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 XYLENE, META-
CAS # 108-38-3
RTECS # ZE2275000 
Agent Code M1027

HEAVY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS (SIC 16)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 619

SUBTOTAL 619

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS (SIC 20)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 93

SUBTOTAL 93

APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS (SIC 23)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 328
328
SUBTOTAL 328
328
FURNITURE AND FIXTURES (SIC 25)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 390

873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 584

SUBTOTAL 974

PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 26)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 747

SUBTOTAL 747

PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (SIC 27)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 383

518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 108

549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 68

734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 9,425
734
737 MISCELLANEOUS PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 479
319
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 518

859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 9
4
SUBTOTAL 10,990
1,057
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 202

224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 102
44
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 4

633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 18

757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 75

SUBTOTAL 401
44
RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS (SIC 30)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,058
933
SUBTOTAL 1,058
933
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES (SIC 33)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 302

SUBTOTAL 302

MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 74

759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 763

785 ASSEMBLERS 1,104
552
SUBTOTAL 1,941
552
ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
637 MACHINISTS 12

785 ASSEMBLERS 1,880
1,736
SUBTOTAL 1,892
1,736
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
567 CARPENTERS 237
14
725 MISCELLANEOUS METAL AND PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINE OPERATORS 329
34
753 CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS 31

789 HAND PAINTING, COATING, AND DECORATING OCCUPATIONS 2,192

SUBTOTAL 2,789
48
INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS (SIC 38)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
678 DENTAL LABORATORY AND MEDICAL APPLIANCE TECHNICIANS 21

SUBTOTAL 21

TRANSPORTATION BY AIR (SIC 45)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
515 AIRCRAFT MECHANICS, EXC. ENGINE 62

SUBTOTAL 62

COMMUNICATION (SIC 48)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
527 TELEPHONE LINE INSTALLERS AND REPAIRERS 723

SUBTOTAL 723

ELECTRIC, GAS, AND SANITARY SERVICES (SIC 49)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
327 ORDER CLERKS 1,579

453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 215

539 MECHANICAL CONTROLS AND VALVE REPAIRERS 347

557 SUPERVISORS; PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 3,250

577 ELECTRICAL POWER INSTALLERS AND REPAIRERS 3,653

777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 498

869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 2,026

SUBTOTAL 11,568

BUSINESS SERVICES (SIC 73)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 1,441
432
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 747
149
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 196
20
SUBTOTAL 2,384
601
HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 646
545
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 7
7
444 MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATION OCCUPATIONS 452
382
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 1,626
1,199
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 244
16
SUBTOTAL 2,975
2,149
TOTAL 39,867 7,448
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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