National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name GRAPHITE POWDER
CAS # 7782-42-5
RTECS #
Agent Code X3264

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,430  
507 BUS, TRUCK, AND STATIONARY ENGINE MECHANICS 280  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 924  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 190 7
544 MILLWRIGHTS 396  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 1,215  
563 BRICKMASONS AND STONEMASONS 142  
637 MACHINISTS 17  
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 611  
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 366 65
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 284  
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 403 403
785 ASSEMBLERS 654 131
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 85  
TOTAL 6,998 606

*(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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