National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name FLOUR, NEC
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code 33307

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 78 39
078 BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENTISTS 133 31
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 70 42
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 1,736 1,300
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 212 176
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 264 159
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 159  
315 TYPISTS 72  
335 FILE CLERKS 671 549
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 106  
368 WEIGHERS, MEASURERS, AND CHECKERS 19  
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 127 54
449 MAIDS AND HOUSEMEN 441 25
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 7,154 1,372
469 PERSONAL SERVICE OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. 238 98
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 63  
507 BUS, TRUCK, AND STATIONARY ENGINE MECHANICS 1,092  
514 AUTOMOBILE BODY AND RELATED REPAIRERS 611  
515 AIRCRAFT MECHANICS, EXC. ENGINE 318 9
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 130  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 663  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 43  
523 ELECTRONIC REPAIRERS, COMMUNICATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT 1,553  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 524  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 403  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 289  
563 BRICKMASONS AND STONEMASONS 2,967  
567 CARPENTERS 489  
575 ELECTRICIANS 440  
577 ELECTRICAL POWER INSTALLERS AND REPAIRERS 3,106  
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 1,020  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 3,073  
597 STRUCTURAL METAL WORKERS 2,969 141
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 1,618 416
637 MACHINISTS 176  
656 PATTERNMAKERS AND MODEL MAKERS, WOOD 12  
657 CABINET MAKERS AND BENCH CARPENTERS 2,680 151
666 DRESSMAKERS 358  
675 HAND MOLDERS AND SHAPERS, EXCEPT JEWELERS 1,528 18
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 232 58
687 BAKERS 1,624 162
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 644 106
707 ROLLING MACHINE OPERATORS 39  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,716 556
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 9,775 4,006
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,657  
725 MISCELLANEOUS METAL AND PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINE OPERATORS 142  
727 SAWING MACHINE OPERATORS 3,213 295
728 SHAPING AND JOINING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,954 1,042
733 MISCELLANEOUS WOODWORKING MACHINE OPERATORS 8,047 2,383
749 MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS 217  
753 CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,063 146
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 784 467
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 924 369
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,012 529
758 COMPRESSING AND COMPACTING MACHINE OPERATORS 211 33
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 309  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 4,790  
768 CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS 17  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 524 471
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 11,515 1,512
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 3,729 1,475
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 3,018  
785 ASSEMBLERS 17,653 3,192
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 1,675 1,675
797 PRODUCTION TESTERS 19  
804 TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY 19  
849 CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS 6,358 203
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 289  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 997 17
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 353  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 1,928 1,155
887 VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS 309  
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 6,300 6,159
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 2,659  
TOTAL 134,320 30,592

*(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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