National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name CARBON, FIBER
CAS # 7440-44-0
RTECS #
Agent Code X9503

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 36  
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 318 297
653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 213 128
753 CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS 711 558
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 43  
785 ASSEMBLERS 72 14
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 6 3
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 28 11
TOTAL 1,427 1,011

*(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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