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 CHLORATE
CAS # 3811-04-9
RTECS # FO0350000 
Agent Code 80198

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 56

SUBTOTAL 56

MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 196

777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 589

SUBTOTAL 785

ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 14
7
SUBTOTAL 14
7
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
797 PRODUCTION TESTERS 147
49
SUBTOTAL 147
49
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES (SIC 39)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 73

757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 420
210
785 ASSEMBLERS 1,259
1,259
SUBTOTAL 1,752
1,469
BUSINESS SERVICES (SIC 73)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 1,441
432
075 GEOLOGISTS AND GEODESISTS 28

SUBTOTAL 1,469
432
HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
069 PHYSICISTS AND ASTRONOMERS 1,354
829
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 1,358
956
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,625
1,134
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 120
120
SUBTOTAL 4,457
3,039
TOTAL 8,680 4,996
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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