National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name C.I. PIGMENT YELLOW 17
CAS # 4531-49-1
RTECS #
Agent Code M2153

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
056 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS 80 53
188 PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, CRAFT-ARTISTS, AND ARTIST PRINTMAKERS 86 29
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 41 31
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 243 122
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 2,228 356
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 238  
368 WEIGHERS, MEASURERS, AND CHECKERS 109  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,919  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 72  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 218  
575 ELECTRICIANS 109  
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 42  
637 MACHINISTS 1,241  
639 MACHINIST APPRENTICES 139  
703 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE SET-UP OPERATORS 132  
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 32  
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 9,125 1,793
735 PHOTOENGRAVERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS 405 18
737 MISCELLANEOUS PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,169 121
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 731  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,802  
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 141  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 44  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 212  
774 PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS MACHINE OPERATORS 96  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 1,598 145
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 59  
785 ASSEMBLERS 1,495  
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 293 293
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 80  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 79  
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 238  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 32 5
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 1,704 1,704
TOTAL 26,231 4,671

*(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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