National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name ROCKS
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code M0577

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 492 82
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 414  
558 SUPERVISORS, N.E.C. 560  
563 BRICKMASONS AND STONEMASONS 2,956  
567 CARPENTERS 5,954  
588 CONCRETE AND TERRAZZO FINISHERS 216  
594 PAVING, SURFACING, AND TAMPING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 545  
595 ROOFERS 5,399  
614 DRILLERS, OIL WELL 1,942  
768 CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS 82  
804 TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY 7,677  
844 OPERATING ENGINEERS 1,542  
849 CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS 123  
855 GRADER, DOZER, AND SCRAPER OPERATORS 1,708  
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 36  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 544  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 7,106  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 501  
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 276  
TOTAL 38,075 82

*(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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