National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name ETHANE, NITRO-
CAS # 79-24-3
RTECS # KI5600000
Agent Code 50795

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
056 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS 68  
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 1,769 493
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 17 3
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 479  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 6  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 2,071  
785 ASSEMBLERS 933 933
797 PRODUCTION TESTERS 135 120
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 6  
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 515 103
TOTAL 6,001 1,652

*(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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