National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name MIG STAINLESS STEEL
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code S2395

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
019 MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, N.E.C. 46  
389 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. 1,462  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 6,275 17
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 558  
514 AUTOMOBILE BODY AND RELATED REPAIRERS 2,991  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 286  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 369  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 703  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 78  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 3,014  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 2,745  
558 SUPERVISORS, N.E.C. 64  
575 ELECTRICIANS 34  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 5,478 117
597 STRUCTURAL METAL WORKERS 1,196  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 287  
634 TOOL AND DIE MAKERS 1,994 13
637 MACHINISTS 4,929  
643 BOILERMAKERS 34 6
645 PATTERNMAKERS AND MODEL MAKERS, METAL 1,193 852
653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 5,107 6
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 852 58
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 62  
703 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE SET-UP OPERATORS 14  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 46  
724 HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 69 16
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 69  
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 145  
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 37,156 229
784 SOLDERERS AND BRAZERS 8  
785 ASSEMBLERS 10,230 596
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 28  
797 PRODUCTION TESTERS 14  
853 EXCAVATING AND LOADING MACHINE OPERATORS 781  
855 GRADER, DOZER, AND SCRAPER OPERATORS 468  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 1,714 5
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 269  
TOTAL 90,770 1,913

*(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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