National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name LEAD CHROMATE
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code X5638

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 293 57
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 460 76
313 SECRETARIES 568 189
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 633  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 799  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 625  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 22  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 4,301 302
558 SUPERVISORS, N.E.C. 207  
575 ELECTRICIANS 65  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 115  
634 TOOL AND DIE MAKERS 253  
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 512  
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,579 770
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 201  
743 TEXTILE CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 171  
753 CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS 171 171
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,082  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,035 548
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 964 41
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 38  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 3,243 2,768
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 3,685 1,108
785 ASSEMBLERS 889 238
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 276  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 1,540  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 413  
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 101 41
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 382 287
887 VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS 98  
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 4,042 2,262
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 19  
TOTAL 30,784 8,856

*(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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