National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name SILICIC ACID (H4SIO4) , TETRAETHYL ESTER
CAS # 78-10-4
RTECS # VV9450000
Agent Code X4097

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 74 25
215 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS 79  
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,052 283
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 37  
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 6 3
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 917 80
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 3  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,147  
515 AIRCRAFT MECHANICS, EXC. ENGINE 62  
645 PATTERNMAKERS AND MODEL MAKERS, METAL 40  
675 HAND MOLDERS AND SHAPERS, EXCEPT JEWELERS 17 11
676 PATTERNMAKERS, LAY-OUT WORKERS, AND CUTTERS 17  
683 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ASSEMBLERS 561 466
703 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE SET-UP OPERATORS 9  
717 FABRICATING MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 57  
753 CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS 352 304
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 74 8
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 6  
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 268  
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,148  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 123  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 159 62
785 ASSEMBLERS 2,226 1,269
797 PRODUCTION TESTERS 147 49
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 1,714 5
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 129 3
TOTAL 10,422 2,566

*(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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