National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name LONG WAVE RADIO FREQUENCY
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code P0418

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
019 MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, N.E.C. 799  
055 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS 878  
059 ENGINEERS, N.E.C. 360  
069 PHYSICISTS AND ASTRONOMERS 674 135
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 9  
095 REGISTERED NURSES 633 613
103 PHYSICAL THERAPISTS 775 433
185 DESIGNERS 25  
198 ANNOUNCERS 1,199  
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 318 230
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 1,783 411
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,096 140
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 7,126 2,112
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 174 37
228 BROADCAST EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 89  
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,482 467
343 COST AND RATE CLERKS 104 104
345 DUPLICATING MACHINE OPERATORS 719 719
447 NURSING AIDES, ORDERLIES, AND ATTENDANTS 101 101
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,175 40
535 CAMERA, WATCH, AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT REPAIRERS 86  
637 MACHINISTS 483 241
689 INSPECTORS, TESTERS, AND GRADERS 792 65
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 123 59
703 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE SET-UP OPERATORS 9 2
715 MISCELLANEOUS METAL, PLASTIC, STONE, AND GLASS WORKING MACHINE OPERATORS 52 29
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 692 529
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 49 35
724 HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 52 46
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 134 84
735 PHOTOENGRAVERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS 62  
743 TEXTILE CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 16  
744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 198 180
753 CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,402 1,223
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,243 1,795
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 8  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 637 591
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 2,081 163
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 4,901 1,527
785 ASSEMBLERS 9,986 8,402
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 12 12
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 704 469
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 1,430 91
TOTAL 45,670 21,087

*(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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