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 ALUMINUM OXIDE, DUST
CAS # 1344-28-1
RTECS # BD1200000 
Agent Code X5459

TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (SIC 21)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 71

SUBTOTAL 71

TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS (SIC 22)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 411

518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 24

SUBTOTAL 435

APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS (SIC 23)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 154

SUBTOTAL 154

PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 26)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 31

SUBTOTAL 31

PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES (SIC 33)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 238

453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 116

SUBTOTAL 354

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (SIC 34)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 262

709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,081
216
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 915

SUBTOTAL 2,258
216
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 46

637 MACHINISTS 1,219

683 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ASSEMBLERS 73
35
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 247

783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 186

785 ASSEMBLERS 546

SUBTOTAL 2,317
35
ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 577
18
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 21

783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 12

SUBTOTAL 610
18
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
637 MACHINISTS 1,819
164
725 MISCELLANEOUS METAL AND PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINE OPERATORS 28

SUBTOTAL 1,847
164
INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS (SIC 38)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 483

637 MACHINISTS 897
110
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 107
107
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 483
241
SUBTOTAL 1,970
458
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES (SIC 39)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
363 PRODUCTION COORDINATORS 262

633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 525

709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 262

724 HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 122

SUBTOTAL 1,171

TRANSPORTATION BY AIR (SIC 45)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 45

SUBTOTAL 45

HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 25
8
SUBTOTAL 25
8
TOTAL 11,288 899
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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