National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name NAPHTHENIC ACID
CAS # 1338-24-5
RTECS # QK8750000
Agent Code 81676

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
019 MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, N.E.C. 395  
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 261 75
105 THERAPISTS, N.E.C. 366 366
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 800 144
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 92  
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 432  
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 197  
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 118  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 6,879 465
496 TIMBER CUTTING AND LOGGING OCCUPATIONS 397 227
507 BUS, TRUCK, AND STATIONARY ENGINE MECHANICS 184  
508 AIRCRAFT ENGINE MECHANICS 6,707 57
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 101  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 259  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 44  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 43  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 825  
567 CARPENTERS 454 227
575 ELECTRICIANS 65  
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 783  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 258 6
593 INSULATION WORKERS 44  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 1,115 240
637 MACHINISTS 5,251  
653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 75  
679 BOOKBINDERS 462 231
694 WATER AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS 66  
699 MISCELLANEOUS PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS 114  
707 ROLLING MACHINE OPERATORS 500 48
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 14 7
725 MISCELLANEOUS METAL AND PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINE OPERATORS 49  
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 5,112 139
744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,179 1,200
749 MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS 687 141
753 CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS 12 12
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 507  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 3,239 148
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 237 35
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 68  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 5,047 529
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 6,335 358
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 1,881  
785 ASSEMBLERS 859 96
787 HAND MOLDING, CASTING, AND FORMING OCCUPATIONS 687 46
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 943 286
798 PRODUCTION SAMPLERS AND WEIGHERS 296  
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 950 263
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 687  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 353  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 989  
887 VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS 98  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 3,418 173
TOTAL 61,935 5,519

*(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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