National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS, COCOALKYLBIS(HYDROXYETHYL)METHYL, NITRATES
CAS # 71487-00-8
RTECS #
Agent Code X2378

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 14  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 413 163
469 PERSONAL SERVICE OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. 238 98
679 BOOKBINDERS 279 279
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,061 575
735 PHOTOENGRAVERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS 18  
736 TYPESETTERS AND COMPOSITORS 28 28
737 MISCELLANEOUS PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 28  
753 CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,264  
765 FOLDING MACHINE OPERATORS 279  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 625 73
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 237 55
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 279  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 164 73
TOTAL 5,924 1,342

*(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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