National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name GLYOXAL
CAS # 107-22-2
RTECS # MD2625000
Agent Code 84477

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
059 ENGINEERS, N.E.C. 28  
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 1,725  
098 INHALATION THERAPISTS 1,091 589
105 THERAPISTS, N.E.C. 366 366
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 949 790
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 314  
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 5,297 1,699
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 512 183
335 FILE CLERKS 104  
346 MAIL PREPARING AND PAPER HANDLING MACHINE OPERATORS 377 63
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 2,729 635
458 HAIRDRESSERS AND COSMETOLOGISTS 1,510 755
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 216  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 60  
567 CARPENTERS 640  
575 ELECTRICIANS 26  
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 16  
617 MINING OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. 13,996  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 104  
634 TOOL AND DIE MAKERS 71  
637 MACHINISTS 176  
667 TAILORS 217  
679 BOOKBINDERS 843  
707 ROLLING MACHINE OPERATORS 291  
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 110  
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,957  
737 MISCELLANEOUS PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,283 837
744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,825 2,825
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 28  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,192 11
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,414  
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 213  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 2,721 102
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 1,028 54
785 ASSEMBLERS 1,854 811
844 OPERATING ENGINEERS 213  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 101  
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 402  
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 940 78
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 452 91
TOTAL 50,395 9,890

*(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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