National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name PLASTER OF PARIS
CAS # 26499-65-0
RTECS #
Agent Code 60122

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
095 REGISTERED NURSES 7,125 6,745
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 628 440
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 110 84
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,185 474
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 2,898  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 635  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 437  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 42  
557 SUPERVISORS; PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 3,250  
565 TILE SETTERS, HARD AND SOFT 2,932  
567 CARPENTERS 858  
573 DRYWALL INSTALLERS 9,369  
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 10  
584 PLASTERERS 196  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 1,185  
637 MACHINISTS 1,049  
678 DENTAL LABORATORY AND MEDICAL APPLIANCE TECHNICIANS 134 134
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 64  
699 MISCELLANEOUS PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS 834  
704 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE OPERATORS 5,098  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 721  
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 22  
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 435  
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 713 71
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 15,840  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 150  
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 175  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 3,972  
TOTAL 60,066 7,948

*(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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