National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name OCHER
CAS # 1343-81-3
RTECS #
Agent Code X8299

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 62  
563 BRICKMASONS AND STONEMASONS 3,759  
565 TILE SETTERS, HARD AND SOFT 2,056  
725 MISCELLANEOUS METAL AND PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINE OPERATORS 45  
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 58 46
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 45  
768 CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS 34  
804 TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY 268  
849 CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS 23  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 2,148  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 478  
TOTAL 8,976 46

*(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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