National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name FATTY ACIDS, COCO, POLYMERS WITH ETHYLENE GLYCOL AND MALEIC ANHYDRIDE
CAS # 68604-69-3
RTECS #
Agent Code E0116

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
206 RADIOLOGIC TECHNICIANS 836 715
363 PRODUCTION COORDINATORS 177  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,562  
515 AIRCRAFT MECHANICS, EXC. ENGINE 1,018  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 386  
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 6,403 455
597 STRUCTURAL METAL WORKERS 2,180  
617 MINING OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. 529  
637 MACHINISTS 3,615  
657 CABINET MAKERS AND BENCH CARPENTERS 709  
658 FURNITURE AND WOOD FINISHERS 1,196 47
668 UPHOLSTERERS 427 47
717 FABRICATING MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 1,758 32
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 6 3
725 MISCELLANEOUS METAL AND PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINE OPERATORS 329 34
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 4,404 306
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 33  
785 ASSEMBLERS 105  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 3,022 42
TOTAL 28,696 1,682

*(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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