National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name ARW STEEL
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code S2594

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
057 MECHANICAL ENGINEERS 383 14
269 SALES WORKERS, PARTS 132  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 13,367 9
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 5,493 2,375
507 BUS, TRUCK, AND STATIONARY ENGINE MECHANICS 2,111  
514 AUTOMOBILE BODY AND RELATED REPAIRERS 4,478  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 3,218  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 1,466  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 1,279  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 390  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 1,321  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 587  
558 SUPERVISORS, N.E.C. 1,993  
567 CARPENTERS 1,557  
573 DRYWALL INSTALLERS 1,179  
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 726  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 9,280  
596 SHEETMETAL DUCT INSTALLERS 105  
597 STRUCTURAL METAL WORKERS 1,818  
614 DRILLERS, OIL WELL 1,873  
617 MINING OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. 5,976  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 292  
634 TOOL AND DIE MAKERS 1,233  
636 PRECISION ASSEMBLERS, METAL 16  
637 MACHINISTS 3,945 8
643 BOILERMAKERS 27  
646 LAY-OUT WORKERS 1,999 22
653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 2,358  
655 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION METAL WORKERS 364  
676 PATTERNMAKERS, LAY-OUT WORKERS, AND CUTTERS 219 11
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 825  
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 17  
706 PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS 210 6
717 FABRICATING MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 1,036  
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 203  
724 HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 3,772  
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 83  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,024  
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 35,571 56
785 ASSEMBLERS 5,987  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 113  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 2,347  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 132  
TOTAL 120,505 2,500

*(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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