National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name BENZIDENE, 3,3' DIMETHOXY-
CAS # 119-90-4
RTECS # DD0875000
Agent Code 80274

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 250 250
078 BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENTISTS 3 1
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 28 21
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 617 474
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 120 120
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 7  
323 INFORMATION CLERKS, N.E.C. 7  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 541  
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 270  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 467  
768 CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS 172  
TOTAL 2,481 866

*(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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