National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name BUTYLENE OXIDE
CAS # 26249-20-7
RTECS #
Agent Code 82164

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
019 MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, N.E.C. 113 100
185 DESIGNERS 535 401
206 RADIOLOGIC TECHNICIANS 983 813
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 108  
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 19  
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 34  
313 SECRETARIES 817 817
345 DUPLICATING MACHINE OPERATORS 52 45
374 MATERIAL RECORDING, SCHEDULING, AND DISTRIBUTING CLERKS, N.E.C. 18 18
379 GENERAL OFFICE CLERKS 65 65
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 52  
575 ELECTRICIANS 720  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 45  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 23  
637 MACHINISTS 10  
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 319 178
749 MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS 65  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 87  
774 PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS MACHINE OPERATORS 17 12
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 185 39
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 3  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 6  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 241 48
TOTAL 4,521 2,537

*(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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