National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name COMPOSITE WOODS, DUSTS
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code X3032

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
363 PRODUCTION COORDINATORS 175 175
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 1,117  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 2,260  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 262  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 87 52
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 79  
567 CARPENTERS 4,146  
575 ELECTRICIANS 673  
597 STRUCTURAL METAL WORKERS 1,209  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 446  
637 MACHINISTS 19  
653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 37  
676 PATTERNMAKERS, LAY-OUT WORKERS, AND CUTTERS 1,199  
679 BOOKBINDERS 5,144 1,728
725 MISCELLANEOUS METAL AND PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINE OPERATORS 69  
727 SAWING MACHINE OPERATORS 140  
733 MISCELLANEOUS WOODWORKING MACHINE OPERATORS 856  
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 5,301  
737 MISCELLANEOUS PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 547 303
758 COMPRESSING AND COMPACTING MACHINE OPERATORS 118  
765 FOLDING MACHINE OPERATORS 38  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 530  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 9,106 1,105
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 2,366  
785 ASSEMBLERS 6,529 202
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 305 151
798 PRODUCTION SAMPLERS AND WEIGHERS 175 175
804 TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY 651  
844 OPERATING ENGINEERS 292  
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 486 5
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 1,484 689
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 585  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 262 227
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 3,732 3,469
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 2,432  
TOTAL 52,857 8,282

*(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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