National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name C.I. FLUORESCENT BRIGHTENER 289
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code X9476

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
057 MECHANICAL ENGINEERS 463  
217 DRAFTING OCCUPATIONS 1,144  
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 1,126 365
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 261  
667 TAILORS 1,974 1,043
744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 22,144 22,144
747 PRESSING MACHINE OPERATORS 5,399 5,325
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 17 17
TOTAL 32,527 28,893

*(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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