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 CU, COPPER POWDER-PURE
CAS # 7440-50-8
RTECS # GL5325000 
Agent Code X8588

PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES (SIC 33)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,558

225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 594

453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,263

756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 223

777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 5,193

873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 149

SUBTOTAL 8,980

TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
706 PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS 387

756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 77

SUBTOTAL 464

TOTAL 9,444  
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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