National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name CASTOR OIL, POLYMD., OXIDIZED
CAS # 68439-93-0
RTECS #
Agent Code X1579

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 293  
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 1,433 179
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 541 35
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 19,519 389
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 14,850  
507 BUS, TRUCK, AND STATIONARY ENGINE MECHANICS 5,381  
508 AIRCRAFT ENGINE MECHANICS 2,015  
514 AUTOMOBILE BODY AND RELATED REPAIRERS 2,991  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 6,888 156
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 12,940 60
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 182  
523 ELECTRONIC REPAIRERS, COMMUNICATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT 1,553  
538 OFFICE MACHINE REPAIRERS 431  
539 MECHANICAL CONTROLS AND VALVE REPAIRERS 3  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 560  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 1,500 52
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 7,513  
567 CARPENTERS 28  
575 ELECTRICIANS 791  
577 ELECTRICAL POWER INSTALLERS AND REPAIRERS 3,106  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 14,720  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 703  
637 MACHINISTS 2,246  
639 MACHINIST APPRENTICES 139  
653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 806  
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 205  
689 INSPECTORS, TESTERS, AND GRADERS 58  
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 107  
733 MISCELLANEOUS WOODWORKING MACHINE OPERATORS 9  
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,815  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 9  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,792  
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 1,976 54
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 1,687  
785 ASSEMBLERS 6,772 28
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 52  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 343 172
865 HELPERS, CONSTRUCTION TRADES 326  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 79  
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 198  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 608  
TOTAL 117,167 1,125

*(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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