National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name BARITE
CAS # 13462-86-7
RTECS #
Agent Code X3247

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 17 17
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,185 474
613 SUPERVISORS, EXTRACTIVE OCCUPATIONS 335  
614 DRILLERS, OIL WELL 11,128  
617 MINING OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. 11,231  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 1,185  
677 OPTICAL GOODS WORKERS 2,144 857
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 2,259  
706 PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS 516  
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 25 7
753 CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS 35 35
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 387  
768 CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS 67 67
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 5,466 137
804 TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY 3,227  
824 LOCOMOTIVE OPERATING OCCUPATIONS 3,346  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 6,492  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 4,598  
TOTAL 53,641 1,594

*(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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