National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name C.I. DISPERSE BLUE 281
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code X8835

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 35 35
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 151  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 261  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 70  
667 TAILORS 1,974 1,043
744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 10,016 10,016
747 PRESSING MACHINE OPERATORS 5,399 5,325
748 LAUNDERING AND DRY CLEANING MACHINE OPERATORS 175  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 680 115
TOTAL 18,760 16,534

*(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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