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 RED PHOSPHORUS
CAS # 7723-14-0
RTECS # TH3495000 
Agent Code 81684

PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES (SIC 33)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,163

766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 717

859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 659

889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 37

SUBTOTAL 2,576

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (SIC 34)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 7

707 ROLLING MACHINE OPERATORS 35

SUBTOTAL 42

MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES (SIC 39)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 50

756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 59

777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 62

888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 134
67
SUBTOTAL 305
67
TOTAL 2,923 67
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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