National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name SELENIUM OXIDE
CAS # 7446-08-4
RTECS # VS8575000
Agent Code 84447

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 30 27
217 DRAFTING OCCUPATIONS 72 14
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 1,445 230
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 82  
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 189  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 89 27
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 25  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 80  
634 TOOL AND DIE MAKERS 530  
707 ROLLING MACHINE OPERATORS 40  
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 908  
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 405  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 60  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 159  
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 134 80
785 ASSEMBLERS 416  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 544 445
TOTAL 5,207 823

*(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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