National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name FABRIC
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code 92355

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
335 FILE CLERKS 1,872 1,872
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 322 6
563 BRICKMASONS AND STONEMASONS 592  
567 CARPENTERS 314  
595 ROOFERS 5,399  
667 TAILORS 1,556  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 826  
744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 20,266 19,155
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 108  
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 58 21
785 ASSEMBLERS 814 814
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 2,316  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 723 56
TOTAL 35,166 21,924

*(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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