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 FLUORINE
CAS # 7782-41-4
RTECS # LM6475000 
Agent Code 33370

SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS (SIC 17)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
595 ROOFERS 2,209

SUBTOTAL 2,209

PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 26)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 1,092

SUBTOTAL 1,092

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 418

783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 280
6
SUBTOTAL 698
6
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS (SIC 32)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 17
17
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 154
31
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 246

507 BUS, TRUCK, AND STATIONARY ENGINE MECHANICS 290

677 OPTICAL GOODS WORKERS 168
151
695 POWER PLANT OPERATORS 101
67
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,123
668
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 399
154
753 CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS 123
123
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 123

766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 123
31
768 CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS 285
252
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 31

779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 402
335
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 235
201
SUBTOTAL 3,820
2,030
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES (SIC 33)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 97

684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 620

SUBTOTAL 717

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (SIC 34)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 113

633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 243

783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 1,294

SUBTOTAL 1,650

MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 174

785 ASSEMBLERS 191

869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 33

SUBTOTAL 398

TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,755

783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 445

SUBTOTAL 2,200

HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
084 PHYSICIANS 23

095 REGISTERED NURSES 46
23
SUBTOTAL 69
23
TOTAL 12,853 2,059
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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