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 WETTING AGENT
CAS #
RTECS #  
Agent Code 92980

TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS (SIC 22)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 127

738 WINDING AND TWISTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,099
737
739 KNITTING, LOOPING, TAPING, AND WEAVING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,386
924
749 MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS 1,474
444
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 75
30
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 601
409
SUBTOTAL 5,762
2,544
PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (SIC 27)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 425
28
SUBTOTAL 425
28
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 171

SUBTOTAL 171

ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 5

783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 308
31
SUBTOTAL 313
31
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 494

789 HAND PAINTING, COATING, AND DECORATING OCCUPATIONS 2,192

SUBTOTAL 2,686

INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS (SIC 38)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
784 SOLDERERS AND BRAZERS 993
993
SUBTOTAL 993
993
TOTAL 10,350 3,596
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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