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 FATTY ACIDS, C16 AND C18-UNSATD., ME ESTERS
CAS # 68647-50-7
RTECS #  
Agent Code X2531

MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 159

634 TOOL AND DIE MAKERS 273

779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 1,477
341
785 ASSEMBLERS 170

SUBTOTAL 2,079
341
ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
055 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS 14

365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 2

637 MACHINISTS 357

653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 116

706 PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS 5

755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 125

783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 125

SUBTOTAL 744

INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS (SIC 38)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 1,242
39
637 MACHINISTS 1,979
58
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 140
12
SUBTOTAL 3,361
109
TRANSPORTATION BY AIR (SIC 45)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
689 INSPECTORS, TESTERS, AND GRADERS 23

709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 9

SUBTOTAL 32

TOTAL 6,216 450
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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