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 DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS-GENERAL
CAS #
RTECS #  
Agent Code 22734

HEAVY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS (SIC 16)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 371

SUBTOTAL 371

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS (SIC 20)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
688 FOOD BATCHMAKERS 556

SUBTOTAL 556

APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS (SIC 23)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
753 CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS 315

SUBTOTAL 315

RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS (SIC 30)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
335 FILE CLERKS 225
45
SUBTOTAL 225
45
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES (SIC 33)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 75

719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,083
374
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 149
37
SUBTOTAL 1,307
411
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (SIC 34)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
436 COOKS, EXCEPT SHORT ORDER 27

777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 141
60
785 ASSEMBLERS 367
275
SUBTOTAL 535
335
ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
444 MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATION OCCUPATIONS 134
134
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 6

SUBTOTAL 140
134
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
706 PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS 210
6
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 114
26
SUBTOTAL 324
32
ELECTRIC, GAS, AND SANITARY SERVICES (SIC 49)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,315

SUBTOTAL 1,315

AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS & SERVICE STATIONS (SIC 55)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
435 WAITERS AND WAITRESSES 1,785
1,785
SUBTOTAL 1,785
1,785
PERSONAL SERVICES (SIC 72)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
379 GENERAL OFFICE CLERKS 1,689
1,689
SUBTOTAL 1,689
1,689
BUSINESS SERVICES (SIC 73)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 3,052
872
SUBTOTAL 3,052
872
HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 3,869
2,879
436 COOKS, EXCEPT SHORT ORDER 380
296
444 MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATION OCCUPATIONS 3,642
2,471
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 317
221
SUBTOTAL 8,208
5,867
TOTAL 19,822 11,170
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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