National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name GLYCOLS, POLYETHYLENE, MONOHEXADECYL ETHER
CAS # 9004-95-9
RTECS #
Agent Code X7468

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 118 47
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 201  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 4,341 350
458 HAIRDRESSERS AND COSMETOLOGISTS 16,448 13,081
694 WATER AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS 8  
749 MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS 4,474  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 5,965 1,143
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 116  
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 1,341  
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 1,224  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 101  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 306  
TOTAL 34,643 14,621

*(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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