National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name OIL, FUEL NO. 6
CAS # 68553-00-4
RTECS #
Agent Code 52136

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 343 14
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 553 143
356 MAIL CLERKS, EXC. POSTAL SERVICE 77 7
357 MESSENGERS 27  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,336 41
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 70  
643 BOILERMAKERS 91  
677 OPTICAL GOODS WORKERS 7 7
695 POWER PLANT OPERATORS 59 14
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 361  
699 MISCELLANEOUS PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS 1,734  
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 218  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 117  
764 WASHING, CLEANING, AND PICKLING MACHINE OPERATORS 4  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 886  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 106  
795 MISCELLANEOUS HAND WORKING OCCUPATIONS 12  
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 74  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 249  
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 644  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 99  
TOTAL 7,066 226

*(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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