National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

Potential Exposures to Agents by Occupation

OPTICAL GOODS WORKERS (677)*


Agent
Code
Agent Name
01568 ACETIC ACID
31470 ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER
80223 ACETIC ACID, (ETHYLENEDINITRILO)TETRA-, TETRASODIUM SALT
80283 ACETIC ACID, (ETHYLENEDINITRILO)TETRA-
M1226 ACETIC ACID, PENTYL ESTER
X4045 ACETIC ACID, PHENYL-
02820 ACETONE
03298 ACETYLENE
68730 AG, SILVER-MF UNKNOWN
M0661 AL, ALUMINUM-MF UNKNOWN
X9941 ALKANES, C6-18, CHLORO
04605 ALUMINUM CHLORIDE
80390 ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE (AL(OH)3)
20265 ALUMINUM OXIDE
80625 ALUMINUM SILICATE
X3088 ALUMINUM, DUST
82275 AMINO-2-NAPHTHOL-4-SULFONIC ACID, 1-
80261 AMMONIUM BIFLUORIDE
05270 AMMONIUM CHLORIDE
80260 AMMONIUM CITRATES
06063 AMMONIUM DICHROMATE(VI)
80285 AMMONIUM FERROUS SULFATE
06145 AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE
80790 AMMONIUM MOLYBDATE(VI)
83384 AMMONIUM PENTABORATE
X7902 AMMONIUM, METHYLTRIOCTYL-, CHLORIDE
E0254 ANTIMONIC ACID, SODIUM SALT
A1640 ANTIMONY OXIDE (SB2O5)
M2263 ANTIMONY TRIOXIDE
P2003 ARM-TRANSPORTS
84479 ARSENIC ACID
84436 ARSENIC PENTOXIDE
07570 ARSENIC TRIOXIDE
X3247 BARITE
84519 BARIUM ACETATE
08650 BARIUM CHLORIDE
80341 BARIUM OXIDE
M1114 BEESWAX
90340 BENTONITE
69000 BENZENESULFONIC ACID, DODECYL-, SODIUM SALT
80461 BENZOIC ACID, P-HYDROXY-, METHYL ESTER
80496 BENZOIC ACID, P-HYDROXY-, PROPYL ESTER
81355 BENZOIC ACID, PARA-HYDROXY-, BUTYL ESTER
83170 BENZOPHENONE
82113 BENZOTRIAZOLE, 1,2,3-
01600 BENZYL ACETATE
11360 BENZYL ALCOHOL
12783 BI, BISMUTH-MF UNKNOWN
81040 BIPHENYLOL, 2-
X4812 BORATE(1-), TETRAFLUORO-, CADMIUM
X5707 BORATE(1-), TETRAFLUORO-, CALCIUM
M0124 BORATE(1-), TETRAFLUORO-, LEAD(2+)
50460 BORATE(1-), TETRAFLUORO-, NICKEL(2+)
A1165 BORATE(1-), TETRAFLUORO-, SODIUM
M0127 BORATE(1-), TETRAFLUORO-, TIN(2+)
M1736 BORATE(1-), TETRAFLUORO-, ZINC
T1956 BORAX (NA2(B4O7).10H2O)
12960 BORIC ACID
X7080 BORIC ACID (H3BO3)
A1160 BORIC ACID H2B4O7 , DILITHIUM SALT
X7020 BORIC ACID, SODIUM SALT, PENTAHYDRATE
12963 BORON OXIDE
M3898 BOROSILICATE GLASS
13100 BROMINE
13480 BUTANE
13850 BUTANOL
13980 BUTANONE, 2-
14380 BUTYL ACETATE
M4598 BUTYRIC ACID, 3,7-DIMETHYL-2,6-OCTADIENYL ESTER, (E)-
69715 C.CR.FE.MN, STAINLESS STEEL-MF UNKNOWN
X5950 C.FE.MN, ALLOY-MF UNKNOWN
X7507 C.FE.MN, STEEL-MF UNKNOWN
M2194 C.I. BASIC VIOLET 1
T0204 C.I. SOLVENT RED 125
84478 CADMIUM CHLORIDE
M1554 CADMIUM OXIDE
83628 CADMIUM SULFIDE
X1316 CADMIUM SULFIDE, SOLID SOLN. WITH ZINC SULFIDE, ALUMINUM AND COPPER-DOPED
15720 CALCIUM CHLORIDE
81753 CALCIUM NITRATE
15755 CALCIUM OXIDE
80244 CALCIUM SULFATE
