National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name FULLER'S EARTH
CAS # 8031-18-3
RTECS #
Agent Code 90870

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
077 AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SCIENTISTS 545  
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 209 154
217 DRAFTING OCCUPATIONS 1,214 27
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,185 474
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 953  
269 SALES WORKERS, PARTS 132  
335 FILE CLERKS 553 484
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 522  
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 1,029  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 15,847 2,149
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 2,953  
507 BUS, TRUCK, AND STATIONARY ENGINE MECHANICS 6,879  
514 AUTOMOBILE BODY AND RELATED REPAIRERS 939  
515 AIRCRAFT MECHANICS, EXC. ENGINE 86  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 670  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 1,652 38
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 54  
529 TELEPHONE INSTALLERS AND REPAIRERS 96  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 703  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 1,230  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 1,785  
567 CARPENTERS 20,971  
573 DRYWALL INSTALLERS 2,264  
575 ELECTRICIANS 1,372  
577 ELECTRICAL POWER INSTALLERS AND REPAIRERS 166  
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 245  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 58  
593 INSULATION WORKERS 8,427 562
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 2,519  
636 PRECISION ASSEMBLERS, METAL 462  
637 MACHINISTS 8,991 199
675 HAND MOLDERS AND SHAPERS, EXCEPT JEWELERS 32  
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 74  
694 WATER AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS 16  
704 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE OPERATORS 787 3
705 MILLING AND PLANING MACHINE OPERATORS 74  
706 PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS 3,262 646
707 ROLLING MACHINE OPERATORS 432  
708 DRILLING AND BORING MACHINE OPERATORS 295  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 308  
713 FORGING MACHINE OPERATORS 96  
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 10,306 8,817
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 119  
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 774  
749 MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS 288  
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 65  
758 COMPRESSING AND COMPACTING MACHINE OPERATORS 324 43
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 515  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 3,688  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,447  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 10,448 310
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 2,163 394
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 1,664  
784 SOLDERERS AND BRAZERS 8  
785 ASSEMBLERS 2,981 674
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 300 136
804 TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY 26  
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 379 134
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 165  
865 HELPERS, CONSTRUCTION TRADES 288  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 1,651  
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 1,022  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 3,025  
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 4,642  
885 GARAGE AND SERVICE STATION RELATED OCCUPATIONS 2,343 293
887 VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS 359  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 6,009 29
TOTAL 145,084 15,567

*(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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