National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name FIBERGLASS, RAW
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code M0538

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 780 51
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 130  
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 36  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,076  
515 AIRCRAFT MECHANICS, EXC. ENGINE 567 21
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 31 31
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 576  
567 CARPENTERS 172 10
573 DRYWALL INSTALLERS 314  
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 297  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 279  
617 MINING OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. 159  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 437  
634 TOOL AND DIE MAKERS 350 32
637 MACHINISTS 382  
683 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ASSEMBLERS 486 390
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 520 47
699 MISCELLANEOUS PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS 181  
704 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE OPERATORS 6,760  
706 PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS 9  
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,169 989
727 SAWING MACHINE OPERATORS 31  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 286  
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 130 61
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 1,907 336
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 428 334
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 102  
785 ASSEMBLERS 248 187
804 TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY 874  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 119  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 795  
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 121  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 216  
TOTAL 20,970 2,488

*(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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