National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

Estimated Numbers of Employees Potentially Exposed to Specific Agents by Occupation within 2-Digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)*

Agent Name BORON FLUORIDE (BF3)
CAS # 7637-07-2
RTECS # ED2275000 
Agent Code 12980

PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS (SIC 29)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
593 INSULATION WORKERS 311

757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,594

SUBTOTAL 2,905

MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 198
52
683 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ASSEMBLERS 25

SUBTOTAL 223
52
ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 126
95
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 52
37
SUBTOTAL 178
132
INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS (SIC 38)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 177
88
SUBTOTAL 177
88
BUSINESS SERVICES (SIC 73)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
075 GEOLOGISTS AND GEODESISTS 28

SUBTOTAL 28

HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 272
237
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 35
14
SUBTOTAL 307
251
TOTAL 3,818 523
RELATED PAGES: Estimates by SIC, Estimates by Occupation

*(1) The estimates for each occupation apply only to the 3- and 4-digit SICs surveyed within the 2-digit SIC where the agent was observed. Not all SICs were surveyed, and not all agents were observed in all surveyed SICs. (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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