| Agent Name | SILICIC ACID (H2SIO3), DISODIUM SALT, PENTAHYDRATE |
| CAS # | 10213-79-3 |
| RTECS # | |
| Agent Code | M0651 |
| Code | Occupation Description (1980) | Total # Employees (Male & Female) |
Total # Female Employees |
| 053 | CIVIL ENGINEERS | 1,458 | |
| 073 | CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS | 616 | 186 |
| 095 | REGISTERED NURSES | 10,238 | 9,661 |
| 098 | INHALATION THERAPISTS | 163 | 98 |
| 103 | PHYSICAL THERAPISTS | 62 | 62 |
| 185 | DESIGNERS | 100 | 25 |
| 203 | CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS | 442 | 379 |
| 206 | RADIOLOGIC TECHNICIANS | 112 | 98 |
| 207 | LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES | 198 | 198 |
| 208 | HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. | 602 | 277 |
| 213 | ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS | 17 | |
| 215 | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS | 58 | |
| 216 | ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. | 1,567 | 1,128 |
| 223 | BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS | 106 | |
| 224 | CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS | 3 | 3 |
| 225 | SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. | 42 | |
| 235 | TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. | 1,702 | 315 |
| 259 | SALES REPRESENTATIVES, MINING, MANUFACTURING, AND WHOLESALE | 4,219 | 1,212 |
| 319 | RECEPTIONISTS | 538 | 492 |
| 356 | MAIL CLERKS, EXC. POSTAL SERVICE | 1,299 | 19 |
| 357 | MESSENGERS | 278 | |
| 364 | TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS | 228 | |
| 365 | STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS | 1,897 | 1,631 |
| 368 | WEIGHERS, MEASURERS, AND CHECKERS | 328 | |
| 436 | COOKS, EXCEPT SHORT ORDER | 163 | 81 |
| 439 | KITCHEN WORKERS, FOOD PREPARATION | 41 | 41 |
| 444 | MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATION OCCUPATIONS | 1,602 | 1,318 |
| 446 | HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING | 4,739 | 3,792 |
| 449 | MAIDS AND HOUSEMEN | 23,747 | 15,724 |
| 453 | JANITORS AND CLEANERS | 75,527 | 14,264 |
| 469 | PERSONAL SERVICE OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. | 244 | |
| 503 | SUPERVISORS, MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS | 2,429 | |
| 505 | AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS | 12,174 | 42 |
| 507 | BUS, TRUCK, AND STATIONARY ENGINE MECHANICS | 15,940 | |
| 508 | AIRCRAFT ENGINE MECHANICS | 6,889 | 57 |
| 514 | AUTOMOBILE BODY AND RELATED REPAIRERS | 4,391 | |
| 515 | AIRCRAFT MECHANICS, EXC. ENGINE | 76 | |
| 516 | HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS | 1,900 | |
| 518 | INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS | 4,655 | 1,059 |
| 519 | MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS | 299 | 6 |
| 523 | ELECTRONIC REPAIRERS, COMMUNICATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT | 453 | |
| 525 | DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT REPAIRERS | 114 | |
| 526 | HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE AND POWER TOOL REPAIRERS | 35 | |
| 534 | HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING, AND REFRIGERATION MECHANICS | 1,778 | |
| 544 | MILLWRIGHTS | 560 | |
| 547 | SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. | 3,767 | |
| 549 | NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS | 12,327 | 5 |
| 563 | BRICKMASONS AND STONEMASONS | 142 | |
| 567 | CARPENTERS | 388 | |
| 575 | ELECTRICIANS | 457 | 7 |
| 577 | ELECTRICAL POWER INSTALLERS AND REPAIRERS | 622 | |
| 579 | PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE | 45 | |
| 585 | PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS | 496 | |
| 595 | ROOFERS | 2,127 | |
| 599 | CONSTRUCTION TRADES, N.E.C. | 32 | |
| 617 | MINING OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. | 342 | |
| 633 | SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS | 2,985 | 240 |
| 634 | TOOL AND DIE MAKERS | 764 | 26 |
| 637 | MACHINISTS | 11,070 | 462 |
| 647 | PRECIOUS STONES AND METALS WORKERS (JEWELERS) | 183 | |
| 653 | SHEET METAL WORKERS | 88 | |
| 655 | MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION METAL WORKERS | 29 | 18 |
| 677 | OPTICAL GOODS WORKERS | 156 | 109 |
| 683 | ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ASSEMBLERS | 9 | 7 |
| 684 | MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. | 1,118 | |
| 686 | BUTCHERS AND MEAT CUTTERS | 3,869 | 645 |
| 687 | BAKERS | 41 | 41 |
| 695 | POWER PLANT OPERATORS | 232 | |
| 706 | PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS | 370 | 185 |
| 709 | GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS | 574 | 162 |
| 717 | FABRICATING MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. | 549 | |
| 719 | MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS | 1,563 | |
| 723 | METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS | 3,410 | 147 |
| 724 | HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS | 486 | |
| 725 | MISCELLANEOUS METAL AND PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINE OPERATORS | 396 | 376 |
| 727 | SAWING MACHINE OPERATORS | 1,266 | 127 |
| 734 | PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS | 6,179 | |
| 735 | PHOTOENGRAVERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS | 1,506 | 36 |
| 737 | MISCELLANEOUS PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS | 74 | |
| 748 | LAUNDERING AND DRY CLEANING MACHINE OPERATORS | 4,593 | 3,987 |
| 749 | MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS | 1,255 | 741 |
| 753 | CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS | 970 | 57 |
| 755 | EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS | 97 | |
| 756 | MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS | 3,357 | 1,567 |
| 757 | SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS | 108 | |
| 759 | PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS | 1,060 | 44 |
| 764 | WASHING, CLEANING, AND PICKLING MACHINE OPERATORS | 89 | |
| 766 | FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD | 559 | 10 |
| 768 | CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS | 3,275 | 67 |
| 769 | SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS | 29 | |
| 777 | MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. | 11,034 | 416 |
| 779 | MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED | 18,816 | 169 |
| 783 | WELDERS AND CUTTERS | 1,350 | 116 |
| 784 | SOLDERERS AND BRAZERS | 53 | |
| 785 | ASSEMBLERS | 11,366 | 21 |
| 786 | HAND CUTTING AND TRIMMING OCCUPATIONS | 355 | 75 |
| 787 | HAND MOLDING, CASTING, AND FORMING OCCUPATIONS | 1,504 | 405 |
| 793 | HAND ENGRAVING AND PRINTING OCCUPATIONS | 526 | 33 |
| 796 | PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS | 7,776 | 3,355 |
| 797 | PRODUCTION TESTERS | 320 | 3 |
| 804 | TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY | 9,953 | |
| 809 | TAXI CAB DRIVERS AND CHAUFFEURS | 358 | 36 |
| 849 | CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS | 30 | |
| 853 | EXCAVATING AND LOADING MACHINE OPERATORS | 337 | |
| 856 | INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS | 1,725 | 46 |
| 859 | MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS | 285 | |
| 869 | CONSTRUCTION LABORERS | 1,807 | |
| 873 | PRODUCTION HELPERS | 571 | |
| 878 | MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS | 235 | 201 |
| 883 | FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. | 624 | |
| 885 | GARAGE AND SERVICE STATION RELATED OCCUPATIONS | 8,774 | 293 |
| 887 | VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS | 3,101 | 437 |
| 888 | HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS | 2,774 | 1,464 |
| 889 | LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION | 7,545 | 1,201 |
| TOTAL | 348,312 | 69,505 | |
*(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.