National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name ETHYL MERCAPTAN
CAS # 75-08-1
RTECS # KI9625000
Agent Code 32760

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 26  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 53  
699 MISCELLANEOUS PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS 706  
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 254  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 366 14
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 66  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 322  
TOTAL 1,793 14

*(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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