National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name ETHER, BIS(PENTABROMOPHENYL)
CAS # 1163-19-5
RTECS # KN3525000
Agent Code X4046

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 544 34
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 110  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,556  
503 SUPERVISORS, MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 65  
514 AUTOMOBILE BODY AND RELATED REPAIRERS 55  
565 TILE SETTERS, HARD AND SOFT 5,655  
575 ELECTRICIANS 218  
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 318 297
593 INSULATION WORKERS 6,006 584
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 65  
655 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION METAL WORKERS 122  
668 UPHOLSTERERS 789 379
675 HAND MOLDERS AND SHAPERS, EXCEPT JEWELERS 9  
676 PATTERNMAKERS, LAY-OUT WORKERS, AND CUTTERS 35  
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 512  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 44  
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,154 366
727 SAWING MACHINE OPERATORS 631  
744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,841 1,484
753 CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS 761 582
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 755 378
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 110  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,212 165
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 2,730 2,730
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 192 9
785 ASSEMBLERS 1,987 593
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 109  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 853  
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 11 11
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 2,210 1,263
TOTAL 32,661 8,875

*(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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