National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name REW COLD ROLLED STEEL
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code S2507

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
335 FILE CLERKS 82  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,476  
503 SUPERVISORS, MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 65  
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 93  
514 AUTOMOBILE BODY AND RELATED REPAIRERS 2,096  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 22  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 107  
575 ELECTRICIANS 284  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 115  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 116  
645 PATTERNMAKERS AND MODEL MAKERS, METAL 1,193 852
653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 892  
703 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE SET-UP OPERATORS 246  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 51  
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 62  
724 HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 152  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 118  
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 232  
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 7,838 834
785 ASSEMBLERS 1,251 170
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 687  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 61  
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 262  
TOTAL 17,500 1,856

*(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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