,515

*(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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