National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name STEARIC ACID, CALCIUM SALT
CAS # 1592-23-0
RTECS #
Agent Code 15765

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
019 MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, N.E.C. 410 403
036 INSPECTORS AND COMPLIANCE OFFICERS, EXC. CONSTRUCTION 32 32
057 MECHANICAL ENGINEERS 210  
059 ENGINEERS, N.E.C. 131 6
064 COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS AND SCIENTISTS 386 125
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 1,520 352
078 BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENTISTS 88 73
084 PHYSICIANS 1,291 495
086 VETERINARIANS 2,015  
095 REGISTERED NURSES 40,666 31,471
096 PHARMACISTS 1,136 598
098 INHALATION THERAPISTS 3,928 2,246
103 PHYSICAL THERAPISTS 1,107 633
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 3,258 2,353
206 RADIOLOGIC TECHNICIANS 1,407 1,143
207 LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES 2,064 1,352
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,245 942
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 697 77
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 212 176
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 230 56
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,903 611
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 580 347
243 SUPERVISORS AND PROPRIETORS, SALES OCCUPATIONS 15  
313 SECRETARIES 568 189
315 TYPISTS 72  
335 FILE CLERKS 584  
345 DUPLICATING MACHINE OPERATORS 28 9
357 MESSENGERS 278  
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 4,372 413
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 6,026 776
366 METER READERS 1,077  
374 MATERIAL RECORDING, SCHEDULING, AND DISTRIBUTING CLERKS, N.E.C. 5  
389 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. 52  
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 1,604 993
447 NURSING AIDES, ORDERLIES, AND ATTENDANTS 4,261 3,904
449 MAIDS AND HOUSEMEN 1,578 1,224
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 21,662 1,968
487 ANIMAL CARETAKERS, EXCEPT FARM 806 806
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 3,570  
507 BUS, TRUCK, AND STATIONARY ENGINE MECHANICS 3,751  
508 AIRCRAFT ENGINE MECHANICS 795  
514 AUTOMOBILE BODY AND RELATED REPAIRERS 2,515  
515 AIRCRAFT MECHANICS, EXC. ENGINE 399  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 4,009 75
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 5,843 18
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 280  
523 ELECTRONIC REPAIRERS, COMMUNICATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT 1,553  
533 MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT REPAIRERS 161 19
534 HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING, AND REFRIGERATION MECHANICS 13,240  
535 CAMERA, WATCH, AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT REPAIRERS 641  
539 MECHANICAL CONTROLS AND VALVE REPAIRERS 2,515  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 419  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 3,153  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 10,676 514
557 SUPERVISORS; PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 3,250  
563 BRICKMASONS AND STONEMASONS 1,875  
567 CARPENTERS 9,760  
573 DRYWALL INSTALLERS 1,119  
575 ELECTRICIANS 16,632  
577 ELECTRICAL POWER INSTALLERS AND REPAIRERS 3,106  
584 PLASTERERS 5,903  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 14,543  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 5,325 196
634 TOOL AND DIE MAKERS 3,539  
636 PRECISION ASSEMBLERS, METAL 1,119 947
637 MACHINISTS 18,006 1,157
645 PATTERNMAKERS AND MODEL MAKERS, METAL 681  
646 LAY-OUT WORKERS 5  
655 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION METAL WORKERS 22  
658 FURNITURE AND WOOD FINISHERS 2,113 1,330
675 HAND MOLDERS AND SHAPERS, EXCEPT JEWELERS 3,841 1,202
679 BOOKBINDERS 370 315
683 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ASSEMBLERS 753 376
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 123  
688 FOOD BATCHMAKERS 7,245 5,175
689 INSPECTORS, TESTERS, AND GRADERS 71 48
694 WATER AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS 29  
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 1,203 47
703 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE SET-UP OPERATORS 725 62
704 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE OPERATORS 167 17
706 PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS 6,030 5,039
708 DRILLING AND BORING MACHINE OPERATORS 256 204
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,436 73
713 FORGING MACHINE OPERATORS 271  
715 MISCELLANEOUS METAL, PLASTIC, STONE, AND GLASS WORKING MACHINE OPERATORS 263 44
717 FABRICATING MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 4,010 3,148
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 23,642 11,608
724 HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 314  
726 WOOD LATHE, ROUTING, AND PLANING MACHINE OPERATORS 410  
727 SAWING MACHINE OPERATORS 628  
728 SHAPING AND JOINING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,954 1,042
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 13,897 1,256
737 MISCELLANEOUS PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,191 1,321
744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,562 1,147
749 MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS 345  
753 CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS 284 252
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,309 1,439
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 8,633 3,711
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 11,486 1,046
758 COMPRESSING AND COMPACTING MACHINE OPERATORS 311 256
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,533 28
764 WASHING, CLEANING, AND PICKLING MACHINE OPERATORS 254  
765 FOLDING MACHINE OPERATORS 279  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 4,664 18
768 CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS 441  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,195 933
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 29,507 7,832
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 32,882 8,230
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 3,456 363
784 SOLDERERS AND BRAZERS 16 14
785 ASSEMBLERS 21,757 10,127
786 HAND CUTTING AND TRIMMING OCCUPATIONS 2,494 2,339
795 MISCELLANEOUS HAND WORKING OCCUPATIONS 12  
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 2,581 2,353
798 PRODUCTION SAMPLERS AND WEIGHERS 111  
799 GRADERS AND SORTERS, EXCEPT AGRICULTURAL 243 49
804 TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY 905  
844 OPERATING ENGINEERS 5,771 94
849 CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS 38  
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 896  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 1,773  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 5,932  
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 1,579 73
877 STOCK HANDLERS AND BAGGERS 179  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 407 287
887 VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS 676 118
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 10,662 7,172
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 11,611 549
TOTAL 486,631 137,442

*(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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