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 BACIFERM
CAS # 1405-89-6
RTECS #  
Agent Code 81585

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS (SIC 20)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 58

453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 117

633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 117

754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 58

756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 239

763 ROASTING AND BAKING MACHINE OPERATORS, FOOD 117

768 CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,170

856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 175

878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 58

SUBTOTAL 2,109

APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS (SIC 23)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
447 NURSING AIDES, ORDERLIES, AND ATTENDANTS 21
21
SUBTOTAL 21
21
PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (SIC 27)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
095 REGISTERED NURSES 17
17
SUBTOTAL 17
17
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES (SIC 33)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
095 REGISTERED NURSES 29
29
SUBTOTAL 29
29
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (SIC 34)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
095 REGISTERED NURSES 107
18
SUBTOTAL 107
18
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
207 LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES 11
11
SUBTOTAL 11
11
ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
095 REGISTERED NURSES 16
16
SUBTOTAL 16
16
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
095 REGISTERED NURSES 29

447 NURSING AIDES, ORDERLIES, AND ATTENDANTS 11
11
SUBTOTAL 40
11
HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
027 PERSONNEL, TRAINING, AND LABOR RELATIONS SPECIALISTS 460
430
084 PHYSICIANS 8,993
5,436
095 REGISTERED NURSES 85,774
73,824
096 PHARMACISTS 390
150
097 DIETITIANS 886
844
103 PHYSICAL THERAPISTS 448
411
106 PHYSICIANS' ASSISTANTS 4,929
2,464
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 770
608
206 RADIOLOGIC TECHNICIANS 297
178
207 LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES 13,235
11,229
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,311
1,098
303 SUPERVISORS, GENERAL OFFICE 24

445 DENTAL ASSISTANTS 58
27
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 72
18
447 NURSING AIDES, ORDERLIES, AND ATTENDANTS 6,847
6,262
SUBTOTAL 124,494
102,979
TOTAL 126,844 103,102
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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