M2491 CALCIUM SULFIDE
M4188 CAMPHENE
81814 CARBOHYDRAZIDE, 1,5-DIPHENYL-
17370 CARBON DISULFIDE
17490 CARBON TETRACHLORIDE
68850 CARBONIC ACID DISODIUM SALT (8CI) (9CI)
80069 CARBONIC ACID MONOSODIUM SALT
15705 CARBONIC ACID, CALCIUM SALT (1:1)
80144 CARBONIC ACID, MAGNESIUM SALT (1:1)
82002 CARBONIC ACID, STRONTIUM SALT (1:1)
15570 CD, CADMIUM-MF UNKNOWN
X5864 CELLULOSE, ETHYL ETHER
83860 CERATE(2-), HEXANITRATO-, DIAMMONIUM
11740 CERIC OXIDE
17745 CERIUM
17760 CERIUM NITRATE
X3873 CERIUM OXIDE
X2042 CERIUM OXIDE (CE2O3)
X4472 CESIUM CHROMATE
80588 CETYL ALCOHOL
18040 CHLORINE
18190 CHLOROBENZENE
18500 CHLOROFORM
E0651 CHROMATE(1-), HYDROXY(2-HYDROXY-3-(((2-HYDROXY-3-NITROPHENYL)METHYLENE)AMINO)-5-NITROBENZENESULFONATO(3-))-,
19360 CHROMIC ACID
81876 CHROMIC ACID, LEAD(2+) SALT (1:1)
A1040 CHROMIC FLUORIDE
X3770 CHROMIUM POTASSIUM SULFATE
X4822 CHROMIUM, ION (CR(6+))
T1575 CHRYSOTILE (MG3(OH)4(SI2O5))
19680 CITRIC ACID
A1604 CITRONELLOL
A1683 COBALT OXIDE (COO)
P0610 CONTINUOUS NOISE
84333 COPPER CARBONATE
X9857 COPPER CHLORIDE (CUCL2)
81787 COPPER OXIDE (CUO)
20340 COUMARIN
19395 CR, CHROMIUM-MF UNKNOWN
20380 CRESOL
X3842 CROWN GLASS
20115 CU, COPPER-MF UNKNOWN
E0175 CUPRATE(1-), (TRIS(((3-((2-ETHYLHEXYL)OXY)PROPYL)AMINO)SULFONYL)-29H,31H-PHTHALOCYANINESULFONATO(3-)-N29,N30,N31,N3
81780 CUPRIC FLUOBORATE
X4558 CYANIN
21660 CYCLOHEXANONE
81836 D-GLUCOSE
84495 DECANOIC ACID
X3027 DENATURED ALCOHOL
X9692 DEXTRIN (8CI)
24130 DICHLOROETHANE, 1,2-
47270 DICHLOROMETHANE
25544 DIETHYLENE GLYCOL
25820 DIMETHYL-4-HEPTANONE, 2,6-
25145 DIOXANE, 1,4-
X4131 DISILAZANE, 1,1,1,3,3,3-HEXAMETHYL-
T1187 DISTILLATES (PETROLEUM), HYDROTREATED HEAVY NAPHTHENIC
T1650 DISTILLATES (PETROLEUM), HYDROTREATED MIDDLE
Y1014 DISTILLATES(PETROLEUM), HYDROTREATED LIGHT NAPHTHENIC
81668 DODECYL BENZENE SULFONIC ACID
92290 DYES
P2008 EQUIPMENT-MONITORING
29325 ETHANE
74010 ETHANE, 1,1,2-TRICHLORO-1,2,2-TRIFLUORO-
T1651 ETHANE, TRICHLOROTRIFLUORO-
24615 ETHANOL, 2,2'-IMINODI-
80343 ETHANOL, 2-(2-BUTOXYETHOXY)-
04980 ETHANOL, 2-AMINO
29930 ETHANOL, 2-BUTOXY-
83449 ETHANOL, 2-PHENOXY-
31500 ETHYL ALCOHOL
32940 ETHYL SILICATE
32385 ETHYLENE GLYCOL
X6629 ETHYLENE, POLYMERS
73790 ETHYLENE, TRICHLORO-
32220 ETHYLENEDIAMINE
X4174 EUROPIUM
X9628 FATTY ACIDS, COCONUT OIL, SODIUM SALTS
X9296 FATTY ACIDS, DIMERS
M0700 FATTY ACIDS, TALL-OIL
X1688 FATTY ACIDS, TALL-OIL, REACTION PRODUCTS WITH TRIETHANOLAMINE
M4897 FATTY ACIDS, TALLOW, SODIUM SALTS
91095 FE, IRON-MF UNKNOWN
81080 FERRATE(3-), HEXACYANO-, TRIPOTASSIUM
P2006 FINGER-MANIPULATIONS
33415 FLUOBORIC ACID
X5239 FLUOBORIC ACID, INDIUM SALT
M2210 FLUORAN, 3',6'-BIS(DIETHYLAMINO)-
