National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name FATTY ACIDS, C18-UNSATD., DIMERS, DIESTERS WITH POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL
CAS # 68139-61-7
RTECS #
Agent Code X1591

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 675 56
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,252 338
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 44 3
TOTAL 2,971 397

*(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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