National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name AMERICIUM, ISOTOPE OF MASS 241
CAS # 14596-10-2
RTECS #
Agent Code X3269

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 740 84
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 335 21
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 3,266 502
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 775 55
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 977 112
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,384 554
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 831  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 213  
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 32 21
735 PHOTOENGRAVERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS 1,026 91
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 5,427  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 52 17
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 70 52
785 ASSEMBLERS 86 38
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 56 26
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 733  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 6,622 8
TOTAL 22,625 1,582

*(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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