National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name BERYLLIUM OXIDE
CAS # 1304-56-9
RTECS # DS4025000
Agent Code X3577

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 349 299
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 2,289 349
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 977 112
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 27 27
523 ELECTRONIC REPAIRERS, COMMUNICATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT 8  
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 405  
774 PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS MACHINE OPERATORS 179 57
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 17 6
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 54  
TOTAL 4,305 849

*(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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