National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name PENTANOL, 2-, 4-METHYL-
CAS # 108-11-2
RTECS #
Agent Code X3241

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
056 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS 80 53
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 230 34
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 71  
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 861  
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 37  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 363  
514 AUTOMOBILE BODY AND RELATED REPAIRERS 691  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 227  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 366  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 10  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 2,087  
567 CARPENTERS 1,444  
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 432  
593 INSULATION WORKERS 311  
599 CONSTRUCTION TRADES, N.E.C. 730  
658 FURNITURE AND WOOD FINISHERS 1,198 610
703 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE SET-UP OPERATORS 80  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 843 433
717 FABRICATING MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 442  
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 960  
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 511 41
749 MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS 2,548 158
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 704 335
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 59  
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,594  
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 5,090 125
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 853 352
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 1,274 402
785 ASSEMBLERS 417 83
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 80  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 130  
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 425  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 255 255
TOTAL 26,405 2,882

*(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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