National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name COKE DUST
CAS #
RTECS # GF8300000
Agent Code X3263

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 103 8
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 142  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 159  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 212  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 3,917 84
563 BRICKMASONS AND STONEMASONS 185  
575 ELECTRICIANS 174  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 145  
724 HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 247  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 338  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 1,814 253
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 2,017 97
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 130  
849 CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS 516  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 1,487 41
865 HELPERS, CONSTRUCTION TRADES 288  
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 253  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 465  
TOTAL 12,593 484

*(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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