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 POLYURETHANE FOAM
CAS # 9009-54-5
RTECS # TR7875000 
Agent Code X3289

FURNITURE AND FIXTURES (SIC 25)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 46

518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 606
55
668 UPHOLSTERERS 2,576
1,227
727 SAWING MACHINE OPERATORS 177

744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 813
765
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 153

785 ASSEMBLERS 2,474
1,577
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 330
330
SUBTOTAL 7,175
3,954
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,189
595
SUBTOTAL 1,189
595
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
785 ASSEMBLERS 1,458

SUBTOTAL 1,458

TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 105
26
SUBTOTAL 105
26
BUSINESS SERVICES (SIC 73)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
785 ASSEMBLERS 240
240
SUBTOTAL 240
240
HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
084 PHYSICIANS 83
52
095 REGISTERED NURSES 10,372
9,519
105 THERAPISTS, N.E.C. 62
52
206 RADIOLOGIC TECHNICIANS 600
475
207 LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES 356
316
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 400
352
447 NURSING AIDES, ORDERLIES, AND ATTENDANTS 126
79
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 7
7
SUBTOTAL 12,006
10,852
TOTAL 22,173 15,667
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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