33370 FLUORINE
33640 FORMALDEHYDE
X9602 2,5-FURANDIONE, POLYMER WITH METHOXYETHENE
X4680 GALLIUM OXIDE
90880 GASOLINE-LEADED
90885 GASOLINE-UNLEADED
83197 GERANIOL
35085 GLYCEROL
82942 GLYCERYL MONOSTEARATE
32500 GLYCOL STEARATE
X5849 GLYCOLS, POLYETHYLENE, MONO((1,1,3,3-TETRAMETHYLBUTYL)PHENYL) ETHER
X6693 GLYCOLS, POLYETHYLENE, MONO(NONYLPHENYL) ETHER
90980 GYPSUM
X9977 3(2H)-ISOTHIAZOLONE, 2-METHYL-
X1457 3(2H)-ISOTHIAZOLONE, 2-METHYL-, HYDROCHLORIDE
P2005 HAND/WRIST-MANIPULATIONS
A1262 HEXADECANOL, 1-, ACETATE
M0244 HEXYL ALCOHOL
38580 HYDROCHLORIC ACID
38550 HYDROGEN FLUORIDE
38605 HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
38620 HYDROGEN SULFIDE
82946 HYDROXYCITRONELLAL
X4517 HYPOPHOSPHORIC ACID, DISODIUM SALT
39860 INDIUM, RADIOACTIVE ELEMENT (MASS UNKNOWN)
40030 IODINE
M1463 IRON OXIDE (FE2O3)
40430 ISOBUTYL ALCOHOL
X2145 ISONONANOIC ACID (C9H18O2)
X3899 ISOOCTANE
40370 ISOPENTYL ALCOHOL, ACETATE
40987 ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL
41775 KAOLIN
T1768 KEROSENE
80595 LACTIC ACID
80051 LANOLIN
42280 LANTHANUM
X4770 LANTHANUM CHLORIDE
X2060 LANTHANUM OXIDE (LA2O3)
P0310 LASER/MASER
83015 LEAD FLUORIDE
M0126 LEAD OXIDE (PB304)
M0125 LEAD OXIDE (PBO)
P2002 LIFTING-POSTURES
P2009 LIGHT/GLARE LEVEL
T0180 LIGROINE
84472 LITHIUM CHLORIDE
82795 LITHIUM OXIDE
43360 MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE
81882 MAGNESIUM NITRATE
80298 MAGNESIUM OXIDE (MGO)
X4747 MAGNESIUM SULFIDE
44030 MANGANESE OXIDE (MNO2)
T1269 MEDIUM ALIPHATIC SOLVENT NAPHTHA (PETROLEUM)
X8585 MENTHA-6,8-DIENE-2-ONE, PARA-, (R)-(M)-
M4389 MERCUROUS CHLORIDE
44870 MERCURY
47700 METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER
M3304 METHACRYLIC ACID, ALPHA-
M3204 METHACRYLIC ACID, ETHYLENE ESTER
45930 METHANOL
83646 METHYL OLEATE
80564 METHYL SULFOXIDE
37510 METHYL-2-PENTANONE, 4-
43320 MG, MAGNESIUM-MF UNKNOWN
P0420 MICROWAVE RADIATION
M0603 MINERAL OIL
44000 MN, MANGANESE-MF UNKNOWN
48910 MORPHOLINE
X2049 NEODYMIUM OXIDE (ND2O3)
50420 NI, NICKEL-MF UNKNOWN
81905 NICKEL CARBONATE
50440 NICKEL CHLORIDE
X7161 NICKEL CHLORIDE (NICL2)
84269 NICKEL OXIDE
50742 NITRIC ACID
69220 NITRIC ACID SODIUM SALT
M0259 NITRILOTRI-2-PROPANOL, 1,1',1"-
M0260 NITRILOTRIETHANOL, 2,2',2"-
81779 NITROCELLULOSE
T0481 OCTADECANAMIDE, N,N-BIS(2-HYDROXYETHYL)-
81873 OCTADECANOIC ACID, ESTER WITH 1,2,3-PROPANETRIOL
X9293 9-OCTADECENAMIDE, N,N-BIS(2-HYDROXYETHYL)-, (Z)-
X1597 9-OCTADECENOIC ACID, (SULFOOXY)-, 1-BUTYL ESTER
M4982 OCTADIEN-3-OL, 1,6-, 3,7-DIMETHYL-
82998 OCTADIEN-3-OL, 3,7-DIMETHYL-, ACETATE, 1,6-
X5067 OCTANONE, 2-
S2101 OFW ACETYLENE
S2484 OFW COLD ROLLED STEEL
S2397 OFW STAINLESS STEEL
