National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS, ETHANE CRACKING SCRUBBER EFFLUENT AND FLARE DRUM
CAS # 68526-77-2
RTECS #
Agent Code Y1088

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 96 32
637 MACHINISTS 788  
704 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,630 170
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,017 74
715 MISCELLANEOUS METAL, PLASTIC, STONE, AND GLASS WORKING MACHINE OPERATORS 44  
725 MISCELLANEOUS METAL AND PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINE OPERATORS 16  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 1,719 74
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 16  
TOTAL 5,326 349

*(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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