National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name PROPENOIC ACID, 2-ETHYLHEXYL ESTER, 2-
CAS # 103-11-7
RTECS # AT0855000
Agent Code 82082

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 1,421 102
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 2,341 1,098
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 512 183
374 MATERIAL RECORDING, SCHEDULING, AND DISTRIBUTING CLERKS, N.E.C. 5  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,145  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 1,171 123
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,096 411
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 5  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 471  
849 CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS 27  
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 402  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 2,680 425
TOTAL 11,277 2,341

*(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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