52136 OIL, FUEL NO. 6
82951 OIL, LAVENDER
M4438 OILS, GERANIUM
M1217 OILS, LEMON
52480 OXALIC ACID
X9126 OXIRANE, ETHYL-
84448 PALLADIUM CHLORIDE
P2000 PASSIVE-POSTURES
82960 PATCHOULI, OIL
42490 PB, LEAD-MF UNKNOWN
37630 PENTANEDIOL, 2-METHYL-, 2,4-
M4016 PENTANONE, 4-HYDROXY-4-METHYL-, 2-
M0264 PENTYL ALCOHOL
06175 PEROXYDISULFURIC ACID (((HO)S(O)2)2O2), DIAMMONIUM SALT
M3190 PETITGRAIN OIL
80109 PETROLATUM
Y1000 PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS, NEC
80836 PHENETHYL ALCOHOL
57210 PHENYL ETHER
A1360 PHOSPHINIC ACID, SODIUM SALT
58520 PHOSPHORIC ACID
83514 PHOSPHORIC ACID, DISODIUM SALT
74795 PHOSPHORIC ACID, TRISODIUM SALT
X1604 PHOSPHORIC ACID, TRISODIUM SALT, POWDERED
X7350 PHOSPHORUS CHLORIDE
59115 PHOSPHORUS OXIDE (P2O5)
X6806 PINE ROSIN
83199 PIPERONAL
X1454 POLY(OXY-1,2-ETHANEDIYL), ALPHA-((1,1,3,3-TETRAMETHYLBUTYL)PHENYL)-OMEGA-HYDROXY-, PHOSPHATE
T0084 POLYETHOXYLATED COCOAMINE
60350 POTASSIUM CARBONATE
60360 POTASSIUM CHLORIDE
60370 POTASSIUM CHROMATE
60400 POTASSIUM CYANIDE
80064 POTASSIUM DICHROMATE(VI)
60440 POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE
81683 POTASSIUM IODIDE
X3761 POTASSIUM OXIDE
X9079 POTASSIUM OXIDE K2O
84081 POTASSIUM PYROSULFATE
82963 POTASSIUM SILICATE
X2313 PRASEODYMIUM OXIDE (PR6O11)
92740 PRESERVATIVE
X5262 PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION-ALCOHOLS AND SHORT CHAIN HYDROCARBONS
26615 PROPANE
81851 PROPANE, 2-METHYL-
81815 PROPANOL, 2-, 1-METHOXY-
X1468 2-PROPENOIC ACID, 2-METHYL-, POLYMER WITH ETHYL 2-METHYL-2-PROPENOATE AND METHYL 2-PROPENOATE
63495 PROPYLENE
63525 PROPYLENE GLYCOL
65080 PYRIDINE
M2309 PYROPHOSPHORIC ACID, DISODIUM SALT
66495 QUARTZ
X2806 RARE EARTH FLUORIDES
X6472 RAYON (MF UNKNOWN), PROCESSED
67405 RHODIUM
M0529 RUBBERS
P0652 SEGMENTAL VIBRATION
M0930 SILICA
84233 SILICATE(2-), HEXAFLUORO-, DISODIUM
M0651 SILICIC ACID (H2SIO3), DISODIUM SALT, PENTAHYDRATE
68657 SILICIC ACID, DISODIUM SALT
X6499 SILOXANES AND SILICONES, DI-ME
81115 SILVER CYANIDE
83652 SILVER DIETHYLDITHIOCARBAMATE
X4512 SILVER OXIDE
73075 SN, TIN-MF UNKNOWN
M1800 SODIUM BIFLUORIDE
80517 SODIUM BORATE
68880 SODIUM CHLORIDE
68950 SODIUM CYANIDE
81987 SODIUM GLUCONATE
69070 SODIUM HYDROXIDE
81990 SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE
80079 SODIUM METASILICATE
69230 SODIUM NITRITE
81992 SODIUM OXIDE
X3989 SODIUM OXIDE (NAO)
81993 SODIUM PERBORATE
80224 SODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE, TETRA
81996 SODIUM STANNATE
69445 SODIUM STEARATE
69460 SODIUM SULFIDE
69470 SODIUM SULFITE
X3992 SODIUM TETRABORATE
82789 SODIUM XYLENESULFONATE
T1270 SOLVENT NAPHTHA (PETROLEUM), LIGHT ALIPH.
