National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name CORN
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code X3542

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
056 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS 43  
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 639 145
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 134 134
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 43  
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 2,510 228
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 58  
368 WEIGHERS, MEASURERS, AND CHECKERS 812  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,861 348
454 ELEVATOR OPERATORS 552  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 363  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 363  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 528  
637 MACHINISTS 2,199  
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 58  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 468  
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 778  
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 33  
763 ROASTING AND BAKING MACHINE OPERATORS, FOOD 117  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 147  
768 CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS 3,330  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 2,085 662
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 2,816  
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 489  
804 TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY 1,769  
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 280  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 363  
877 STOCK HANDLERS AND BAGGERS 1,021 248
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 1,487  
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 10,054  
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 2,143 617
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 363  
TOTAL 37,908 2,383

*(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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