National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name CHROMITE (MINERAL)
CAS # 1308-31-2
RTECS # GB4000000
Agent Code M2761

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 62  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 219  
565 TILE SETTERS, HARD AND SOFT 4,274  
593 INSULATION WORKERS 5,892  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 103  
675 HAND MOLDERS AND SHAPERS, EXCEPT JEWELERS 723  
725 MISCELLANEOUS METAL AND PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINE OPERATORS 45  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 114  
768 CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS 34  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 344  
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 264  
849 CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS 160  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 686  
TOTAL 12,920  

*(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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