T1271 SOLVENT NAPHTHA (PETROLEUM), LIGHT AROM.
T1272 SOLVENT REFINED HEAVY NAPHTHENIC DISTILLATE (PETROLEUM)
T1475 SOLVENT REFINED HEAVY PARAFFINIC DISTILLATE (PETROLEUM)
80077 STANNIC CHLORIDE
69740 STEARIC ACID
X9082 STEARIC ACID CMPD. WITH 2,2'-IMINODIETHANOL (1:1)
X3100 STEARIC ACID, ETHYLENE ESTER
80705 STEARYL ALCOHOL
69855 STODDARD SOLVENT
84462 STRONTIUM CHLORIDE
84461 STRONTIUM NITRATE
M0879 STRONTIUM OXIDE
X2061 STRONTIUM OXIDE (SRO)
M3168 STRONTIUM SULFIDE
M1542 SULFONIC ACIDS, PETROLEUM, SODIUM SALTS
70845 SULFUR
70870 SULFURIC ACID
20900 SULFURIC ACID COPPER(2+) SALT (1:1)
81663 SULFURIC ACID DISODIUM SALT
81830 SULFURIC ACID, AMMONIUM IRON(3+) SALT (2:1:1)
T1587 SULFURIC ACID, MAGNESIUM SALT (1:1), HEPTAHYDRATE
70995 SURFACTANT
80270 TARTARIC ACID
X7234 TERBIUM
X4101 TERPINEOL
83224 TERPINYL ACETATE
83480 THYME, OIL
69730 TIN CHLORIDE (SNCL2)
M0913 TITANIUM OXIDE (TIO2)
73300 TOLUENE
M2894 TRIAZINE-1,3,5(2H,4H,6H)-TRIETHANOL, S-
46970 TRICHLOROETHANE, 1,1,1-
80354 TRIETHYLENE GLYCOL
80076 TRIPHOSPHORIC ACID, PENTASODIUM SALT
X1512 TRIPHOSPHORIC ACID, SODIUM SALT (CAS# NOT SPECIFIED)
P0640 ULTRASOUND
X8571 VINYL ALCOHOL, POLYMERS
X5683 WHITE PETROLATUM
X6966 WHITE VINEGAR
P0450 X-RADIATION
76720 XYLENE
83002 XYLENE, 5-TERT-BUTYL-2,4,6-TRINITRO-, M-
M1105 XYLENESULFONIC ACID, AMMONIUM SALT
77055 YTTRIUM
X2924 YTTRIUM OXIDE (Y2O3)
77150 ZINC CHLORIDE
82849 ZINC DIBUTYLDITHIOCARBAMATE
77190 ZINC OXIDE
X5686 ZINC OXIDE (ZNO)
83747 ZINC SILICATE
77220 ZINC SULFATE
82214 ZINC SULFIDE
X1318 ZINC SULFIDE, SILVER CHLORIDE-DOPED
M0626 ZIRCONIUM OXIDE
X3045 ZIRCONIUM OXIDE (ZRO2)
77115 ZN, ZINC-MF UNKNOWN

*The agents listed for each occupation apply across the surveyed industries in which the agents were observed. Not all industries were surveyed, and not all agents were observed in all surveyed industries.

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