National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name COTTON, DUST
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code X3106

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
095 REGISTERED NURSES 17 17
159 TEACHERS, N.E.C. 19 6
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 461 321
215 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS 108  
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 70 52
217 DRAFTING OCCUPATIONS 77 71
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 453 453
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 28  
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 77  
307 SUPERVISORS; DISTRIBUTION, SCHEDULING, AND ADJUSTING CLERKS 17  
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 489 295
368 WEIGHERS, MEASURERS, AND CHECKERS 89  
379 GENERAL OFFICE CLERKS 299  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 2,598 114
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 17  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 1,202 180
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 24  
534 HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING, AND REFRIGERATION MECHANICS 35  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 157  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 146 23
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 1,022 68
575 ELECTRICIANS 87  
599 CONSTRUCTION TRADES, N.E.C. 6  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 2,310 461
637 MACHINISTS 952 89
667 TAILORS 3,016 1,840
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 215 215
729 NAILING AND TACKING MACHINE OPERATORS 355 177
738 WINDING AND TWISTING MACHINE OPERATORS 16,091 11,404
739 KNITTING, LOOPING, TAPING, AND WEAVING MACHINE OPERATORS 20,432 11,764
743 TEXTILE CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,326 906
744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 54,870 50,155
747 PRESSING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,343 838
748 LAUNDERING AND DRY CLEANING MACHINE OPERATORS 273 273
749 MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS 5,959 1,703
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,755 671
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 19  
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 17  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 4,785 4,411
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 1,067 120
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 5,769 3,930
795 MISCELLANEOUS HAND WORKING OCCUPATIONS 77 13
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 118 69
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 862  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 242  
875 GARBAGE COLLECTORS 157 52
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 4,617 3,349
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 72 35
887 VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS 152 32
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 684 70
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 884 228
TOTAL 135,921 94,406

*(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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