National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name SLAG, NEC
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code 80175

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 103 8
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 41  
454 ELEVATOR OPERATORS 150  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 3,927  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 1,246  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 92  
558 SUPERVISORS, N.E.C. 4,805  
563 BRICKMASONS AND STONEMASONS 1,577  
615 EXPLOSIVES WORKERS 72  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 429  
725 MISCELLANEOUS METAL AND PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINE OPERATORS 128  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 1,598  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 262  
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 44  
849 CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS 131  
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 214  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 53 5
865 HELPERS, CONSTRUCTION TRADES 288  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 3,724  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 2,438 8
TOTAL 21,324 22

*(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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