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 GYPSUM, DUST
CAS # 13397-24-5
RTECS #  
Agent Code X6990

SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS (SIC 17)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
573 DRYWALL INSTALLERS 879

856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 586

SUBTOTAL 1,465

LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (SIC 24)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
567 CARPENTERS 2,138

785 ASSEMBLERS 455
152
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 843
703
SUBTOTAL 3,436
855
FURNITURE AND FIXTURES (SIC 25)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 708
133
SUBTOTAL 708
133
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES (SIC 33)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
656 PATTERNMAKERS AND MODEL MAKERS, WOOD 86
21
SUBTOTAL 86
21
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES (SIC 39)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 11

633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 63

733 MISCELLANEOUS WOODWORKING MACHINE OPERATORS 74

SUBTOTAL 148

TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING (SIC 42)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
668 UPHOLSTERERS 25

SUBTOTAL 25

WHOLESALE TRADE - DURABLE GOODS (SIC 50)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 81

785 ASSEMBLERS 1,616

SUBTOTAL 1,697

HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
099 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS 194
194
105 THERAPISTS, N.E.C. 98
77
567 CARPENTERS 10

SUBTOTAL 302
271
TOTAL 7,867 1,280
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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