National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name FATTY ACIDS, COCONUT OIL, SODIUM SALTS
CAS # 61789-31-9
RTECS #
Agent Code X9628

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
095 REGISTERED NURSES 2,328 2,301
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 166  
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 121  
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 407  
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 42  
274 SALES WORKERS, OTHER COMMODITIES 665 665
327 ORDER CLERKS 58 58
335 FILE CLERKS 331  
363 PRODUCTION COORDINATORS 116 116
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 907  
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 444 6
449 MAIDS AND HOUSEMEN 2,277 1,737
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 7,924 936
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 733  
507 BUS, TRUCK, AND STATIONARY ENGINE MECHANICS 2,017  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 256  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 92  
533 MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT REPAIRERS 45  
534 HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING, AND REFRIGERATION MECHANICS 1,146  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 566  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 728  
563 BRICKMASONS AND STONEMASONS 185  
567 CARPENTERS 1,886 244
575 ELECTRICIANS 122  
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 19  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 268  
634 TOOL AND DIE MAKERS 1,571  
637 MACHINISTS 5,948 678
677 OPTICAL GOODS WORKERS 249  
679 BOOKBINDERS 1,421 711
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 333  
689 INSPECTORS, TESTERS, AND GRADERS 386 386
704 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE OPERATORS 142 61
706 PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS 1,271  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 442  
713 FORGING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,032  
715 MISCELLANEOUS METAL, PLASTIC, STONE, AND GLASS WORKING MACHINE OPERATORS 305 223
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 3,876 2,409
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 3,927 1,428
724 HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 904 75
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,100 116
735 PHOTOENGRAVERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS 206  
737 MISCELLANEOUS PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 635 58
744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,248 1,248
753 CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS 208  
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 803  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 12 6
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,050 183
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 286 253
774 PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS MACHINE OPERATORS 58  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 1,573 212
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 1,607 1,122
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 887 44
785 ASSEMBLERS 9,721 5,745
794 HAND GRINDING AND POLISHING OCCUPATIONS 51  
795 MISCELLANEOUS HAND WORKING OCCUPATIONS 786 423
849 CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS 313  
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 303 38
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 61  
887 VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS 284  
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 334 268
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 1,413  
TOTAL 70,594 21,748

*(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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