National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name MIG STEEL
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code S2597

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
057 MECHANICAL ENGINEERS 128  
269 SALES WORKERS, PARTS 132  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 717  
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 5,597  
514 AUTOMOBILE BODY AND RELATED REPAIRERS 788  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 374  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 685  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 528  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 38  
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 155  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 1,626  
595 ROOFERS 80  
597 STRUCTURAL METAL WORKERS 1,367  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 634  
634 TOOL AND DIE MAKERS 346  
637 MACHINISTS 5,959  
643 BOILERMAKERS 27  
653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 3,001  
676 PATTERNMAKERS, LAY-OUT WORKERS, AND CUTTERS 16  
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 1,643 164
717 FABRICATING MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 180  
725 MISCELLANEOUS METAL AND PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,136 21
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 166  
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 36,917 263
785 ASSEMBLERS 6,006  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 113  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 132  
TOTAL 68,490 449

*(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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