National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name BUTANEDIOIC ACID, (TETRAPROPENYL)-
CAS # 27859-58-1
RTECS #
Agent Code X2475

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
185 DESIGNERS 398 3
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 258  
363 PRODUCTION COORDINATORS 170 170
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 723  
374 MATERIAL RECORDING, SCHEDULING, AND DISTRIBUTING CLERKS, N.E.C. 5  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 11,715 51
507 BUS, TRUCK, AND STATIONARY ENGINE MECHANICS 169  
515 AIRCRAFT MECHANICS, EXC. ENGINE 12,644  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 53  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 1,276 123
544 MILLWRIGHTS 148  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 1,991 8
599 CONSTRUCTION TRADES, N.E.C. 1,155  
637 MACHINISTS 3,596 187
695 POWER PLANT OPERATORS 78  
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 5  
699 MISCELLANEOUS PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS 703  
704 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE OPERATORS 693  
705 MILLING AND PLANING MACHINE OPERATORS 73  
706 PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS 756 233
708 DRILLING AND BORING MACHINE OPERATORS 532  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 308  
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 271 28
724 HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 11  
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,535  
738 WINDING AND TWISTING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,130 2,130
744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 585 585
749 MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS 820 442
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 118 31
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 899  
764 WASHING, CLEANING, AND PICKLING MACHINE OPERATORS 145  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 686 18
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 3,948 1,690
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 559 192
785 ASSEMBLERS 2,943 1,302
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 883 390
844 OPERATING ENGINEERS 1,883  
849 CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS 27  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 941  
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 254 82
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 1,518 106
TOTAL 57,604 7,771

*(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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