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 ACETAMIDE, 2,2-DIBROMO-2-CYANO-
CAS # 10222-01-2
RTECS #  
Agent Code X1009

TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS (SIC 22)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 43

696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 23

766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 14

SUBTOTAL 80

LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (SIC 24)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 346

766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 584

SUBTOTAL 930

FURNITURE AND FIXTURES (SIC 25)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 118

SUBTOTAL 118

PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 26)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 43

766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 36

777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 2,165
27
SUBTOTAL 2,244
27
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 129

777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 46

SUBTOTAL 175

RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS (SIC 30)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 3

696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 8

SUBTOTAL 11

PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES (SIC 33)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 213

696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 84

SUBTOTAL 297

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (SIC 34)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
695 POWER PLANT OPERATORS 78

766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 23

SUBTOTAL 101

MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 33

637 MACHINISTS 4,693

715 MISCELLANEOUS METAL, PLASTIC, STONE, AND GLASS WORKING MACHINE OPERATORS 8

766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 17

SUBTOTAL 4,751

ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 41

SUBTOTAL 41

TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 14

453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 2

695 POWER PLANT OPERATORS 337

696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 44

SUBTOTAL 397

HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 506
54
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 29

766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 149
27
SUBTOTAL 684
81
TOTAL 9,829 108
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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