National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name GLASS
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code 90900

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 165 165
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 9  
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,430 713
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 22 7
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 163  
335 FILE CLERKS 225 45
363 PRODUCTION COORDINATORS 9  
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 80  
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 1,217  
368 WEIGHERS, MEASURERS, AND CHECKERS 168  
426 GUARDS AND POLICE, EXC. PUBLIC SERVICE 42  
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 279 147
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 806  
515 AIRCRAFT MECHANICS, EXC. ENGINE 643 21
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 387  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 308  
563 BRICKMASONS AND STONEMASONS 345  
567 CARPENTERS 4,331  
589 GLAZIERS 1,426 224
593 INSULATION WORKERS 5,892  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 540  
637 MACHINISTS 2,036  
653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 31  
678 DENTAL LABORATORY AND MEDICAL APPLIANCE TECHNICIANS 21  
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 3,037 781
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 512  
703 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE SET-UP OPERATORS 34  
705 MILLING AND PLANING MACHINE OPERATORS 78 39
706 PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS 20 20
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,665 110
713 FORGING MACHINE OPERATORS 462  
715 MISCELLANEOUS METAL, PLASTIC, STONE, AND GLASS WORKING MACHINE OPERATORS 45 45
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 6,441 3,973
725 MISCELLANEOUS METAL AND PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINE OPERATORS 6  
727 SAWING MACHINE OPERATORS 508  
753 CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS 648 86
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 739 369
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 337  
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 152 9
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 3,416 299
768 CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,197  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,473 110
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 10,695 3,956
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 1,281 633
785 ASSEMBLERS 2,934 1,069
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 701 259
848 HOIST AND WINCH OPERATORS 215  
849 CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS 162  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 993 62
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 2,052  
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 714  
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 123  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 264 17
TOTAL 62,477 13,160

*(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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