National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name ARW MILD STEEL
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code S2431

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
019 MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, N.E.C. 368  
027 PERSONNEL, TRAINING, AND LABOR RELATIONS SPECIALISTS 305  
053 CIVIL ENGINEERS 1,612  
059 ENGINEERS, N.E.C. 61  
215 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS 1,106 24
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 15  
217 DRAFTING OCCUPATIONS 1,105  
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 1,433 179
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 248  
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 36  
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 711  
449 MAIDS AND HOUSEMEN 55  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 62,246 405
486 GROUNDSKEEPERS AND GARDENERS, EXCEPT FARM 243  
494 SUPERVISORS, FORESTRY AND LOGGING WORKERS 152  
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 8,171  
507 BUS, TRUCK, AND STATIONARY ENGINE MECHANICS 13,791  
514 AUTOMOBILE BODY AND RELATED REPAIRERS 828  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 10,736 75
517 FARM EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 34  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 2,416 46
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 390  
533 MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT REPAIRERS 22  
534 HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING, AND REFRIGERATION MECHANICS 1,703  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 10,098 84
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 10,966  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 30,721 46
558 SUPERVISORS, N.E.C. 9,279  
575 ELECTRICIANS 137  
577 ELECTRICAL POWER INSTALLERS AND REPAIRERS 166  
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 48  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 11,534 90
596 SHEETMETAL DUCT INSTALLERS 1,753 7
597 STRUCTURAL METAL WORKERS 18,705 172
614 DRILLERS, OIL WELL 493  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 5,840 380
634 TOOL AND DIE MAKERS 809  
637 MACHINISTS 6,158 125
643 BOILERMAKERS 48 6
646 LAY-OUT WORKERS 319  
653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 9,440 49
676 PATTERNMAKERS, LAY-OUT WORKERS, AND CUTTERS 149  
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 1,119  
695 POWER PLANT OPERATORS 131  
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 1,225  
703 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE SET-UP OPERATORS 389  
706 PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS 893 41
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 609  
713 FORGING MACHINE OPERATORS 271  
717 FABRICATING MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 412  
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 704  
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 568  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 610  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 2,388 74
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 3,610 697
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 92,463 576
784 SOLDERERS AND BRAZERS 8  
785 ASSEMBLERS 10,004 31
787 HAND MOLDING, CASTING, AND FORMING OCCUPATIONS 368  
793 HAND ENGRAVING AND PRINTING OCCUPATIONS 475  
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 2,414 540
804 TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY 279  
844 OPERATING ENGINEERS 6,574  
849 CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS 822  
853 EXCAVATING AND LOADING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,553  
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 751  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 761  
865 HELPERS, CONSTRUCTION TRADES 326  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 8,603 21
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 180  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 38  
887 VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS 1,077  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 6,771 950
TOTAL 370,843 4,618

*(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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