| Agent Name | PENTANE |
| CAS # | 109-66-0 |
| RTECS # | RZ9450000 |
| Agent Code | 54243 |
| Code | Occupation Description (1980) | Total # Employees (Male & Female) |
Total # Female Employees |
| 048 | CHEMICAL ENGINEERS | 3 | |
| 073 | CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS | 2,135 | 289 |
| 075 | GEOLOGISTS AND GEODESISTS | 28 | |
| 083 | MEDICAL SCIENTISTS | 26 | 21 |
| 213 | ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS | 57 | 19 |
| 216 | ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. | 35 | |
| 223 | BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS | 1,239 | 380 |
| 224 | CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS | 1,192 | 239 |
| 225 | SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. | 303 | 30 |
| 235 | TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. | 304 | |
| 308 | COMPUTER OPERATORS | 2,260 | 282 |
| 335 | FILE CLERKS | 553 | 484 |
| 364 | TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS | 678 | |
| 453 | JANITORS AND CLEANERS | 42 | |
| 534 | HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING, AND REFRIGERATION MECHANICS | 52 | 15 |
| 535 | CAMERA, WATCH, AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT REPAIRERS | 1,091 | |
| 549 | NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS | 134 | |
| 567 | CARPENTERS | 149 | |
| 575 | ELECTRICIANS | 10 | |
| 585 | PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS | 175 | 3 |
| 593 | INSULATION WORKERS | 196 | 123 |
| 633 | SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS | 287 | |
| 637 | MACHINISTS | 10 | |
| 675 | HAND MOLDERS AND SHAPERS, EXCEPT JEWELERS | 2,405 | 1,202 |
| 699 | MISCELLANEOUS PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS | 653 | |
| 704 | LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE OPERATORS | 5,098 | |
| 713 | FORGING MACHINE OPERATORS | 137 | 86 |
| 719 | MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS | 8,977 | 6,249 |
| 727 | SAWING MACHINE OPERATORS | 1,066 | |
| 755 | EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS | 25 | |
| 756 | MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS | 176 | |
| 757 | SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS | 2,574 | 386 |
| 759 | PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS | 257 | 43 |
| 765 | FOLDING MACHINE OPERATORS | 89 | 22 |
| 777 | MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. | 411 | 25 |
| 779 | MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED | 432 | 187 |
| 783 | WELDERS AND CUTTERS | 992 | |
| 785 | ASSEMBLERS | 152 | 152 |
| 797 | PRODUCTION TESTERS | 55 | |
| 804 | TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY | 890 | |
| 856 | INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS | 134 | 67 |
| 859 | MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS | 48 | |
| 864 | HELPERS, MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS | 454 | |
| 873 | PRODUCTION HELPERS | 502 | |
| 885 | GARAGE AND SERVICE STATION RELATED OCCUPATIONS | 454 | |
| 888 | HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS | 834 | 586 |
| 889 | LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION | 693 | |
| TOTAL | 38,465 | 10,889 | |
*(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.