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 CALCIUM CARBIDE
CAS # 75-20-7
RTECS # EV9400000 
Agent Code 15703

PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES (SIC 33)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 21

766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 210

SUBTOTAL 231

MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 3,688

889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 2,042
351
SUBTOTAL 5,730
351
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 17

SUBTOTAL 17

TOTAL 5,978 351
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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