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 ETHANE, HEXACHLORO-
CAS # 67-72-1
RTECS # KI4025000 
Agent Code 17385

PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (SIC 27)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 140

SUBTOTAL 140

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
048 CHEMICAL ENGINEERS 55

073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 23
3
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 19

224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 534
23
535 CAMERA, WATCH, AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT REPAIRERS 35

575 ELECTRICIANS 48

585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 103
3
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 257

637 MACHINISTS 39

783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 87

859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 26

SUBTOTAL 1,226
29
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES (SIC 33)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 234

785 ASSEMBLERS 504

SUBTOTAL 738

MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 116
39
575 ELECTRICIANS 180

675 HAND MOLDERS AND SHAPERS, EXCEPT JEWELERS 966

703 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE SET-UP OPERATORS 77

777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 657

783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 155

856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 193

SUBTOTAL 2,344
39
ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
703 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE SET-UP OPERATORS 97

719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 441

766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 72

783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 11

784 SOLDERERS AND BRAZERS 18
6
SUBTOTAL 639
6
TRANSPORTATION BY AIR (SIC 45)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
689 INSPECTORS, TESTERS, AND GRADERS 14

723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 148

SUBTOTAL 162

BUSINESS SERVICES (SIC 73)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 3,266
502
SUBTOTAL 3,266
502
TOTAL 8,515 576
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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