National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

Estimated Numbers of Employees Potentially Exposed to Specific Agents by Occupation within 2-Digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)*

Agent Name BENZYL CHLORIDE
CAS # 100-44-7
RTECS # XS8925000 
Agent Code 11600

OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION (SIC 13)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
617 MINING OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. 7,885

SUBTOTAL 7,885

TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS (SIC 22)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 10
3
749 MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS 435
300
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 805
41
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 488
128
SUBTOTAL 1,738
472
APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS (SIC 23)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 193
91
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,824
2,118
765 FOLDING MACHINE OPERATORS 376
188
SUBTOTAL 3,393
2,397
PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (SIC 27)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 847

385 DATA-ENTRY KEYERS 568
568
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 60

734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 4,964
8
735 PHOTOENGRAVERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS 29

737 MISCELLANEOUS PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,476
768
SUBTOTAL 7,944
1,344
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 686
300
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 329

757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,574
386
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 257
43
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 263
17
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 751

SUBTOTAL 4,860
746
PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS (SIC 29)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 351

699 MISCELLANEOUS PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS 1,406

SUBTOTAL 1,757

RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS (SIC 30)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 33

SUBTOTAL 33

LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS (SIC 31)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 36

SUBTOTAL 36

PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES (SIC 33)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 246
31
SUBTOTAL 246
31
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 59

SUBTOTAL 59

TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
057 MECHANICAL ENGINEERS 383
14
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 474

774 PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS MACHINE OPERATORS 3

SUBTOTAL 860
14
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES (SIC 39)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 1,609
408
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 793
23
SUBTOTAL 2,402
431
TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING (SIC 42)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 85

SUBTOTAL 85

BUSINESS SERVICES (SIC 73)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 2,136
442
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 5,383
1,914
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 995

SUBTOTAL 8,514
2,356
HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
449 MAIDS AND HOUSEMEN 549
549
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 468

734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 60
8
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 92

SUBTOTAL 1,169
557
MUSEUMS, BOTANICAL, ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS (SIC 84)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 92
92
SUBTOTAL 92
92
TOTAL 41,073 8,440
RELATED PAGES: Estimates by SIC, Estimates by Occupation

*(1) The estimates for each occupation apply only to the 3- and 4-digit SICs surveyed within the 2-digit SIC where the agent was observed. Not all SICs were surveyed, and not all agents were observed in all surveyed SICs. (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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