National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name LEATHER
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code 42805

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 252  
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 196 196
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 25 8
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 221 63
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 158  
335 FILE CLERKS 331  
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 430  
426 GUARDS AND POLICE, EXC. PUBLIC SERVICE 251  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 293  
567 CARPENTERS 108  
669 SHOE REPAIRERS 259 32
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 778 106
717 FABRICATING MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 3,953 3,148
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,043  
744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,587 1,126
745 SHOE MACHINE OPERATORS 2,388 1,791
753 CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS 235 235
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 505  
758 COMPRESSING AND COMPACTING MACHINE OPERATORS 311 256
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 249 249
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 72  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,903 1,098
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 805 549
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 1,369 556
785 ASSEMBLERS 11,134 6,594
786 HAND CUTTING AND TRIMMING OCCUPATIONS 426 426
787 HAND MOLDING, CASTING, AND FORMING OCCUPATIONS 359 160
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 256 238
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 188 141
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 1,341 174
TOTAL 32,424 17,146

*(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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