National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name STEEL DUST
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code X3089

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
185 DESIGNERS 104  
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 25 8
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 488  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 2,389  
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 52  
507 BUS, TRUCK, AND STATIONARY ENGINE MECHANICS 312  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 1,279  
523 ELECTRONIC REPAIRERS, COMMUNICATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT 62  
597 STRUCTURAL METAL WORKERS 939  
634 TOOL AND DIE MAKERS 346  
637 MACHINISTS 2,654  
646 LAY-OUT WORKERS 58  
655 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION METAL WORKERS 364  
675 HAND MOLDERS AND SHAPERS, EXCEPT JEWELERS 1,249  
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 308  
704 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE OPERATORS 196  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,017 79
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 65  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 1,011  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 111  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 588  
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 228  
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 817  
785 ASSEMBLERS 269  
824 LOCOMOTIVE OPERATING OCCUPATIONS 1,169  
885 GARAGE AND SERVICE STATION RELATED OCCUPATIONS 2,022  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 1,638  
TOTAL 19,758 88

*(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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