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 ALUMINA,CALCINED
CAS # 1344-28-1
RTECS #  
Agent Code X9687

GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS (SIC 15)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
593 INSULATION WORKERS 5,892

SUBTOTAL 5,892

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS (SIC 20)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 249

SUBTOTAL 249

FURNITURE AND FIXTURES (SIC 25)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
785 ASSEMBLERS 114

SUBTOTAL 114

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
798 PRODUCTION SAMPLERS AND WEIGHERS 73

889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 18

SUBTOTAL 91

STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS (SIC 32)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 227

547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 4

719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 681

756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 142

783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 979

SUBTOTAL 2,033

PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES (SIC 33)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 835

563 BRICKMASONS AND STONEMASONS 1,440

675 HAND MOLDERS AND SHAPERS, EXCEPT JEWELERS 19

756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,183

766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 2,853
84
849 CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS 218

859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 106

889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 390

SUBTOTAL 7,044
84
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (SIC 34)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
059 ENGINEERS, N.E.C. 182

216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 121

707 ROLLING MACHINE OPERATORS 60

756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 455

777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 896

SUBTOTAL 1,714

MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 378

549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 616

709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 100

779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 1,710

SUBTOTAL 2,804

ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 47
35
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 503
453
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 58

878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 19
16
SUBTOTAL 627
504
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 34

756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 310

SUBTOTAL 344

INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS (SIC 38)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,190
426
534 HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING, AND REFRIGERATION MECHANICS 140

637 MACHINISTS 157

755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 429
241
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 733

SUBTOTAL 2,649
667
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES (SIC 39)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,953
928
SUBTOTAL 1,953
928
WHOLESALE TRADE - NONDURABLE GOODS (SIC 51)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
637 MACHINISTS 2,156
431
SUBTOTAL 2,156
431
TOTAL 27,670 2,614
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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