National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name ALKYL SULFONATE, LINEAR
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code 83455

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 138 53
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 53 53
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,022 114
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 213  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 695 141
724 HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 71  
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 97  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 53  
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 149  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 744  
TOTAL 3,234 361

*(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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