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 SODIUM CHLORITE
CAS # 7758-19-2
RTECS # VZ4800000 
Agent Code 81982

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS (SIC 20)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 2,769
1,385
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 36

SUBTOTAL 2,805
1,385
TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS (SIC 22)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 416
108
368 WEIGHERS, MEASURERS, AND CHECKERS 119

453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 319

744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 431
54
749 MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS 438

756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,150
115
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 1,294

783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 1,780

796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 162
108
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 485
108
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 119

878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 162

SUBTOTAL 7,875
493
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 26)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
768 CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS 216
43
SUBTOTAL 216
43
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (SIC 34)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 80

453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 100

723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 281

724 HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 40

796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 407
219
SUBTOTAL 908
219
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 205
3
SUBTOTAL 205
3
ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 107
32
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 9
3
749 MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS 52
26
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 121
60
SUBTOTAL 289
121
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 14
9
SUBTOTAL 14
9
INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS (SIC 38)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,661
611
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 83

777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 57
12
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 81

785 ASSEMBLERS 174

SUBTOTAL 2,056
623
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES (SIC 39)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 544
181
764 WASHING, CLEANING, AND PICKLING MACHINE OPERATORS 241

785 ASSEMBLERS 120
120
SUBTOTAL 905
301
HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
095 REGISTERED NURSES 2,004
1,168
098 INHALATION THERAPISTS 226
135
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 105
105
207 LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES 780
105
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 198
108
SUBTOTAL 3,313
1,621
TOTAL 18,586 4,818
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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