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 PEROXIDE
CAS # 1313-60-6
RTECS # WD3450000 
Agent Code 81994

TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS (SIC 22)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 5,834
409
SUBTOTAL 5,834
409
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 26)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 141
77
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 34

757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 86

777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 173

779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 173

849 CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS 108

SUBTOTAL 715
77
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 179
179
SUBTOTAL 179
179
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES (SIC 33)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 57

575 ELECTRICIANS 38

585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 95

757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 323

SUBTOTAL 513

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (SIC 34)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 112
19
SUBTOTAL 112
19
ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 2

696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 2

785 ASSEMBLERS 984
984
SUBTOTAL 988
984
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 83

SUBTOTAL 83

TOTAL 8,424 1,668
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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