National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name BUILDER
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code 80133

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 52 52
084 PHYSICIANS 999 300
095 REGISTERED NURSES 18,146 11,122
098 INHALATION THERAPISTS 534 452
099 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS 69 69
103 PHYSICAL THERAPISTS 672 607
104 SPEECH THERAPISTS 17 17
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 1,573 1,119
206 RADIOLOGIC TECHNICIANS 440 359
207 LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES 1,312 1,312
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 732 654
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 181 181
444 MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATION OCCUPATIONS 1,271 1,101
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 1,305 955
447 NURSING AIDES, ORDERLIES, AND ATTENDANTS 394 347
449 MAIDS AND HOUSEMEN 9,691 7,019
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 22,110 11,620
748 LAUNDERING AND DRY CLEANING MACHINE OPERATORS 334 287
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 52 52
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 35 35
887 VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS 96 96
TOTAL 60,013 37,754

*(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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