National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name DISTILLATES (PETROLEUM), STRAIGHT-RUN MIDDLE
CAS # 64741-44-2
RTECS #
Agent Code Y1037

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
019 MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, N.E.C. 395  
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 1,333 930
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,214 796
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 5 5
214 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS 27 27
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 232 22
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 284  
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 2,460 974
363 PRODUCTION COORDINATORS 4,411  
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 464  
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 755  
385 DATA-ENTRY KEYERS 722  
444 MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATION OCCUPATIONS 265  
449 MAIDS AND HOUSEMEN 439 119
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 8,424 989
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 241  
514 AUTOMOBILE BODY AND RELATED REPAIRERS 321  
515 AIRCRAFT MECHANICS, EXC. ENGINE 6  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 436  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 527 9
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 422 13
544 MILLWRIGHTS 779 105
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 1,701  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 2,165  
567 CARPENTERS 871  
575 ELECTRICIANS 347  
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 1,770 24
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 433  
588 CONCRETE AND TERRAZZO FINISHERS 1,939  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 1,556 170
634 TOOL AND DIE MAKERS 6,629  
637 MACHINISTS 7,833 42
646 LAY-OUT WORKERS 9  
649 ENGRAVERS, METAL 83  
653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 88  
658 FURNITURE AND WOOD FINISHERS 2,113 1,330
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 4,613 781
689 INSPECTORS, TESTERS, AND GRADERS 257 33
694 WATER AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS 16  
699 MISCELLANEOUS PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS 661  
703 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE SET-UP OPERATORS 169  
704 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE OPERATORS 3,497 3
705 MILLING AND PLANING MACHINE OPERATORS 255  
706 PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS 2,278 128
707 ROLLING MACHINE OPERATORS 755  
708 DRILLING AND BORING MACHINE OPERATORS 81  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,962 88
713 FORGING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,403 11
715 MISCELLANEOUS METAL, PLASTIC, STONE, AND GLASS WORKING MACHINE OPERATORS 36  
717 FABRICATING MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 683 164
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,403 119
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,587  
724 HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 280 2
725 MISCELLANEOUS METAL AND PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINE OPERATORS 958  
726 WOOD LATHE, ROUTING, AND PLANING MACHINE OPERATORS 410  
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 37,563 1,420
736 TYPESETTERS AND COMPOSITORS 324  
737 MISCELLANEOUS PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,878 1,135
749 MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS 827 79
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 874 82
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,011 256
758 COMPRESSING AND COMPACTING MACHINE OPERATORS 311 256
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,310  
764 WASHING, CLEANING, AND PICKLING MACHINE OPERATORS 95  
765 FOLDING MACHINE OPERATORS 840 840
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 304  
768 CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS 452 49
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 3,654 2,013
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 15,188 2,430
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 24,069 1,393
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 1,578 10
785 ASSEMBLERS 7,313 1,839
787 HAND MOLDING, CASTING, AND FORMING OCCUPATIONS 8  
793 HAND ENGRAVING AND PRINTING OCCUPATIONS 526 33
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 1,419 67
797 PRODUCTION TESTERS 449 61
798 PRODUCTION SAMPLERS AND WEIGHERS 1,115  
804 TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY 527  
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 114  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 126 3
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 11,133  
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 1,788 363
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 1,569 1,447
887 VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS 2,203  
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 337 270
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 1,520 288
TOTAL 193,432 21,218

*(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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