National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name ALIPHATIC ALCOHOLS
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code M0239

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
059 ENGINEERS, N.E.C. 1,085  
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 240  
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 3 3
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,837  
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 6,150  
508 AIRCRAFT ENGINE MECHANICS 6,707 57
514 AUTOMOBILE BODY AND RELATED REPAIRERS 627  
515 AIRCRAFT MECHANICS, EXC. ENGINE 634  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 184  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 91  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 14  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 5,089 69
575 ELECTRICIANS 43  
637 MACHINISTS 7,537 410
683 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ASSEMBLERS 9  
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 695 56
703 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE SET-UP OPERATORS 14  
704 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE OPERATORS 563  
706 PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS 901 281
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 58  
784 SOLDERERS AND BRAZERS 104 56
785 ASSEMBLERS 8,096 3,100
797 PRODUCTION TESTERS 9  
TOTAL 40,689 4,033

*(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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