National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name WOOD FIBER
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code M1327

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
057 MECHANICAL ENGINEERS 205  
259 SALES REPRESENTATIVES, MINING, MANUFACTURING, AND WHOLESALE 479 479
335 FILE CLERKS 142  
356 MAIL CLERKS, EXC. POSTAL SERVICE 5,396  
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 546 18
449 MAIDS AND HOUSEMEN 798 570
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 223 36
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 2,187  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 97  
567 CARPENTERS 35  
595 ROOFERS 6,066  
599 CONSTRUCTION TRADES, N.E.C. 3,816 254
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 768  
637 MACHINISTS 1,358  
653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 2,793  
657 CABINET MAKERS AND BENCH CARPENTERS 725 207
675 HAND MOLDERS AND SHAPERS, EXCEPT JEWELERS 503  
676 PATTERNMAKERS, LAY-OUT WORKERS, AND CUTTERS 310  
679 BOOKBINDERS 843  
708 DRILLING AND BORING MACHINE OPERATORS 155  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 3,041 2,169
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 395 52
726 WOOD LATHE, ROUTING, AND PLANING MACHINE OPERATORS 104  
727 SAWING MACHINE OPERATORS 415 155
728 SHAPING AND JOINING MACHINE OPERATORS 52  
733 MISCELLANEOUS WOODWORKING MACHINE OPERATORS 104  
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 7,330 18
735 PHOTOENGRAVERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS 146 146
737 MISCELLANEOUS PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,283 837
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 57  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 107  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,462 73
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 1,969 851
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 2,597  
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 547  
785 ASSEMBLERS 1,657 52
787 HAND MOLDING, CASTING, AND FORMING OCCUPATIONS 360 360
795 MISCELLANEOUS HAND WORKING OCCUPATIONS 652 186
804 TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY 874  
849 CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS 56  
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 360  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 288 91
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 1,718  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 404 73
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 1,809 328
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 2,158 567
TOTAL 57,386 7,523

*(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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