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 LEAD NITRATE
CAS # 10099-74-8
RTECS # OG2100000 
Agent Code 84473

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS (SIC 20)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
335 FILE CLERKS 605
81
SUBTOTAL 605
81
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 418
279
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 298
149
335 FILE CLERKS 149
30
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 93
46
SUBTOTAL 958
504
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES (SIC 33)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 8

SUBTOTAL 8

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (SIC 34)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 792

796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 407
219
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 226

SUBTOTAL 1,425
219
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 41
21
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 823
21
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 420

694 WATER AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS 8

723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 12

777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 41

SUBTOTAL 1,345
42
ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 12

723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 571
98
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 12
7
887 VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS 397
132
SUBTOTAL 992
237
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
214 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS 14

216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 22
7
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 20

777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 151
6
SUBTOTAL 207
13
INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS (SIC 38)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
785 ASSEMBLERS 174

SUBTOTAL 174

BUSINESS SERVICES (SIC 73)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
069 PHYSICISTS AND ASTRONOMERS 14

073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 1,310
119
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 7

SUBTOTAL 1,331
119
HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
069 PHYSICISTS AND ASTRONOMERS 1,354
829
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 217
176
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 21
21
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 334
226
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,625
1,134
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 845
646
SUBTOTAL 4,396
3,032
TOTAL 11,441 4,247
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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