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 BENZIDINE, 3,3'-DIMETHYL-
CAS # 119-93-7
RTECS # DD1225000 
Agent Code 84756

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS (SIC 20)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
335 FILE CLERKS 227

453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 384

633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 34

757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 113

796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 93

797 PRODUCTION TESTERS 177
30
SUBTOTAL 1,028
30
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 26)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 57
11
SUBTOTAL 57
11
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 200
133
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 32

766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 159

SUBTOTAL 391
133
PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS (SIC 29)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 517
239
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 28

779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 56

SUBTOTAL 601
239
COMMUNICATION (SIC 48)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 356

SUBTOTAL 356

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
095 REGISTERED NURSES 1,710
1,551
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 1,189
800
207 LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES 150
150
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,625
1,134
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 120
120
447 NURSING AIDES, ORDERLIES, AND ATTENDANTS 749
749
SUBTOTAL 7,207
5,592
TOTAL 9,640 6,005
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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