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 XYLENE, PARA-
CAS # 106-42-3
RTECS # ZE2625000 
Agent Code M1028

TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS (SIC 22)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
749 MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS 435
300
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 616
41
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 488
128
SUBTOTAL 1,539
469
APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS (SIC 23)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 328
328
SUBTOTAL 328
328
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 26)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 747

SUBTOTAL 747

PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (SIC 27)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 383

549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 68

734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 9,425
734
737 MISCELLANEOUS PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 479
319
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 518

SUBTOTAL 10,873
1,053
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 202

SUBTOTAL 202

PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES (SIC 33)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 302

SUBTOTAL 302

MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 8

785 ASSEMBLERS 1,104
552
SUBTOTAL 1,112
552
ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 19
19
637 MACHINISTS 12

785 ASSEMBLERS 1,880
1,736
SUBTOTAL 1,911
1,755
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
725 MISCELLANEOUS METAL AND PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINE OPERATORS 329
34
753 CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS 31

SUBTOTAL 360
34
TRANSPORTATION BY AIR (SIC 45)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
515 AIRCRAFT MECHANICS, EXC. ENGINE 62

SUBTOTAL 62

BUSINESS SERVICES (SIC 73)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
069 PHYSICISTS AND ASTRONOMERS 14

719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 196
20
SUBTOTAL 210
20
HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 643
545
444 MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATION OCCUPATIONS 452
382
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 1,626
1,199
SUBTOTAL 2,721
2,126
TOTAL 20,367 6,337
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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