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 SELENIUM OXIDE
CAS # 7446-08-4
RTECS # VS8575000 
Agent Code 84447

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (SIC 34)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 27
27
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 80

634 TOOL AND DIE MAKERS 530

707 ROLLING MACHINE OPERATORS 40

723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 908

769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 60

777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 159

779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 134
80
SUBTOTAL 1,938
107
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 82

453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 62

SUBTOTAL 144

ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 27
27
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 405

889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 54

SUBTOTAL 486
27
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
217 DRAFTING OCCUPATIONS 72
14
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 189

785 ASSEMBLERS 416

SUBTOTAL 677
14
TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING (SIC 42)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 25

889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 490
445
SUBTOTAL 515
445
TRANSPORTATION BY AIR (SIC 45)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 3

SUBTOTAL 3

BUSINESS SERVICES (SIC 73)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 1,445
230
SUBTOTAL 1,445
230
TOTAL 5,208 823
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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