National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name KAOLIN, POWDER
CAS # 1332-58-7
RTECS #
Agent Code X6880

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,185 474
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 154 31
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 43  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 899  
508 AIRCRAFT ENGINE MECHANICS 6,707 57
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 262  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 7  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 1,185  
634 TOOL AND DIE MAKERS 294  
637 MACHINISTS 6  
679 BOOKBINDERS 1,504 882
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 369 31
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 399 154
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,873 489
736 TYPESETTERS AND COMPOSITORS 586  
753 CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS 123 123
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 123  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 123 31
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 492  
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 403 403
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 3,462 116
787 HAND MOLDING, CASTING, AND FORMING OCCUPATIONS 687 46
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 489 326
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 3,791  
TOTAL 25,166 3,162

*(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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