National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name CALCITE
CAS # 13397-26-7
RTECS #
Agent Code X1367

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 631 180
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 6 3
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 272 136
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 294  
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,185 474
335 FILE CLERKS 104  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,193 45
507 BUS, TRUCK, AND STATIONARY ENGINE MECHANICS 499  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 413  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 22  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 3,074 302
558 SUPERVISORS, N.E.C. 207  
567 CARPENTERS 3,779  
573 DRYWALL INSTALLERS 119  
575 ELECTRICIANS 26  
577 ELECTRICAL POWER INSTALLERS AND REPAIRERS 166  
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 211  
583 PAPERHANGERS 387  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 44  
593 INSULATION WORKERS 44  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 2,856 947
637 MACHINISTS 57  
653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 75  
658 FURNITURE AND WOOD FINISHERS 1,217 608
694 WATER AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS 66  
699 MISCELLANEOUS PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS 26  
733 MISCELLANEOUS WOODWORKING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,164  
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,323 778
737 MISCELLANEOUS PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 112  
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,974  
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,386 1,448
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 4,132 384
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,477  
764 WASHING, CLEANING, AND PICKLING MACHINE OPERATORS 95  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 513  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 5,436 82
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 197  
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 1,829  
785 ASSEMBLERS 4,882 4,825
789 HAND PAINTING, COATING, AND DECORATING OCCUPATIONS 2,192  
793 HAND ENGRAVING AND PRINTING OCCUPATIONS 23 3
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 1,728 1,206
798 PRODUCTION SAMPLERS AND WEIGHERS 68  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 777  
865 HELPERS, CONSTRUCTION TRADES 922  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 1,226  
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 940 78
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 5,751 454
TOTAL 57,121 11,953

*(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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