National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name SOD LEAD
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code S0027

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 688 115
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 1,190  
526 HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE AND POWER TOOL REPAIRERS 1,837  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 298  
637 MACHINISTS 143  
683 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ASSEMBLERS 2,191 1,467
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 229  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 108 17
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 151 28
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 5  
784 SOLDERERS AND BRAZERS 2,568 508
785 ASSEMBLERS 6,799 5,121
TOTAL 16,206 7,257

*(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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