National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name ANTIOXIDANT
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code 92850

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
099 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS 84 70
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 1,700 1,530
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 115  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,239 6
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 5,008  
514 AUTOMOBILE BODY AND RELATED REPAIRERS 2,041  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 111  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 25  
637 MACHINISTS 14  
679 BOOKBINDERS 259 104
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 27 14
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 486  
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 783 518
728 SHAPING AND JOINING MACHINE OPERATORS 595 595
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,292 28
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 416 199
765 FOLDING MACHINE OPERATORS 519  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 52  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 154 154
785 ASSEMBLERS 5,949 3,991
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 198  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 28  
885 GARAGE AND SERVICE STATION RELATED OCCUPATIONS 684  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 398  
TOTAL 23,176 7,208

*(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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