National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name FORMAMIDE, N,N-DIMETHYL-
CAS # 68-12-2
RTECS # LQ2100000
Agent Code 26560

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
027 PERSONNEL, TRAINING, AND LABOR RELATIONS SPECIALISTS 252 139
048 CHEMICAL ENGINEERS 282  
055 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS 111 3
064 COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS AND SCIENTISTS 386 125
069 PHYSICISTS AND ASTRONOMERS 87  
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 5,245 701
075 GEOLOGISTS AND GEODESISTS 28  
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 156 81
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 1,361 1,154
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 929 87
215 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS 58  
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 2,634 402
217 DRAFTING OCCUPATIONS 1,105  
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 1,226 377
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 8,034 2,083
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 35  
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 3,461 1,646
363 PRODUCTION COORDINATORS 506 506
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 913  
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 3,546  
368 WEIGHERS, MEASURERS, AND CHECKERS 222 222
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 867 684
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 10,820 108
476 MANAGERS, HORTICULTURAL SPECIALTY FARMS 633  
508 AIRCRAFT ENGINE MECHANICS 9,513 256
514 AUTOMOBILE BODY AND RELATED REPAIRERS 2,936  
515 AIRCRAFT MECHANICS, EXC. ENGINE 57  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 670  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 613  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 44  
534 HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING, AND REFRIGERATION MECHANICS 1,427  
535 CAMERA, WATCH, AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT REPAIRERS 160  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 22  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 43  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 3,774 5
558 SUPERVISORS, N.E.C. 116  
567 CARPENTERS 57  
575 ELECTRICIANS 65  
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 318 11
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 12,170  
593 INSULATION WORKERS 44  
599 CONSTRUCTION TRADES, N.E.C. 155  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 934  
634 TOOL AND DIE MAKERS 161 49
637 MACHINISTS 296  
643 BOILERMAKERS 91  
653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 1,709 28
655 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION METAL WORKERS 122  
666 DRESSMAKERS 481 123
674 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION APPAREL AND FABRIC WORKERS 64  
675 HAND MOLDERS AND SHAPERS, EXCEPT JEWELERS 9  
676 PATTERNMAKERS, LAY-OUT WORKERS, AND CUTTERS 35  
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 1,643 164
694 WATER AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS 66  
695 POWER PLANT OPERATORS 78  
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 373  
699 MISCELLANEOUS PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS 79  
703 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE SET-UP OPERATORS 14  
715 MISCELLANEOUS METAL, PLASTIC, STONE, AND GLASS WORKING MACHINE OPERATORS 86  
717 FABRICATING MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 57  
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 542 56
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,870 949
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,402 119
735 PHOTOENGRAVERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS 1,236 91
737 MISCELLANEOUS PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,283 837
747 PRESSING MACHINE OPERATORS 492 431
748 LAUNDERING AND DRY CLEANING MACHINE OPERATORS 246  
749 MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS 1,528 136
753 CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS 87 52
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,511 7
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,643 386
758 COMPRESSING AND COMPACTING MACHINE OPERATORS 90  
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,559 94
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 1,299 45
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 149  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 9,606 594
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 5,836 842
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 751  
784 SOLDERERS AND BRAZERS 51 51
785 ASSEMBLERS 3,530 1,887
795 MISCELLANEOUS HAND WORKING OCCUPATIONS 38 38
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 171 56
797 PRODUCTION TESTERS 78 39
804 TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY 74  
849 CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS 386  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 687  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 2,273  
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 16  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 295  
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 515 103
885 GARAGE AND SERVICE STATION RELATED OCCUPATIONS 7  
887 VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS 496 13
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 1,558 232
TOTAL 124,683 16,011

*(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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