National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name COBALT CHLORIDE
CAS # 1332-82-7
RTECS #
Agent Code X3243

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 502 328
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 52 52
096 PHARMACISTS 720 440
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 1,990 1,530
206 RADIOLOGIC TECHNICIANS 30 11
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 7  
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 298 149
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 35  
335 FILE CLERKS 149 30
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 632 306
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 128  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 93 46
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,524  
764 WASHING, CLEANING, AND PICKLING MACHINE OPERATORS 95  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 29  
TOTAL 6,285 2,891

*(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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