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 LACTIC ACID, BUTYL ESTER
CAS # 138-22-7
RTECS # OD4025000 
Agent Code M1128

GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS (SIC 15)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
588 CONCRETE AND TERRAZZO FINISHERS 90

593 INSULATION WORKERS 418

869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 1,714
5
SUBTOTAL 2,222
5
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 26)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 379

SUBTOTAL 379

PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (SIC 27)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 76

765 FOLDING MACHINE OPERATORS 623
378
SUBTOTAL 699
378
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (SIC 34)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 39
13
SUBTOTAL 39
13
ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 14
2
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 19
16
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 5
5
785 ASSEMBLERS 28
12
SUBTOTAL 66
35
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 32

SUBTOTAL 32

MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES (SIC 39)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 350
70
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 52

779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 944
472
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 157
70
SUBTOTAL 1,503
612
TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING (SIC 42)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 404
339
SUBTOTAL 404
339
TOTAL 5,344 1,382
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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