National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name TOBACCO
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code 80225

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 104 104
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 641 43
454 ELEVATOR OPERATORS 225  
455 PEST CONTROL OCCUPATIONS 113  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 8  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 2,615  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 35  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 80  
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 71  
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 575 199
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 293 51
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 299 58
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 4,918 861
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 978 110
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 30,849 15,975
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 1,221 447
799 GRADERS AND SORTERS, EXCEPT AGRICULTURAL 116 90
804 TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY 252  
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 1,149 26
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 4,472 1,408
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 13  
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 913 26
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 1,145 623
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 2,762 329
TOTAL 53,847 20,351

*(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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