National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name QUARTZ, DUST
CAS # 14808-60-7
RTECS # VV7330000
Agent Code X6478

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 169  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 3,546 84
728 SHAPING AND JOINING MACHINE OPERATORS 908  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 338  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 1,689 253
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 270  
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 403 403
849 CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS 507  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 844  
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 253  
TOTAL 8,927 741

*(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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