National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name WOOL, FIBER
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code X5077

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
667 TAILORS 434  
738 WINDING AND TWISTING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,205 1,082
739 KNITTING, LOOPING, TAPING, AND WEAVING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,985 411
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 4,635 4,359
TOTAL 9,259 5,852

*(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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