National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name CHLORITE
CAS # 1318-59-8
RTECS #
Agent Code X1877

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 631 180
084 PHYSICIANS 187 59
095 REGISTERED NURSES 3,994 3,883
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 6 3
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 272 136
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 201  
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,185 474
335 FILE CLERKS 104  
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 115  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 3,179 51
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 250  
514 AUTOMOBILE BODY AND RELATED REPAIRERS 1,361  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 413  
534 HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING, AND REFRIGERATION MECHANICS 3,199  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 46 5
558 SUPERVISORS, N.E.C. 207  
565 TILE SETTERS, HARD AND SOFT 2,932  
567 CARPENTERS 16,887  
575 ELECTRICIANS 4,522  
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 129  
583 PAPERHANGERS 387  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 212  
589 GLAZIERS 449  
597 STRUCTURAL METAL WORKERS 1,033  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 3,194 947
637 MACHINISTS 754  
657 CABINET MAKERS AND BENCH CARPENTERS 1,107 452
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 232 58
733 MISCELLANEOUS WOODWORKING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,217  
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,323 778
737 MISCELLANEOUS PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 112  
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,974  
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,386 1,448
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 3,795 254
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,826 43
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 513  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 5,926 82
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 197  
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 1,829  
785 ASSEMBLERS 10,006 6,185
793 HAND ENGRAVING AND PRINTING OCCUPATIONS 23 3
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 1,383 947
798 PRODUCTION SAMPLERS AND WEIGHERS 68  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 777  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 7,353  
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 940 78
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 6,906 500
TOTAL 96,744 16,565

*(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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