National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name ALUM
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code X3812

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 3,052 872
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 3,546  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 84  
676 PATTERNMAKERS, LAY-OUT WORKERS, AND CUTTERS 310  
686 BUTCHERS AND MEAT CUTTERS 1,800 95
694 WATER AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS 156  
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 95  
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 753  
737 MISCELLANEOUS PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,283 837
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 403 24
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 24  
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 568  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 3,161 145
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 3,546  
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 189  
TOTAL 18,971 1,973

*(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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