National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name WOOL GREASE
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code X9216

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 3 3
363 PRODUCTION COORDINATORS 9  
637 MACHINISTS 2,169 46
706 PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS 978 812
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 14 7
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,121  
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 233  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 158 11
785 ASSEMBLERS 39  
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 457 125
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 773  
TOTAL 5,954 1,005

*(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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