National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name PYRIDINE
CAS # 110-86-1
RTECS # UR8400000
Agent Code 65080

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
048 CHEMICAL ENGINEERS 19  
059 ENGINEERS, N.E.C. 284  
069 PHYSICISTS AND ASTRONOMERS 1,354 829
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 2,112 645
075 GEOLOGISTS AND GEODESISTS 28  
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 47 31
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 1,214 1,007
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,625 1,134
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 1,680 130
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 2,716 701
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 2,181 771
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 10,621 2,678
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,391 587
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,335 203
335 FILE CLERKS 149 30
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 937 711
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,019  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 22  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 470  
567 CARPENTERS 57  
575 ELECTRICIANS 6  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 323  
593 INSULATION WORKERS 44  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 68  
637 MACHINISTS 63  
653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 75  
677 OPTICAL GOODS WORKERS 7 7
694 WATER AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS 74  
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 7  
699 MISCELLANEOUS PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS 79  
735 PHOTOENGRAVERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS 1,026 91
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 4,790 261
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,637 386
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,722 144
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 927 128
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 86  
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 770  
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 9  
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 379  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 360  
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 29  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 165 91
TOTAL 42,908 10,568

*(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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