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 SORBITAN MONOPALMITATE
CAS # 26266-57-9
RTECS #  
Agent Code M1485

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS (SIC 20)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 269

889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 269

SUBTOTAL 538

TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS (SIC 22)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 377
108
744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 270
108
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 917
54
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 1,780

796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 324
54
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 324
108
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 54

SUBTOTAL 4,046
432
APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS (SIC 23)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 1,126
365
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 35

667 TAILORS 351
140
744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 12,232
12,232
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 35
35
SUBTOTAL 13,779
12,772
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 158

453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 221

756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 63

SUBTOTAL 442

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (SIC 34)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
634 TOOL AND DIE MAKERS 111

676 PATTERNMAKERS, LAY-OUT WORKERS, AND CUTTERS 158

777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 241

SUBTOTAL 510

MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
597 STRUCTURAL METAL WORKERS 260

785 ASSEMBLERS 2,207
65
SUBTOTAL 2,467
65
ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
706 PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS 73

779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 6

785 ASSEMBLERS 10

SUBTOTAL 89

TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 101
14
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 220

SUBTOTAL 321
14
TOTAL 22,192 13,283
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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