| Agent Name | CHLORITE |
| CAS # | 1318-59-8 |
| RTECS # | |
| Agent Code | X1877 |
| Code | Occupation Description (1980) | Total # Employees (Male & Female) |
Total # Female Employees |
| 073 | CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS | 631 | 180 |
| 084 | PHYSICIANS | 187 | 59 |
| 095 | REGISTERED NURSES | 3,994 | 3,883 |
| 213 | ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS | 6 | 3 |
| 216 | ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. | 272 | 136 |
| 224 | CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS | 201 | |
| 225 | SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. | 1,185 | 474 |
| 335 | FILE CLERKS | 104 | |
| 365 | STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS | 115 | |
| 453 | JANITORS AND CLEANERS | 3,179 | 51 |
| 505 | AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS | 250 | |
| 514 | AUTOMOBILE BODY AND RELATED REPAIRERS | 1,361 | |
| 516 | HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS | 413 | |
| 534 | HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING, AND REFRIGERATION MECHANICS | 3,199 | |
| 549 | NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS | 46 | 5 |
| 558 | SUPERVISORS, N.E.C. | 207 | |
| 565 | TILE SETTERS, HARD AND SOFT | 2,932 | |
| 567 | CARPENTERS | 16,887 | |
| 575 | ELECTRICIANS | 4,522 | |
| 579 | PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE | 129 | |
| 583 | PAPERHANGERS | 387 | |
| 585 | PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS | 212 | |
| 589 | GLAZIERS | 449 | |
| 597 | STRUCTURAL METAL WORKERS | 1,033 | |
| 633 | SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS | 3,194 | 947 |
| 637 | MACHINISTS | 754 | |
| 657 | CABINET MAKERS AND BENCH CARPENTERS | 1,107 | 452 |
| 684 | MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. | 232 | 58 |
| 733 | MISCELLANEOUS WOODWORKING MACHINE OPERATORS | 1,217 | |
| 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 | 3,795 | 254 |
| 759 | PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS | 2,826 | 43 |
| 766 | FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD | 513 | |
| 777 | MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. | 5,926 | 82 |
| 779 | MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED | 197 | |
| 783 | WELDERS AND CUTTERS | 1,829 | |
| 785 | ASSEMBLERS | 10,006 | 6,185 |
| 793 | HAND ENGRAVING AND PRINTING OCCUPATIONS | 23 | 3 |
| 796 | PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS | 1,383 | 947 |
| 798 | PRODUCTION SAMPLERS AND WEIGHERS | 68 | |
| 859 | MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS | 777 | |
| 869 | CONSTRUCTION LABORERS | 7,353 | |
| 888 | HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS | 940 | 78 |
| 889 | LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION | 6,906 | 500 |
| TOTAL | 96,744 | 16,565 | |
*(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.