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 TEREPHTHALIC ACID
CAS # 100-21-0
RTECS # WZ0875000 
Agent Code 82013

PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (SIC 27)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 470

SUBTOTAL 470

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 201

756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 441

766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 686
18
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 498
223
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 101

SUBTOTAL 1,927
241
ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 2

759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 7
2
784 SOLDERERS AND BRAZERS 12
5
785 ASSEMBLERS 2,314
2,314
SUBTOTAL 2,335
2,321
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
335 FILE CLERKS 109

519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 22

575 ELECTRICIANS 65

585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 115

785 ASSEMBLERS 523

859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 687

SUBTOTAL 1,521

BUSINESS SERVICES (SIC 73)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 45

216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 158

SUBTOTAL 203

TOTAL 6,456 2,562
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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