National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name MOLYBDENUM OXIDE (MOO3)
CAS # 1313-27-5
RTECS # QA4725000
Agent Code 84549

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
069 PHYSICISTS AND ASTRONOMERS 14  
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 1,317 119
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 664 475
214 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS 14  
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 14  
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 689 239
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 86  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 845 38
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 3,129 75
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 38  
534 HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING, AND REFRIGERATION MECHANICS 3,199  
575 ELECTRICIANS 26,351 244
576 ELECTRICIAN APPRENTICES 368  
577 ELECTRICAL POWER INSTALLERS AND REPAIRERS 3,653  
593 INSULATION WORKERS 311  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 3  
637 MACHINISTS 151  
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 353  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 79  
715 MISCELLANEOUS METAL, PLASTIC, STONE, AND GLASS WORKING MACHINE OPERATORS 429  
717 FABRICATING MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 151  
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,594  
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 952  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 1,077  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 876 113
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 605 227
849 CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS 123  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 332  
TOTAL 48,418 1,530

*(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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