National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name C.I. 15585:1-PIGMENT RED 53:1
CAS # 5160-02-1
RTECS # DB5500000
Agent Code M3849

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
099 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS 30 30
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 2,525 356
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,281 474
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,918 7
319 RECEPTIONISTS 413 413
345 DUPLICATING MACHINE OPERATORS 33 16
356 MAIL CLERKS, EXC. POSTAL SERVICE 2,153 1,025
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 1,378 96
368 WEIGHERS, MEASURERS, AND CHECKERS 299  
426 GUARDS AND POLICE, EXC. PUBLIC SERVICE 140  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 3,597 46
458 HAIRDRESSERS AND COSMETOLOGISTS 4,161 1,560
508 AIRCRAFT ENGINE MECHANICS 6,707 57
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 2,745  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 22  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 470  
567 CARPENTERS 57  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 44  
593 INSULATION WORKERS 44  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 1,947 92
637 MACHINISTS 57  
653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 75  
679 BOOKBINDERS 462 231
694 WATER AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS 66  
695 POWER PLANT OPERATORS 45  
699 MISCELLANEOUS PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS 114  
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 6,408 820
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 8  
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 48,625 2,113
735 PHOTOENGRAVERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS 426 105
737 MISCELLANEOUS PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,191 1,321
738 WINDING AND TWISTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,874 1,874
749 MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS 1,090 136
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,642 34
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 17 3
758 COMPRESSING AND COMPACTING MACHINE OPERATORS 693 600
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,007 483
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 468  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 3,616 866
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 5,561 1,527
785 ASSEMBLERS 2,288 1,764
787 HAND MOLDING, CASTING, AND FORMING OCCUPATIONS 687 46
794 HAND GRINDING AND POLISHING OCCUPATIONS 159 159
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 231  
798 PRODUCTION SAMPLERS AND WEIGHERS 819  
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 1,695 363
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 88  
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 4,868 4,868
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 7,072 1,606
TOTAL 122,313 23,095

*(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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