National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name COPPER OXIDE
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code X4548

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 46 46
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 730 319
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 844 119
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 185 12
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 977 112
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 1,499  
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 58  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,017 275
487 ANIMAL CARETAKERS, EXCEPT FARM 258 86
575 ELECTRICIANS 5,307  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 44  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 365  
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 515 46
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 405  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,699  
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 197 4
763 ROASTING AND BAKING MACHINE OPERATORS, FOOD 117  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 7 5
768 CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS 3,275  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 788 46
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 2,606  
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 175  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 548 46
877 STOCK HANDLERS AND BAGGERS 782  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 58  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 575  
TOTAL 23,077 1,113

*(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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