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 PITCH, COAL TAR
CAS # 65996-93-2
RTECS # GF8655000 
Agent Code T0535

OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION (SIC 13)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 40

777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 109

SUBTOTAL 149

HEAVY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS (SIC 16)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 687
20
785 ASSEMBLERS 167

869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 1,287

SUBTOTAL 2,141
20
SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS (SIC 17)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
595 ROOFERS 8,591

653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 1,986

869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 488

SUBTOTAL 11,065

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 257
43
SUBTOTAL 257
43
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS (SIC 32)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 6

235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 12

SUBTOTAL 18

PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES (SIC 33)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 219

563 BRICKMASONS AND STONEMASONS 236

724 HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 247

766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 467

777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 25

779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 264

785 ASSEMBLERS 76

797 PRODUCTION TESTERS 38

849 CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS 162

889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 600

SUBTOTAL 2,334

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (SIC 34)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 181

723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 136

759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 567

SUBTOTAL 884

MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 227
21
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 33

SUBTOTAL 260
21
ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
724 HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 20

SUBTOTAL 20

TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
057 MECHANICAL ENGINEERS 383
14
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 8

544 MILLWRIGHTS 777

SUBTOTAL 1,168
14
WATER TRANSPORTATION (SIC 44)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 685

SUBTOTAL 685

HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 41

SUBTOTAL 41

TOTAL 19,022 98
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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