National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name COTTON, RAW
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code X4226

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
057 MECHANICAL ENGINEERS 246  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,524 164
738 WINDING AND TWISTING MACHINE OPERATORS 5,688 3,076
749 MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS 1,388 537
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 462 164
TOTAL 9,309 3,941

*(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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