National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name FATTY ACIDS, TALL-OIL, CADMIUM SALTS
CAS # 68855-80-1
RTECS #
Agent Code X2887

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
313 SECRETARIES 568 189
335 FILE CLERKS 553 484
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 427 427
567 CARPENTERS 3,213  
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 8,247 6,445
744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 958 745
745 SHOE MACHINE OPERATORS 1,044 845
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,136  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 542 191
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 427  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 149  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 2,218  
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 998 633
785 ASSEMBLERS 690 690
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 106  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 382 287
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 4,169 3,642
TOTAL 25,827 14,578

*(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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