National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name CU, COPPER POWDER-MF UNKNOWN
CAS # 7440-50-8
RTECS # GL5325000
Agent Code X5983

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
019 MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, N.E.C. 269  
045 METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERS 16 5
095 REGISTERED NURSES 861 861
185 DESIGNERS 104  
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 244 221
207 LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES 201 161
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 31 31
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 308 15
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 472  
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 1,625 1,123
447 NURSING AIDES, ORDERLIES, AND ATTENDANTS 192 183
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 5,270  
503 SUPERVISORS, MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 226  
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 11,274 42
507 BUS, TRUCK, AND STATIONARY ENGINE MECHANICS 5,439  
515 AIRCRAFT MECHANICS, EXC. ENGINE 178  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 103  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 169  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 1,753  
567 CARPENTERS 143  
575 ELECTRICIANS 953  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 57  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 181 78
637 MACHINISTS 4,625  
683 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ASSEMBLERS 2,721 2,346
705 MILLING AND PLANING MACHINE OPERATORS 17  
706 PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS 403 134
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 177  
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 65  
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 998  
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,126 363
736 TYPESETTERS AND COMPOSITORS 13  
753 CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS 94 22
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 58  
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,859  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 532 134
774 PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS MACHINE OPERATORS 179 57
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 1,829 648
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 2,366 403
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 157  
785 ASSEMBLERS 2,115 108
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 402 269
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 1,891  
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 1,479 1,479
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 106 74
TOTAL 53,282 8,758

*(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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