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 POTASSIUM FLUORIDE
CAS # 7789-23-3
RTECS # TT0700000 
Agent Code 60410

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS (SIC 20)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
507 BUS, TRUCK, AND STATIONARY ENGINE MECHANICS 524

547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 236

549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 715

579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 48

766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 48

SUBTOTAL 1,571

TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS (SIC 22)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 51

SUBTOTAL 51

LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (SIC 24)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 381

SUBTOTAL 381

PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 26)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
507 BUS, TRUCK, AND STATIONARY ENGINE MECHANICS 14

SUBTOTAL 14

PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (SIC 27)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 31

SUBTOTAL 31

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 496

768 CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS 641
120
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 634

783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 366

SUBTOTAL 2,137
120
RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS (SIC 30)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 433

637 MACHINISTS 28

798 PRODUCTION SAMPLERS AND WEIGHERS 128

SUBTOTAL 589

STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS (SIC 32)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 38

SUBTOTAL 38

PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES (SIC 33)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 31

SUBTOTAL 31

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (SIC 34)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 31

453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 720

633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 793

724 HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 13

796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 407
219
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 679

SUBTOTAL 2,643
219
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 344

759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 43

783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 140

SUBTOTAL 527

ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 17
11
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 34

SUBTOTAL 51
11
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 22
7
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,892
18
503 SUPERVISORS, MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 65

575 ELECTRICIANS 218

579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 297

723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 256
40
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 3

783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 38

SUBTOTAL 2,791
65
INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS (SIC 38)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 364

SUBTOTAL 364

MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES (SIC 39)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 103

SUBTOTAL 103

TRANSPORTATION BY AIR (SIC 45)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
508 AIRCRAFT ENGINE MECHANICS 6,707
57
SUBTOTAL 6,707
57
BUSINESS SERVICES (SIC 73)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 7

SUBTOTAL 7

HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
069 PHYSICISTS AND ASTRONOMERS 1,354
829
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 310
259
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 367
348
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,625
1,134
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 168
149
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 130

534 HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING, AND REFRIGERATION MECHANICS 14

549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 137

783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 142

SUBTOTAL 4,247
2,719
TOTAL 22,283 3,191
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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