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 DIMETHYLAMINE
CAS # 124-40-3
RTECS # IP8750000 
Agent Code 26130

SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS (SIC 17)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
804 TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY 204

869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 2,654

SUBTOTAL 2,858

LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (SIC 24)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 1,299

SUBTOTAL 1,299

PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 26)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 24

878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 108

SUBTOTAL 132

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 686
300
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 556

225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 158

335 FILE CLERKS 104

453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 348

519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 22

549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 470

567 CARPENTERS 57

585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 44

593 INSULATION WORKERS 44

637 MACHINISTS 57

653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 75

694 WATER AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS 66

699 MISCELLANEOUS PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS 79

756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 126

757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,574
386
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 314
43
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 790

779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 86

783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 751

796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 9

883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 515
103
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 471

SUBTOTAL 8,402
832
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES (SIC 33)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 375

856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 43

889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 71

SUBTOTAL 489

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (SIC 34)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 150

759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 500

SUBTOTAL 650

MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
768 CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS 55
29
SUBTOTAL 55
29
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 82

579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 1,006
445
645 PATTERNMAKERS AND MODEL MAKERS, METAL 1,857

709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 9

723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 6
3
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,111
88
785 ASSEMBLERS 256

SUBTOTAL 4,327
536
RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION (SIC 40)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 436

SUBTOTAL 436

TRANSPORTATION BY AIR (SIC 45)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
508 AIRCRAFT ENGINE MECHANICS 6,707
57
515 AIRCRAFT MECHANICS, EXC. ENGINE 1,074

637 MACHINISTS 117

759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 17

SUBTOTAL 7,915
57
AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS & SERVICE STATIONS (SIC 55)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 427
427
514 AUTOMOBILE BODY AND RELATED REPAIRERS 427

SUBTOTAL 854
427
BUSINESS SERVICES (SIC 73)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 595

075 GEOLOGISTS AND GEODESISTS 28

385 DATA-ENTRY KEYERS 722

SUBTOTAL 1,345

HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 120
120
SUBTOTAL 120
120
TOTAL 28,882 2,001
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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