National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name BARIUM
CAS # 7440-39-3
RTECS #
Agent Code 08625

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
045 METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERS 64  
055 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS 5  
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 19  
078 BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENTISTS 114 31
084 PHYSICIANS 760 630
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 201 201
206 RADIOLOGIC TECHNICIANS 2,706 2,261
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 293  
215 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS 58  
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 69  
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 69  
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 495 195
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 80 15
335 FILE CLERKS 64  
363 PRODUCTION COORDINATORS 72  
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 8  
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 50  
374 MATERIAL RECORDING, SCHEDULING, AND DISTRIBUTING CLERKS, N.E.C. 13  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 677  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 11  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 21  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 27  
523 ELECTRONIC REPAIRERS, COMMUNICATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT 88  
533 MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT REPAIRERS 11  
539 MECHANICAL CONTROLS AND VALVE REPAIRERS 37  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 717  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 93  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 16  
563 BRICKMASONS AND STONEMASONS 5  
575 ELECTRICIANS 43  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 327  
637 MACHINISTS 32  
643 BOILERMAKERS 40  
683 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ASSEMBLERS 73 35
689 INSPECTORS, TESTERS, AND GRADERS 13  
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 3  
704 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE OPERATORS 3  
707 ROLLING MACHINE OPERATORS 125  
715 MISCELLANEOUS METAL, PLASTIC, STONE, AND GLASS WORKING MACHINE OPERATORS 24  
724 HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 136  
727 SAWING MACHINE OPERATORS 3  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 21  
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 133  
758 COMPRESSING AND COMPACTING MACHINE OPERATORS 13  
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 49 35
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 943  
768 CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS 5  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 13  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 47  
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 37  
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 271  
785 ASSEMBLERS 117  
789 HAND PAINTING, COATING, AND DECORATING OCCUPATIONS 349  
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 69  
797 PRODUCTION TESTERS 21  
798 PRODUCTION SAMPLERS AND WEIGHERS 8  
804 TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY 5  
849 CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS 51  
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 21  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 16  
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 72  
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 85  
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 262 195
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 117  
TOTAL 10,394 3,598

*(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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