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 THYMOL
CAS # 89-83-8
RTECS # XP2275000 
Agent Code 73040

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS (SIC 20)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 229
196
SUBTOTAL 229
196
PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (SIC 27)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 13

774 PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS MACHINE OPERATORS 482

SUBTOTAL 495

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
084 PHYSICIANS 78
65
SUBTOTAL 78
65
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (SIC 34)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
706 PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS 93
37
SUBTOTAL 93
37
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
189 PHOTOGRAPHERS 46

453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 8

694 WATER AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS 8

723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 12

SUBTOTAL 74

ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 41
20
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 12
7
SUBTOTAL 53
27
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
095 REGISTERED NURSES 29

453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 238

579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 297
119
SUBTOTAL 564
119
INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS (SIC 38)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
785 ASSEMBLERS 174

SUBTOTAL 174

PERSONAL SERVICES (SIC 72)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 2,898

SUBTOTAL 2,898

BUSINESS SERVICES (SIC 73)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 712
593
SUBTOTAL 712
593
HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
069 PHYSICISTS AND ASTRONOMERS 1,354
829
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 310
259
078 BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENTISTS 135
41
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 373
182
095 REGISTERED NURSES 8,197
7,852
096 PHARMACISTS 414
200
103 PHYSICAL THERAPISTS 393
268
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 2,177
1,816
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,625
1,134
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 424
71
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 583
394
SUBTOTAL 15,985
13,046
TOTAL 21,355 14,083
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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