National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name FIBERGLASS, INSULATION
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code 90820

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
048 CHEMICAL ENGINEERS 12  
057 MECHANICAL ENGINEERS 12 6
059 ENGINEERS, N.E.C. 49  
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 6  
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 166  
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 24  
534 HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING, AND REFRIGERATION MECHANICS 15,772  
558 SUPERVISORS, N.E.C. 3,091  
565 TILE SETTERS, HARD AND SOFT 5,655  
567 CARPENTERS 26,192 689
573 DRYWALL INSTALLERS 445  
575 ELECTRICIANS 3,907  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 7,745  
593 INSULATION WORKERS 19,390 818
595 ROOFERS 9,700  
596 SHEETMETAL DUCT INSTALLERS 7,556  
597 STRUCTURAL METAL WORKERS 1,502  
617 MINING OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. 159  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 1,228  
653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 13,694 107
699 MISCELLANEOUS PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS 166  
707 ROLLING MACHINE OPERATORS 829  
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 41 12
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 332  
733 MISCELLANEOUS WOODWORKING MACHINE OPERATORS 516  
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 166 83
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 497  
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 3,587  
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 5,005 35
785 ASSEMBLERS 15,687 4,343
786 HAND CUTTING AND TRIMMING OCCUPATIONS 49 16
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 166  
804 TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY 890  
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 995 83
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 986  
865 HELPERS, CONSTRUCTION TRADES 457  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 21,075 792
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 3,313  
TOTAL 171,062 6,984

*(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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