National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name METHYL MERCAPTAN
CAS # 74-93-1
RTECS # PB4375000
Agent Code 45850

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
048 CHEMICAL ENGINEERS 23  
056 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS 60  
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 841 192
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 8  
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 1,410 98
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 84  
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 21  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 88 7
535 CAMERA, WATCH, AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT REPAIRERS 26  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 242 7
567 CARPENTERS 35  
575 ELECTRICIANS 130  
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 35  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 205  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 107  
637 MACHINISTS 6  
699 MISCELLANEOUS PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS 53  
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 8  
764 WASHING, CLEANING, AND PICKLING MACHINE OPERATORS 16  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 1,041 48
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 412  
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 105  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 801  
885 GARAGE AND SERVICE STATION RELATED OCCUPATIONS 125  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 310 28
TOTAL 6,192 380

*(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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