National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION-WOOD
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code 60721

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
056 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS 52  
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 203 87
436 COOKS, EXCEPT SHORT ORDER 290  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 533  
496 TIMBER CUTTING AND LOGGING OCCUPATIONS 224  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 3  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 45  
567 CARPENTERS 1,635  
573 DRYWALL INSTALLERS 327  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 16  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 359  
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 8  
726 WOOD LATHE, ROUTING, AND PLANING MACHINE OPERATORS 134  
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 87  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 601  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 1,406  
768 CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS 301  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 266  
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 73  
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 11  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 1,155  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 5  
TOTAL 7,734 87

*(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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