National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

Estimated Numbers of Employees Potentially Exposed to Specific Agents by Occupation*

Agent Name SMECTITE
CAS # 12199-37-0
RTECS #
Agent Code X1794

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 93 56
096 PHARMACISTS 143 86
099 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS 300 197
103 PHYSICAL THERAPISTS 275 253
185 DESIGNERS 84 28
189 PHOTOGRAPHERS 464  
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 195 120
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 114  
336 RECORDS CLERKS 238 238
345 DUPLICATING MACHINE OPERATORS 795 568
444 MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATION OCCUPATIONS 1,779 1,647
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 2,436 2,106
449 MAIDS AND HOUSEMEN 2,230 1,428
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 7,225 3,124
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 488  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 610  
567 CARPENTERS 1,756 244
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 59  
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 608  
735 PHOTOENGRAVERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS 346 18
736 TYPESETTERS AND COMPOSITORS 129  
737 MISCELLANEOUS PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 283  
753 CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,535 34
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,708  
774 PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS MACHINE OPERATORS 146  
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 366  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 610  
TOTAL 25,015 10,147

*(1) The estimates for each occupation apply across the surveyed industries in which the agent was observed. Not all industries were surveyed, and not all agents were observed in all surveyed industries. (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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